We all know the feeling about Friday’s hour lunch out, but the question is what to eat? What are the cheap, but delicious foods around Baruch? This is the only day that we get to enjoy eating lunch without the feeling of getting rushed, so we want to eat a lot and hangout with friends. A great place is the Halal food cart on the corner of 26th, where the food is delicious, but yet cheap. One of the favorites is chicken over rice, which is a really filling meal, but yet its only 5 dollars, which is considered cheap in the neighborhood. Also, there is a McDonalds on 28th, where most people go on Fridays since it’s too far for other days. It has a variety of foods that you could possibly choose from. Well, there is always the Taza Deli, where we all normally go to but is extremely crowded with most students from Baruch there. Yet, their food is not expensive, such as a grilled cheese for 3 dollars which tastes good considering the price it is sold at. Overall, what we want is cheap food that keeps you full for the rest of the day, but also something that is enjoyable for everyone.
Amy Cao: Grade 10
September 23, 2012
What are some cheap meals around our Baruch community?
I completely agree with this. It is an important skill to learn to balance your money specially when our school is located around 5th Ave which is famously known as an expensive avenue. There are shops and businesses that are highly competitive and in order to abide to the needs of the location, they need to increase their prices. When people go to halal stands they need to be aware of how sanitary the station is because it is not worth risking your health for a cheap eat.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I have to agree with both of you that the food here are just too expensive! I mean if i had to spend over 6 dollars each day just on lunch which lasts only about half an hour, it would cause some very serious damage to my wallet. Personally, I thinking bringing in your own lunch is much cheaper and somewhat healthier, because you get to chose what you want in it and nothing more. However, even though I think this way, I can never find the time to prepare myself lunch in the morning, so on my "broke" days, I usually resort to not eating at all- SUPER NOT COOL BY THE WAY :(
ReplyDeleteKristy's right about bringing lunch being a lot more healthy and cheap. If you want a change of pace, though, I'll add a few inexpensive places to the list (though note that some are too far away for the half period lunch and would require a whole period).
ReplyDeleteBaoguette on Lex b/w 25th & 26th - very good Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches. $6.25 for the pork or barbeque chicken sandwich.
Kalustyan's market at 123 Lex b/w 28th & 29th has an amazing international grocery downstairs and prepared foods from the Middle East, South Asia, and other places upstairs. Some of their stock is expensive, but I'm sure you can find something delicious for not much money.
2 Brothers is by far the best of the $1 pizza places I've tried. It's at the corner of 6th Ave and 26th St.
Pick-a-Bagel makes great bagels, but is a bit of a schlep on 3rd Ave b/w 22nd & 23rd.
Taco & Tortilla King is on the same block as Pick-a-Bagel and while it's not a high quality taqueria, you can get a lot of Mexican style food for not much money at all.
Of course, you could always find something at the supermarket; there's a Morton Williams at 22nd & Park.