Eat & Drink

30 Aug 2010

Wing Eating Contest at the Habitat

If you spend most of 25 cent wing nights bragging to your friends about how many wings you shoved down your gullet, then you need to hit up The Habitat in Greenpoint tomorrow night. They’re having their third annual wing eating contest. The winner will walk away with $100 and

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
30 Aug 2010

50% off at Farmer Brown!!

Aw shit!  It’s time for yet another Broke Buck.  This time it’s the amazing Farmer Brown.  These things will move fast (Little Star sold out in 4 hours), so click here to get yours before the deal sells out.  Otherwise read all about it below: Let’s just say Jay Foster

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
29 Aug 2010

$8 Bottomless Mimosas at Nickies Weekend Brunch

While it’s true that a real broke-ass, if craving the fancy brunch drink made up of OJ and champagne, might just walk around the corner to the liquor store and buy a $5 bottle of Cook’s (probably at that point just skipping the OJ altogether), there all instances in which

Christy Jovanelly - Cheapskate Commentator 0
29 Aug 2010

FREE Coffee at Four Barrel’s Happy Birthday Party!

Four Barrel is turning 2 on Monday and like every good party for a two-year old there will be a petting zoo (wha?), photo booth, cake, and coffee! From their twitter feed: “We just booked a pony for the kiddies. Seriously. 12-2 on Monday, along with cake, free drinks all

Jessica Longo - Two-Bit Reporter 0
28 Aug 2010

Jazz Age Lawn Party Take Two

Per usual, I’m going to be out of town for the throwback Jazz Age Lawn theme party this Saturday. I miss it every year and it’s starting to feel like I’ll never get to sip cold glasses of St.Germaine and do the Charleston on Governor’s Island. If you missed the

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
28 Aug 2010

5 FREE(ish) Things I Enjoyed This Week

Because I am truly a broke ass, I go through my week trying to fill my unemployed hours as inexpensively as possible. And I know I’m far from being the only one with monetary limitations, so here are five FREE (if you work it the right way and pretty close

Jessica Longo - Two-Bit Reporter 0
28 Aug 2010

City Winery Wants to Get you Drunk and Show you a Nice Time

Unless I accidentally sit in the wrong seat, it is unusual for me to walk into a bar and find three glasses of nice wine waiting for me on my table. Especially at a swanky spot, complete with prerequisite swanky spot twinkly lights. But this happened to me at City

Jill S. 0
27 Aug 2010

INSIDER INFO: Prix Fixe Menus at Andalu!

My best friend came into town for his birthday and decided a group of us would treat him to dinner at the very tasty but not-so-cheap Andalu. Naturally, I had a mini heart attack and considered severing all ties just so I wouldn’t risk facing the embarrassment of getting my

Rebecca Pederson - Cheap Date 0