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I'm a young professional living in Astoria (formerly of Williamsburg, the UES and Murray Hill - I move a lot!). I'm always looking for something fun to do or the best place to grab a drink and dinner at an affordable price around the city. Have a suggestion? Email me at Laura AT 89thandbroke DOT com.

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Yes, I Went to Endless Shrimp at Red Lobster

After being teased with their commercials for months, on Monday I dragged my boyfriend to Endless Shrimp at Red Lobster in Queens. What’s Endless Shrimp? Well for $14.99, you can get a salad or soup, a side dish, and then pick from any shrimp dish that you’d like – garlic shrimp scampi, breaded shrimp, [...]

Groupon Deal Leads Us to Psari Seafood

My friend Tom and I love lobster. So much so that we’ve tried several lobster rolls around this fine city. When I saw a Groupon for $39 to Psari in Astoria that included two lobster deals, with two sides, two soups/salads and two drinks, I instant messaged Tom and let him know that our [...]

Kale Never Tasted So Good

A while back I went with my boyfriend’s family to dine at E & E Grill House. Now for full disclosure, his family knows the owner, but let’s just put it this way, if I didn’t like it I simply wouldn’t write about it.

I was looking forward to our lunch for two reasons: [...]

UWS’s Gem: Dive Bar

Since I babysit on the UWS, and I’ll be attending school in the fall there as well, I’ve begun exploring the neighborhood quite a bit more. I know it’s a haven for restaurants (often out of my student price range), but I don’t see too many bars. The other night my friend/ex-coworker and I [...]

Deal Alert! It’s National Lobster Day!

Today is National Lobster Day and Nick’s Lobster in Brooklyn is celebrating the day and their 56th anniversary with a pretty impressive  two-course Lobster Lovers Prefix Menu for $25 plus a draft beer or glass of red or white wine! You’ll get a choice from the following list:

Select 1 appetizer

Lobster Roll slider Baked [...]

The Lobster Place is the Place for Lobster Rolls

My friend Tom and I have been on a lobster roll hunt around NYC for the past few months.  Recently, we had tried Pearl Oyster Bar and while we liked it, we wanted to go somewhere easier on the wallet – which let’s face it, is hard when lobster is involved.

We turned to [...]

Splurge at Pearl Oyster Bar

This year, I decided to skip Restaurant Week.  Yes, I know that for some people, that may be a sin.  But for me, I figured I’d use the money I’d spend on dinner and go to Pearl Oyster Bar instead.  My friend Tom and I had been trying tons of lobster rolls around the [...]

Deal Alert! Get 20% Off At Mermaid Inn on SMM!

Next Monday may be worth looking forward to….well, at least it won’t be quite as drab with The Mermaid Inn‘s Social Media Monday (SMM)! What that means is that if you follow them on Twitter or their Facebook page, you’ll find a special password released on Monday that will earn you 20% off your bill at any [...]

Deal Alert! Use Foursquare to Score Free Food!

McCormick and Schmick‘s has a new promotion: sign into the restaurant via foursquare during happy hour (Mon-Fri 3:30-6:30 and 9:30-close) and receive a free item from the $1.95 bar menu (excluding the cheeseburger) with the purchase of a beverage. And if you’re the mayor? You get a free entree with the purchase of another.

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Cucina Di Pesca’s Happy Hour Delights!

This past weekend my boyfriend and I used a LivingSocial voucher to try out the Italian restaurant Cucina Di Pesca in the East Village.  We had some time to kill before our reservation and I remembered reading about a happy hour on the website, so we decided to see what it entailed.

Grabbing a [...]

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