Brooklyn and Manhattan on a budget

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Manhattan

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Chelsea Market lots of options to get the best bang for your buck.

Manhattan:
Taco Mahal
Joseph Leonard
The Jeffrey
Central Park Boathouse

Pizza:
Pizza Suprema
Robertas
Joe& Pats
Prince St Pizza
Bunch of other places

Brooklyn:
The Crabby Shack
IX Restaurant (Guatemalan....kind of mexican like)
Drinks Lounge & Cafe
Goog Thai Cook Shop (in Red Hook which has a lot of mom& pop eats but its tough to get to. You can take a ferry from Manhattan which is the easiest way.) Widow Jane distillery is over there too which if you like bourbon is fantastic
Luana's Tavern
Rolo's

Pizza:
Lucali
Joe & Sals
Luigis
Robertas (original location)
L'Industrie
Di Faras

I'll second the Chelsea Market. Lots of great items to choose from at some of the least expensive prices in Manhattan. There also used to be a food court in the Row hotel in the Time Square area, but I think the hotel has become like homeless housing, so that market may be history. Food was good there if it is still open. John's Pizza in Time Square is a good choice as well.

Manhattan:
Various locations
Los Tacos No. 1 Los Tacos
Bagel Pub Bagel Pub
Xi’an Famous foods Xian
Chelsea Market- food court basically with many option from various vendors Chelsea Market
Mendy’s 2.0 for soup of course . Mendy’s
Grand Central Station food court Grand Central
Shake Shack various locations

Brooklyn:
Time Out Market - food court style- Dumbo, Brooklyn - Time Out market

Trinciti Roti in Queens

Was in Manhattan recently.

Little Italy Pizza
937 8th Ave, New York, NY 10019

Also a Dave’s Hot Chicken in that general area.

As you likely know, cheap in manhattan isn’t really cheap elsewhere. It’s not easy to get a drink and food under $20. But tons of good suggestions here.

Are you by yourself? Chelsea market is probably the best place but I wouldn’t say anything there is ‘cheap’. Sarge’s and Katz deli are by no means cheap either.

There’s a local well known guy on YouTube I’ll think of shortly that does some good cheap deals, like $3 hotdog and drink type of deals.

Idk if it’s considered manhattan but we found the cheapest food was in Chinatown in a few hole in the wall spots and it was the best food of our trip also. Specifically hk wonton garden. They had the best chicken noodle dish I’ve ever had. It didn’t sound or look as amazing as it was! And we stopped in a viet place that made bread and dumplings for cheap cheap even at breakfast time but I can’t recall the name of that place

If you're near Hell's Kitchen stop in at Rudy's for a drink and a dog. Neighborhood bar with a fun vibe and decent prices. You can get a pint of their house blonde ale, a shot of well whiskey and two hot dogs for $5. That's a good deal anywhere, but by Manhattan standards that's practically free.

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Katz deli.

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Put on your patience pants before you go and do not lose the ticket they give everyone in your party (even if you put it all on one) put 100% go to Katz deli.