The Best Restaurant Bites for Five Bucks or Less

A roundup of the best snacks and small plates in New York for five bucks or less.

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6 Comments | Posted by Ben Fishner, January 4, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Al Di La, Apps Only, Blue Smoke, Char No. 4, cheap eats, Cookshop, Redhead

Apps Only: Cookshop

Cookshop is a casual West Chelsea restaurant that, like sister restaurants Five Points and Hundred Acres, serves a Greenmarket-based menu stacked with appealing snacks and small plates. But is it possible to eat there on the cheap? I stopped by last week to see what a meal of appetizers would look like at Cookshop.

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Post a Comment | Posted by Ben Fishner, December 6, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Tagged: Apps Only, Chelsea, Cookshop, Manhattan

Top Ten Fancy-Pants Burgers in New York City

-->I don't know why, but lately I find myself eating fancy-pants burgers at every turn. Perhaps I'm coming under the influence of Adam Kuban, who really does order a hamburger in every restaurant that has one on the menu. Whatever...

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9 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, August 16, 2006 at 7:57 AM
Tagged: Bar Americain, Blue Ribbon, Blue Smoke, Burger Bar, burgers, Cafe D'Alsace, Cookshop, Country, David Burke, favorites, hamburgers, Houston's, New York, New York City, Nice Matin, NYC, Spotted Pig, Telepan, Union Square Cafe

Finally, a Turkey Club Worth Eating

In theory, the turkey club sandwich is a great idea. Turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and toast; what's not to like? Yet every element of a club sandwich, except perhaps the mayo, is fraught with peril. Dry turkey or turkey...

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3 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, July 28, 2006 at 11:05 AM
Tagged: Chelsea, Cookshop, favorites, Hal Rubenstein, Joel Hough, New York, New York City, New York Magazine, New York Times, NYC, NYT, restaurants, sandwiches