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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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Try These Food Trucks: Choice Streets Recap

Last week, I went to the Choice Streets event. Choice Streets is the cousin of Choice Eats (yes, the event I refer to as my personal Christmas). Basically, Choice Streets is a ticketed event where you can try samples from 25+ food trucks which are parked on the Intrepid. Samples are unlimited, and you [...]

Eating Event! Chinatown Restaurant Week!

Now through March 31 is Chinatown Restaurant Week. Nineteen restaurants are participating, and you’ll be able to get a meal for $20.13 (one menu I looked at included an appetizer, entree and a choice of noodle, another had a soup, appetizer, entree, duck and dessert). Please note that some restaurants offer this special for [...]

Eating Event + Giveaway! Grilled Cheese Competition – The Big Cheesy!

CONGRATS TO READER RIC! WE’LL EMAIL YOU SHORTLY.

Head to Openhouse Mulberry on March 23 and 24 for the Big Cheesy, a grilled cheese competition! Located on Mulberry between Spring and Delancey, you’ll enjoy grilled cheese from returning champ Melt Shop (midtown), 2011 champ Milk Truck (roving), last year’s bronzed Lucy’s Whey (Chelsea Market), empire-expanding Murray’s Cheese Bar (Bleecker St), a catering [...]

Eating Event! Choice Streets – Tickets on Sale Tomorrow!

Guys- set your alarms. Tomorrow, Thursday March 14 at noon, Village Voice will start selling tickets to Choice Streets. Held on the Intrepid on Tuesday, May 7, guests will enjoy samplings from 25+ food trucks and free drinks from 7-10pm. Tickets are $40.

While the food truck list has not been released yet, this [...]

Eating Event! Japan Restaurant Week!

Now through March 18, enjoy Japan Restaurant Week. Prices will range from $12 to $25 with many restaurants offering ekiben, or bento boxes with regional Japanese cuisine. These bento boxes will also be available for purchase at Grand Central Terminal during Japan Week on March 19-21.

Thirty-five restaurants will be participating, including: Aburiya Kinnosuke, Aki [...]

Eating Event! The Malaysian Winter Market!

Visit The Malaysian Winter Market today from 11:30 – 2:30 pm or 5:30 – 9 pm (or until all the food sells out) and enjoy a variety of signature Malaysian dishes and traditional Malaysian food products by restaurants and vendors in New York City and the Tri-State area. The event will be held in Bryant Park, [...]

Eating Event! Hot Chocolate Festival!

February means it’s City Bakery’s Hot Chocolate Festival. I’m not the biggest fan of City Bakery’s hot chocolate but I can’t help but want to try the banana peel flavor on the 23rd.

For those who aren’t familiar with this festival, City Bakery offers a different flavor of hot chocolate every day in February. If you [...]

Eating Event! Pancake Month at Clinton St. Baking Company!

February means it’s pancake month at Clinton St. Baking Company. You can enjoy specially-flavored pancakes for breakfast, lunch or dinner on weekdays all month long, from 8am – 4pm, and then from 6pm – 11pm.  Honestly, February 18 and 19 excites me the most – see the menu to the left.

I tried pancake month [...]

Eating Event! Mutz Fest!

As many of you know, I’m a big fan of cheese. This Sunday in Hoboken, swing by the Elk’s Club at 1005 Washington Street for the first annual Mutz Fest. There will be tastings and demos of one of my favorite cheeses – mozzarella. The event is free for kids, but $10 for everyone [...]

Deal Alert! $25 Tickets to Choice Eats!

Remember yesterday when I told you all about the Village Voice Choice Eats? Reader Joe just let me know that Voice Daily Deals is selling tickets today for $25. Get them now!

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