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[AstroWolf]

Mammons fallafal on bleecker street has been saving my life and money for years.

[spackadam]

Eldridge St.

Prosperity Dumpling.

BETTER THAN DUMPLING HOUSE!!!!!1111111oneoneoneone

[lestat]

Dumpling House havent been good since hipsters started goin there

[lanvinparis]

I am also planning a quick trip to NYC all the way from Finland. The only problem is that I need a single room that has 18 years as the minimum age of entry. I found a few good options from hotels.com, but all of them were with the minimum age of entry as 21 years. I suppose those age limits are pretty much non-negotiable?

So a private single room at a hostel seems like the thing to look for? Or are there any hotels that would allow a 19-year old tourist to book a room only for himself.

My budget is around 30-80usd per night and I would be staying for 5 nights during the next 2 weeks.

I went New York a few times by myself before I turned 21 and I never had problems checking into the Hilton Hotel in Midtown (on 6th Ave/Avenue of the Americas) or the Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South.

[Dplay]

Im going to be out there skating and chilling with the kooks and the morning benders from the 15th- 19th of june. Then its off to paris for 3 weeks. Any one wanna party in NYC?

[DaBestSpoona]

"I had come to Ippudo to review the food, and for that Chang was of little help, since the only food he will criticize is his own. This is him on his own ramen: “We serve crappy Pan-Asian ramen made for round-eyes.†This is him on the food at Ippudo: “I like it all.â€"

http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/alanrichman/2008/05/its-good-to-be.html

[coleslawyum]

^^What the fuck is wrong with this guy? He admits his ramen sucks, but opens 2 more restaurants?

[sushijerk]

None of his new places serve ramen though. I think most ppl were aware that his original hyped ramen joint had extremely inauthentic and not particularly tasty ramen, although it was like half the price of a bowl at ippudo.

[sushijerk]

i've been trying to get reservations for a few weeks now. this morning's times review won't make it easier...

Bruni blew up the spot 2 months too late. Although 3 stars really surprised me considering the ambiance of the place.

[herpsky]

Did the hot waitress at Minca have a husky voice that is a bit of a mismatch to what she looks like? then i concur with herp's assessment. I thought about making stalking plans to go back to Minca, but I've been too busy, too health conscious, and the pricepoint vs. quality debate always leaves a native japanese like myself grumbling - ramen is supposed to be way easier on the wallet....girl like that must get hit on by dudes every shift...

Dis b da broad.

she's fine.

[Chicken]

^^What the fuck is wrong with this guy? He admits his ramen sucks, but opens 2 more restaurants?

i guess it's kind of like U2 and their last few hit singles.

you know you can thrive on average taste and still make money.

[Fookums]

^^What the fuck is wrong with this guy? He admits his ramen sucks, but opens 2 more restaurants?

Apparently ssäm bar, and Ko [his other two restaurants] are amazing though. Ko is definitely on my "to-go" list.

[the_state]

Apparently ssäm bar, and Ko [his other two restaurants] are amazing though. Ko is definitely on my "to-go" list.

i've been trying to get reservations for a few weeks now. this morning's times review won't make it easier...

[bluespring]

^ same here, bruni only gave 3 stars and im still amused by the gael green craiglist date at ko lolx

[DaBestSpoona]

I finally tried Fanelli's today

It was just okay

I ordered it it med rare and it came well done, but I was in hurry. Normally I dont mind well done burgers if they taste good, but this burger was kinda bland, and missing the smokiness I like in burgers.

[Brockg777]

I'm gonna end up posting this in the other nyc thread also. Me and my Girl are going to the city between wednesday and saturday next week. Staying with one of her girls in the east village. I pretty much have the idea of what shopping I'll do, blue in green, 45 rpm, uniqlo, cloak, alife, maybe mishka, bunch of other shit. Doing alot of museums and such. Going to the takeover at love friday the 23rd. I don't really have anything picked out as far as dining goes, and all the other nights are pretty much open, so anyone have suggestions or must does?

[peteyross]

I'm gonna end up posting this in the other nyc thread also. Me and my Girl are going to the city between wednesday and saturday next week. Staying with one of her girls in the east village. I pretty much have the idea of what shopping I'll do, blue in green, 45 rpm, uniqlo, cloak, alife, maybe mishka, bunch of other shit. Doing alot of museums and such. Going to the takeover at love friday the 23rd. I don't really have anything picked out as far as dining goes, and all the other nights are pretty much open, so anyone have suggestions or must does?

Dude, sit down cause you're in for a shock. Cloak doesn't exist anymore. And Alife sucks.

[Chicken]

I'm gonna end up posting this in the other nyc thread also. Me and my Girl are going to the city between wednesday and saturday next week. Staying with one of her girls in the east village. I pretty much have the idea of what shopping I'll do, blue in green, 45 rpm, uniqlo, cloak, alife, maybe mishka, bunch of other shit. Doing alot of museums and such. Going to the takeover at love friday the 23rd. I don't really have anything picked out as far as dining goes, and all the other nights are pretty much open, so anyone have suggestions or must does?

i recommend schiller's. has a cool design, food and drinks are good, price ain't bad at all, and there are a bunch of sufuer sightings. i kept on running into guys like sidney, kiya and dum there.

but otherwise, what are you in the mood for? you'll find almost anything and everything there.

[sidneylo]

There's the overplayed but still delicious Cafe Habana on Prince st. in Nolita.

Minca is a bit out of the way on East 5 btwn A&B but it's cheap and better than the other alternatives imo (though you could debate that in the ramen noodle thread…)

i recommend schiller's. has a cool design, food and drinks are good, price ain't bad at all, and there are a bunch of sufuer sightings. i kept on running into guys like sidney, kiya and dum there.

but otherwise, what are you in the mood for? you'll find almost anything and everything there.

Schiller's has great food. They also serve Fernet. +1 in my book.

Oh yeah, remember to go downstairs and take a piss in their bathroom. It's fucking epic.

[Brockg777]

Dude, sit down cause you're in for a shock. Cloak doesn't exist anymore. And Alife sucks.

Damn my world has been rocked. Care to enlighten me more guy?

[sidneylo]

Dude, sit down cause you're in for a shock. Cloak doesn't exist anymore. And Alife sucks.

Hahahahahahhaha.

So does Mishka.

[Handlethevibe]

And who would wear mishka/alife with Cloak.

[landstander]

im moving from Pittsburgh to NY tomorrow..ill have to give some of these spots a try..thanks to everyone who provided the info.

[DaBestSpoona]

Hahahahahahhaha.

So does Mishka.

might as well wear 10 Deep

[Brockg777]

And who would wear mishka/alife with Cloak.

You sound like high school kids talking about what brands you can or can't wear with each other. I have alife everybody hi white deluxes I wear with everything from dior and apc to spoonfed. I think if you have style you can wear items from different types of brands without conforming to a certain stereotype, and I also think that you can dress up or down accordign to ocassion. I'm trying to buy a bit more casual stuff as I'm starting to teach. I haven't bought anything by mishka in over a year but I thought I'd check out the pop up shop since I'm going to be in new york. Hell I'm going to go to breakbeat science out of nostalgia because I used to spend hundreds a week on drum and bass records there. I wanted some ideas on shit to check out ,not comments on where I choose to shop. If I wanted your opinions on what I buy or wear I'd post in waywt or some other shit.

[readytoignite]

sorry chief but the bbs storefront is now closed. schiller's is hell (though their bathroom is handy). brown's is nice if you time it right, it gets rammed during weekend brunch.

falai panetteria is decent, you gotta make a doughnut plant run at some point too.

[corporategrunt]

I go to Punjabi Deli on 1st st between A n 1st Aves... $2 buys you a deceptively filling indian meal, quality isn't great but with that kind of savings, i think quality becomes somewhat secondary.

[coleslawyum]

^^Cheapest food is still in Chinatown, from $1 dumplings to $3 fried porkchop and rice. Careful from street vendors, but you can get $2 tripe and fried shit. Venture to Spanish Harlem (no longer Puerto Rican, but mostly Mexican) and get cheap tacos from a truck or cuchifritos from a variety of places.

Don't forget to pack a box of Imodium and you're good.

[mlproject]

there is a website somewhere that lists meals by 'under $15' 'under $10' 'under $5' etc but i can't fucking find it. that was the jam when i was coming up here to visit.

there is also dumpling house on eldridge where they're 5 for $1. $2 will get you GORGED.

my favorite halal has to be 53rd, but that dude doesn't come on until like 10-11pm and the line is around the block. my favorite lunch halal is definitely rafiqi's, which has carts at 33rd/park, 47th/madison and i'm sure around soho.

if you're into booze, stick to the LES or willyburger for reasonable and often cheap cold beers.

the met is donation based. every time i've just walked in and never had anyone say anything about me not wearing one of the buttons. MoMA and several other museums are free +1 with time inc. ID's so if you know anyone that works there, make them take you out or make a fake time ID that you can flash and say "open sesame."

the main way to keep it cheap is don't stay at a hotel (craigslist a room, sleep on a friend's couch, find a hostel (there's one in bed stuy by my house that was suprisingly nice)) and to ride a bike (free) or get an unlimited metrocard for the month ($82) so you're not dumping a ton on transportation. you will almost never need to take a cab which is really good at draining your pockets.

[sweetcoffee]

I used these about.com guides when I was there last time, some good picks

meals for under $10

meals for under $5