Looking for good but cheap food to eat in the Manhattan area (Times Square, Broadway or Central Park areas)?

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Looking for good but cheap food to eat in the Manhattan area (Times Square, Broadway or Central Park areas)?

Answer 1

There is a Japanese restaurant called Yoshinoya, it is a good Japanese restaurant (around $5-7) on 42nd (in front of Ripley's Believe It or Not). Mickey D or Burger King are pretty cheap (for Manhattan).

Answer 2

To be honest there are really nothing cheap in Manhattan. Try going around 5th avein Brooklyn. That's the best spot for cheap resteraunts.

Answer 3

There are street vendors and fast food places on every corner.

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Answer 4

all the food in and around times square is expensive and bad tasting

Answer 5

the cheapest stuff you can probably get is mcdonalds or sbarro's in times square. the street vendors that sell chicken and lamb over rice are pretty decent too.

Answer 6

My favorite Mexican restaurant is Del Valle Tehuitzingo on Tenth Avenue and 47th Street.  Excellent prices, generous portions, very plain, but spotlessly clean.  The servers are very pleasant, but service is usually very slow.  They have a very extensive menu and daily specials, most of them aren't listed online.

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La Bonne Soup on 55th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues (near St Patrick's Cathedral and Rockefeller Center) - excellent food - good deals.

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Empanada Mama on Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street - good, inexpensive food - slow service - empanada's are about $2.50 and arepas are less than $5.

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Near Times Square - Walk down 32nd Street between Broadway and Fifth (near Macy's and the Empire State Building) - there are more than a dozen Korean restaurants - all price ranges - most have menus posted outside - there are specialties like BBQ and dumplings - read the menus and choose one - Korean food's delicious.

Go downtown - have lunch in Chinatown.  Go to the East Village - there are many ethnic restaurants that are extremely cheap - try something you've never had before.  While you're in the East Village try some french fries at Pommes Frites - its not a restaurant - all they serve are potatoes with different toppings - they put them in a paper cone, so you can eat them while you walk.  Further downtown, if you go to the World Financial Center, be sure to get some ice cream at Custard Beach - my favorite flavor's Creme Brulee.

Try to avoid the chain restaurants and try not to eat in the Times Square tourist traps - if you are staying midtown in the 40's and 50's, head west to Eighth and Ninth Avenues and eat where the New Yorkers eat - the food's better and cheaper.