Cheap Eats

Finger on The Pulse BBQ Blowout
Since taking a “break from food”, to open up his own bar, Lady Jays, star chef Sam Mason still knows how to throw a mean BBQ. One a month, New York magazine has been teaming up local chefs with DJ’s and buzz bands to create one delicious spectacle with their

Cheap Beach Eats at Rockaway Taco
In the never ending search for authentic tacos, I ventured out to Rockaway Beach not once, but twice this weekend to seek out the famed Rockaway Taco. And boy was it worth a traumatizing ride on the A train. Normally at New York beaches, your food options are limited to

The 2025 SF Beer Passport is Here!
Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 28 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 28 of the finest locally

Cheap Sandwiches at Rhea’s Deli
Rhea’s Deli is my solution to pricey Bi-Rite picnic food. I love hanging out in Dolores Park all day with some good eats and cold brews just like everybody else, but I can’t handle paying for Bi-Rite’s expensive (albeit delicious) made to-go selections every time the sun is out on

Downgrade Your Trendy Foods: The $5 Limonata
While I don’t really believe in illegal activities, I have very few vices in this world that are not at least somewhat regulated by the government (Television with swear words and alcohol being chief among those). So admitting that the Passion Fruit Limonata from Ciao Bella (now with convenient locations

Bamonte’s
If you’re anywhere near as obsessed with old school Italian American culture/aesthetic as I am, I really can’t believe that you have not already gotten yourself to Bamonte’s in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The atmosphere is an unreal time capsule of 1950s Brooklyn (though it’s been there since 1900). True story: I

Mee Mee Bakery – Cheap Bulk Fortune Cookies!
My coworker just let me in on a little secret: Mee Mee Bakery in North Beach. Actually, truthfully, it’s easy to spot and not a huge secret, but I never go to North Beach so it was news to me. They sell fortune cookies in half pound and one pound

GreenMarkets: Eating Well on the Cheap in NYC
I like food. Nay, I love food. I went to a job interview at Café 2 in the Museum of Modern Art once where the interviewer told me that my face “lit up” when I started talking about chorizo. That is not a joke. Unfortunately I’ve also got $40 to

SF Underground Market June 4th
This whole Memorial Day three-day weekend nonsense screwed with my mental calendar and I forgot that it was Tuesday and time to provide you folks with some some cheap entertainment and, since I’m running late, even cheaper humor. So, here is my favorite joke. I don’t usually give this one