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Moe's Grocery

Moe’s Grocery Inc. 1968 3rd Avenue New York, NY 10029

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful reasonable restaurants in New York City. The Chopped Cheese sandwich here is delicious!

Chopped Cheese

The chopped cheese

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Moe’s Grocery Inc.

1968 3rd

New York,  NY   10029

(212) 289-0999

Open: Sunday-Saturday-12:00pm-11:59pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d12845802-Reviews-Moe_s_Grocery_Inc-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

I would not categorize Moe’s Grocery as a restaurant or as even a deli, it is more of a neighborhood bodega that sells snacks and household products in the front of the store and in the back is a full take-out grill.

Moe’s is right across the street from two schools and a series of housing projects that line Third Avenue in East Harlem, so you know that this place is always busy. During the school year, Moe’s is non-stop. It is open 24 hours, seven days a week.

I discovered the place when I was walking the neighborhood for ‘MywalkinManhattan’ in East Harlem. I saw the sign for a ‘Chopped Cheese Sandwich and a Coke’ for $3.00. With being on a budget for this project and also starved I walked in…

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2 Brothers Pizza 542 9th Avenue between 39th & 40th Street New York, NY 10018

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful reasonable restaurants in New York City. This is one of the best $1.00 slice places in the City.

Curioni's Pizza

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2 Brothers Pizza

542 9th Avenue

Between 39th & 40th Street

New York City, NY  10018

(212) 777-0600

Open: Monday-Friday-10:00am-1:00pm/Saturday-Sunday-10:30am-3:00am

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d2200990-Reviews-2_Bros_Pizza-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

Locations: They also have locations at 549 9th Avenue, 31 West 46th Street and 755 6th Avenue

I have been coming to 2 Brothers Pizza, which is located right next to the back entrance to the Port Authority Bus Terminal since it opened back in 2010. Its original branch is down on St. Marks Place by Gramercy Park. It is home to the $1.00 slice of pizza and started the trend of $1.00 slice places in New York City. When the City, still reeling from the meltdown of 2008, this type of restaurant came at the right time.

2 Brothers Pizza also has the lunch special of two slices with a Coke for $2.99. It took off and has been popular ever since. The location…

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Koronet Pizza 2848 Broadway New York, NY 10025

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful reasonable restaurants in New York City. Don’t miss the huge over-sized slices at this pizzeria by Columbia University.

The front of the pizzeria

The pizzas are huge here!

The pizza is bigger than the plate

Their jumbo slice of sausage is like two meals in one.

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Koronet Pizza

2848 Broadway

New York, NY 10025

Phone: (212) 222-1566

Fax: (212) 212-0664

Open: Sunday-Saturday-10:30am-11:15pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d426021-Reviews-Koronet_Pizzeria-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

Koronet Pizza was established in 1981 and is located right on the border of the Columbia Campus in Morningside Heights and is known best for having ‘New York’s Biggest Slice’. I have to admit that the slice is huge.

I stumbled across Koronet Pizza when I was walking around the Columbia campus for my “WalkinManhattan” project and needed a quick lunch. The giant slice is part of their 32 inch pizza that they sell for $38.00. An individual slice of their delicious pizza is $4.75 and is about the size of two normal slices. You only need one to fill you up. When I ate there, customers got a big kick out of downing one of these slices.

The pizza is excellent. Their sauce has a spicy tomato taste…

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Fu Xing 273 West 38th Street New York, NY 10018 (Closed March 2021)

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful reasonable restaurants in New York City. Don’t miss the Roast Pork and Cream buns at this Garment District gem.

Fried Dumping III

Delicious Dumplings

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New Li Yuan (now Fu Xing)

273 West 38th Street

NYC, NY  10018

(212) 575-6978

Hours: 7:00am-5:30pm

My reviews on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d14037661-Reviews-Fu_Xing-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d12562531-Reviews-New_Li_Yuan-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

I discovered New Li Yuan (Fu Xing) one day after passing it a million times on my way up Seventh Avenue. The restaurant caters mostly to the workers from the surrounding ( and what’s left of) the Garment District. It’s a restaurant that is Chinese for the Chinese workers. Over the last couple of months that I have been eating there, I have noticed that the customers have been diversifying. I see a lot of the young workers from the office buildings near by venturing in for take out and are in search of a reasonable meal.

The front counter is made up of a large steam table loaded with all sorts of entrée items with white rice and noodles available. It is diverse amount dishes including chopped pork…

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Asian 59 Inc.

Asian 59 Inc. 207 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022 (Closed in August 2022)

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful reasonable restaurants in New York City. Don’t miss this little gem by Bloomingdale’s.

general tso's chicken

Asian 59 Inc. food is excellent!

*Bloggers note: the restaurant closed in August 2022)

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Asian 59 Inc.

207 59th Street

New York, NY  10022

Phone: (212) 371-4777/1201/8651

Fax: (212) 371-5787

Open: Monday-Saturday-11:00am-10:30pm/Sunday-12:00pm-10:30pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d3899941-Reviews-Asian_Eatery-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

This amazing little hole in the wall restaurant is a the perfect retreat when visiting the Upper East Side shopping district or fighting the crowds at Bloomingdale’s. Like most of the non-descript Chinese restaurants that line the streets and avenues of Manhattan, Asian 59 stands out for its very friendly service, reasonable prices and excellent food.

When I was finishing my blog on walking the Upper East Side for my other blog, “MywalkinManhattan”, I had passed this restaurant several times and saw that it was very busy at lunch time and thought that last day in the neighborhood I would try it. I was very happy with the whole experience.

The first time I ate at Asian 59 was for lunch. Their lunch specials are extremely reasonable…

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East Garden Chinese Restaurant 1685 First Avenue New York, NY 10128 (Closed May 2024)

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful reasonable restaurants in New York City. The restaurant’s lunch specials are delicious and plentiful.

The food here is excellent! The Beef and String beans is wonderful.

East Garden Chinese Restaurant at 1685 First Avenue (Closed May 2024)

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East Garden Chinese Restaurant

1685 First Avenue

New York, NY  10128

Phone: (212) 831-5900

Tele/Fax: (212) 831-6251

Free Delivery: minimum order of $7.00. Place your order by phone and it will be ready when you arrive.

Business hours:

Monday-Friday 11:30am-10:30pm

Saturday & Sunday 12:00pm-10:30pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d12860202-Reviews-East_Garden_Chinese_Restaurant-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

East Garden Chinese Restaurant is worth the special trip up the Q subway train or if you are going to the Metropolitan Art Museum and want a quick lunch. Their food is wonderful, perfectly cooked and full of flavor. The best part is that they have lunch specials that start at $5.95 that come with fried rice or white rice (you can add for an extra $1.00 Wonton, Egg Drop or Hot & Sour Soup). Their combination plates run between $8.75-$9.25 and include pork fried rice and an egg roll.

My first trip to the restaurant (See TripAdvisor for my review), I…

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La Crosta Restaurant & Gourmet Pizzeria 436 East 72nd Street New York, NY 10021 (Closed January 2022-now York Pizza)

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful reasonable restaurants in New York City. Don’t miss this pizzeria’s lunch specials. They are excellent!

La Crosta Pizzeria at 436 East 72nd Street closed in 2022.

(The restaurant closed in January 2022 and is being replaced by another pizzeria named York Pizzeria).

York Avenue Pizza took over the spot but the prices are now double of what they once were when the old restaurant was open.

The selection of pizza

The selection of pizzas by the slice

The inside of the restaurant

The pizza is wonderful

Yum!

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La Crosta Restaurant & Gourmet Pizzeria

436 East 72nd Street

New York, NY 10021

Phone: (212) 472-5004

Fax: (212) 472-4999

Free Delivery

Open 7 days a week from 11:00am-10:00pm

All major credit cards excepted

http://www.lacrostapizzanyc.com

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d2285056-Reviews-La_Crosta_Restaurant_Gourmet_Pizzeria-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

I came across La Crosta when I first started to walk the rim of the middle section of the Upper East Side for my blog, “MywalkinManhattan.com” and found it was hidden behind some scaffolding around the building that it is located in. I saw several people walking in and decided to take a peek at the menu. It was very nice, very reasonable and had a nice selection. Their reviews on both TripAdvisor, Google and Yelp were very encouraging so when I did the extensive walk of the Avenues and then the Streets of the neighborhood, I decided to try it for lunch a few times. I have to say…

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Taco Bandito 325 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10001 (Closed December 2022)

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I featuring wonderful reasonable restaurants in New York City.

Taco Bandito II

The food here is very good.

Taco Bandito III

Taco Bandito closed at almost 23 years in the same location due to the building being replaced. All the businesses in the complex including the McDonalds that I used to go to when I attended FIT in the 1990’s all closed and will be replaced.

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Taco Bandito

325 Eight Avenue (between 26th and 27th Streets in Chelsea)

New York, NY  10001

(212) 989-5518/5571

Fax: (212) 989-5537

http://www.tacobandito.com

http://www.tacobanditochelsea.com

Open: Seven Days a Week

Monday-Saturday: 11:00am-11:00pm

Sunday: 12:00pm-10:00pm

Fast Free Delivery (minimum $8.00, minimum credit card charge $8.00)

*Their flour tortillas are made fresh throughout the day.

*Their food is prepared from scratch daily at this restaurant.

*All our food is prepared with natural ingredients only.

*We do not use artificial spices, MSG, lard or preservatives.

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d4966729-Reviews-Taco_Bandito-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

Taco Bandito is right around the corner from the Soup Kitchen where I work and around the corner from the Fashion Institute of Technology campus where I went to school. The prices here are perfect for the normal college student as there is nothing on the menu over $10.00.

The menu is more of a Tex-Mexican food selection with many popular items. The menu contains…

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Lung Moon Bakery 83 Mulberry Street New York, NY 10013 (Closed May 2020)

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful reasonable restaurants in New York City. Don’t miss the egg custards and rainbow cakes at this Chinatown bakery.

 

Lung Moon Bakery II

The selection of baked goods at Lung Moon Bakery.

Lung Moon Bakery IV

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Lung Moon Bakery

83 Mulberry Street

New York, NY  10013

(212) 349-4645

Open: 7:30am-8:30pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d4829502-Reviews-Lung_Moon_Bakery-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

When visiting Chinatown in New York City there are many places to get a reasonable snack. This traditional bakery has been around since the 1970’s and before and has been serving Chinese-American sweets to customers for years.

The family that owns the bakery I have found to be very friendly and engaging with their customers as I am sure that they are used to tourists coming in and out of the store. The bakery has seen a lot of competition over the years with a mass opening of Hong Kong style bakeries and bubble tea shops that litter the entire neighborhood with more opening every day selling pretty much the same food items.

What separates Lung Moon Bakery from the other bakeries is their quality and their prices. I have been…

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Sweets Bakery 125 Walker Street New York, NY 10013

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In honor of Small Business Saturday, I am featuring wonderful reasonable restaurants in New York City. Don’t miss the sugar doughnuts at this Chinatown Bakery!

Sweets Bakery II

The Sugar Doughnuts at Sweets Bakery

Sweets Bakery IV

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Sweets Bakery

125 Walker Street

New York, NY  10013

(212) 219-2012

Open: Sunday-Saturday-9:00am-8:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d10901318-Reviews-Sweets-New_York_City_New_York.html?m=19905

Sweets Bakery (See review on TripAdvisor) replaced the well-known ‘Dragon Land Bakery’ a few years ago and their baked products consistency and quality are excellent. The prices are very fair as well as most items in the bakery are not over $3.00. The cakes vary in price as well as the beverages.

Most times that I stop there I will have the Sugar Doughnut ($1.40), which is a large almost pillowy doughnut that is large in size and almost three doughnuts in one. The doughnut is skewered and three pieces of sweet dough are fried and then rolled in a large amount of sugar. When you pull it apart, it is like a sea of sugar crystals will fall all over you as you enjoy each bite.

Their glazed and chocolate doughnuts…

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