Cheap food places in NY right near the theaters

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 7:48pm

Where are some? Or if theres a place that sooo fantastic that I must go, then suggest away. Also looking for a cheap Chinese food restaurant. Thanks.

Posted: 4/10/05 at 7:50pm

sbarro...HA!

[Marquise]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 7:51pm

it's not near a theatre but take the train down to West 4th, walk up to 8th and on the corner of 8th and 6th there's a wonderful li'l hole in the wall called Gray's Papaya. Cheap Hot Dogs and OJ and fruit drinks....

aaaah the memories of being penniless in the big city!

Posted: 4/10/05 at 7:53pm

ah the memories of being a cheap hooker in the big city!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 8:08pm

maruise they just had a thing on PBS about the papaya place last week.......we're going there later this week.....

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 8:20pm

If I'm not mistaken, there's a Gray's Papaya a couple of blocks from the Beacon Theater, too.

[Mattio98]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 8:22pm

Ollie's is great cheap chinese food right on 44th.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 8:37pm

Olive Garden
KFC

[whatyouown223]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 8:44pm

Whatever you do..don't got to Mars 2112. What the hell was I doing there......

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 9:46pm

Bubba Gump's

[ikmbway]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 9:48pm

Mars 2112 was not good i went right before i saw Wicked. It was a rainforest cafe but the future with walking aliens and no storms.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 9:53pm

Joe Allen's. Period. End of sentence.

[liotte]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 9:54pm

There is a gray's papaya by me on 72nd and Amsterdam.

I also vote for Ollie's for good and cheap chinese.

John's pizzeria is a nice italian restaurant on 44th for sit down.

For serving yourself- If you walk east on 50th street, there is a Au Bon Pain which I like, and a NYC marketplace with all kinds of different foods. You can also walk uptown to 59th to the Time Warner Building to the food court and get pretty much anything from italian to sushi to salad to indian to mexican to deli to bakery. And you pay by weight, so take whatever you want.
Lastly- this is cheap- there is a hooters I think on 55th or so, and it has decent cheap food (I'm not commenting on the servers).

[Corine2]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 10:04pm

Cheap is defined in many ways.
Good cheap diner- Edison Cafe, in the Edison Hotel. They have great homemade soup.
Cheap Chinese- Tea Den, 54 or 55th 8th avenue. Near Newsical.
Ollies is also good in Times Square. I prefer Chinatown.
Mandarin for Dim Sum
May May- Dumplings
Wo hop- Steamed Shrimp dumplings mott street
While in chinatown pick up a chinatown guide in the Hotel Edison, Marriott Marquis, Bryant Park Hotel.
Film Center Cafe- Great champagne brunch for 11.00 Sat- Sun.
Great eggs, burgers, salads and the salmon on a bagel is tasty. Not a great bagel but great mimosa's.
Carmines- Great for sharing- Italian one dish serves four.
TonyDiNapoli- Best bellini in Times Square(Frozen Bellini)

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 10:22pm

Thought this article might be of interest.

A Hundred Places in NY to dine for under $10.

http://www.nydailynews.com/city_life/food/story/275715p-236129c.html

[Plum]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 11:10pm

Dude, it's burekas, not bureks. Mmmm, burekas. *drools*

ETA- Thank you muchly for the link, Curtain. Balkan! Falafel! Polish! Hummus! It's all my home food at once!
Updated On: 4/10/05 at 11:10 PM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 11:15pm

WOW, thanks curtain!

22. L&L Hawaiian Barbecue
64 Fulton St.; [phone]
A Hawaiian plate lunch includes two scoops of rice, one of macaroni salad and a main dish like fried mahimahi, barbecued ribs or chicken katsu. It costs $3.99 to $4.99 at this Financial District restaurant, the first in the city to serve plate lunches.


plate lunches can be REALLY good, or hell on earth....rarely have I had a good one outside of Hawaii. The one exception being the Hawaiian places across from the university bookstore in Eugene, OR



47. Hallo Berlin
626 10th Ave. at 44th St. ; [phone]
and 402 W. 51st at Ninth; [phone]
An empire that glorifies sausage in two restaurants and a street cart. Stay within your budget by ordering an alpenwurst, bauernwurst or Berliner currywurst on a crusty roll with sides of red cabbage and sauerkraut.


YUM!!!!! I'll go here this week!

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 11:43pm

Curtain, you are my hero!

I'm really hungry now.

[mabel]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 11:48pm

Ooooh, I enjoy L&L. You really can't beat the mini-BBQ chicken! I swear it's not that much smaller than the regular, and it's $3-4 cheaper (besides, it doesn't reheat that well, so why bother getting the larger one?!)

[Plum]

Posted: 4/10/05 at 11:49pm

Lebanese food. Oh, god, I'm hungry.

[Jon]

Posted: 4/11/05 at 6:04am

Edison Cafe has amazing matzo ball soup.

Hey - nobody has mentioned the legendary Tad's Steaks!

[KelRel]

Posted: 4/11/05 at 2:06pm

I am stuck here at work with no chance to eat til like 7 tonight..this is torture