A $10 Pre-Opera Meal for Two
My husband and I won $25 tickets in the Metropolitan Opera’s weekly online drawing for orchestra seats to a Saturday night performance. The only issue: where could we eat a pre-opera meal in keeping with our thrifty seats?
The price tag wasn’t our only consideration. The weather was, too. It was sunny and in the ’70s- one of those perfect spring days to eat outdoors. Unfortunately, everyone else had the same idea, and I certainly didn’t want to miss the start of the opera because we had waited too long for an outdoor table. Continue reading A $10 Pre-Opera Meal for Two
By Diane Erwin on April 27, 2009 | 0
What to Eat This Weekend
Brunch at L’Ecole
L’Ecole, the restaurant of the French Culinary Institute is now serving a prix-fixe brunch for $19.50. The offer includes a basket of fresh baked breads, an appetizer and an entree. A pretty good deal for $19.50.
462 Broadway (between Broome St & Grand St)
New York, NY 10013
Tel: (212) 219-3300
Crawfish Boil at Flatbush Farm
Sunday, April 26 — 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Chef Browning cooks up a Louisiana-style Crawfish Boil, outside on the patio: crayfish, corn, potatoes, and assorted creole and southern delights.
76 St Marks Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tel: (718) 622-3276
Sunday Dinner at Paradou
Three courses for the price of one — Purchase any entree and your choice of any appetizer and any dessert is on the house. As an added bonus this Sunday, Nancy Danino and her band will be performing R&B & Jazz-influenced originals and covers.
8 Little West 12th St
New York, NY 10014
Tel: (212) 463-8345
By Raissa Nebie on April 24, 2009 | 1
A New Banh Mi Worth Splurging On
In a city abounding with Vietnamese sandwich shops selling Banh Mi for $3.50-5.00 a pop, it normally would be hard to justify a Banh Mi priced at $8.00. At least, that’s what I thought until I tried An Choi’s Banh Mi Thit Heo Quay. Translation: a warm Vietnamese baguette stuffed with chunks of moist roast pork belly and slices of crispy skin plus other yummy stuff like aioli, cilantro, pickled carrots, daikon and cucumbers, etc. Continue reading A New Banh Mi Worth Splurging On
By Raissa Nebie on April 22, 2009 | 0
A New Menu and 20% Off Your Bill at HEA
HEA Restaurant is changing things up a bit by introducing a new menu and giving diners a 20% break on their bill — Tuesday through Sunday from open to close. Chef Ichigaku Gonai, formerly of Bond St and Town has now taken the reins as executive chef and is “wok”-ing up exotic dishes from the Far East. The new menu is Japanese themed with a southern French flair. Continue reading A New Menu and 20% Off Your Bill at HEA
By Raissa Nebie on April 21, 2009 | 0
1/2 the Guilt, 1/2 the Price
Whether you can handle sugar, flour and butter cream deep in your tummy, you know deep in your heart that you shouldn’t indulge in cupcakes. But when you’ve got a case of the Mondays, sweets are hard to resist. Thankfully, at Babycakes, the specialty bakery on the Lower East Side, cupcakes are 1/2 off on Mondays. Continue reading 1/2 the Guilt, 1/2 the Price
By Thrifty Gourmet on April 20, 2009 | 1
