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Guess where the country's most expensive hotel room is located. Nope, it's not in Vegas—it's the Ty Warner suite at the Four Seasons, New York, Four Seasons Hotel in New York City Hotels on Concierge.com which debuted this summer at $30,000 a night. That's not Manhattan's only record-breaker: At $20 a head, the Museum of Modern Art is America's Museum of Modern Art in New York City See + Do on Concierge.com most expensive major art repository, and the $500 tab for two at sushi temple Masa must be the costliest plate of raw fish in the nation (drinks are extra, of course). But don't despair—the cost of a visit to New York doesn't have to reach such surreal heights. With the right itinerary and a little creativity, you can stay in a smartly designed hotel (with an indoor pool, no less), savor the recipes of celebrity chefs, fill your suitcase with designer duds, party to the wee hours, and museum-hop to your heart's content—with no second mortgage required.
Big Apple, Little Budget in Budget on Concierge.com
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THE FRUGAL FOODIE
The Dilemma
You're constantly on the lookout for your next slice of foie gras, but without an expense account, the city's temples of gastronomy are just a mouthwatering tease. Don't resign yourself to hot dog carts, though: In the Big Apple, you can have your cake and eat it too.
Nosh 'n' Roll
Dirty little secret: Publishing execs and investment bankers are just as often huddled around Midtown street carts inhaling falafel as power-lunching at the Four Seasons. A fistful of bills will buy you a soft pita stuffed with toothsome, tender hunks of lamb and tangy yogurt ($6) from Kwik Meal, Kwik Meal #1 - Times Square - New York Magazine Restaurant Guide at the southwest corner of 45th and 6th (Owner Mohammed Rahman came to his mobile kitchen by way of the legendary Russian Tea Room.) For a cart crawl, head next to Daisy May's BBQ truck Daisy May's BBQ USA - Hell's Kitchen - New York Magazine Restaurant Guide on the southwest corner of 49th and 6th for Carolina pulled pork ($8) or meaty Texas-style chili ($6), then to the northwest corner of 54th and 5th for bratwurst ($5) and kielbasa ($6) with red-wine sauerkraut from Hallo Berlin. Downtown, Thiru Kamar's Dosa Cart NY Dosas Thiru Vendy Award Winner - Dosas To Die For in New York in Washington Square Park attracts masses of New Yorkers hungry for rice crêpes with coconut chutney and sambar to the corner of W. 4th and Sullivan.
Diffusion Dining
In addition to hefty cookbook royalties and Food Network contracts, celeb chefs are also amassing culinary fiefdoms. Dining at one of the smaller realms in the empire can mean enjoying the master chef's recipes at a deep discount. Take Mario Batali: The food-and-wine tasting menu at his flagship Del Posto Del Posto - Home Page comes in at $300, but his downtown trattoria, Lupa, is cheaper and less obsequious but no less flavorful: Hearty standouts include the bucatini and guanciale simmered in a chile-spiked tomato sauce ($15), and the pork shoulder with a rhubarb-Campari-ginger sauce ($18). The staff at Upstairs at Bouley Bakery and Market Upstairs at Bouley Bakery and Market in New York City Restaurants on Concierge.com serves up renditions of David Bouley's rarefied French-American cuisine, such as poached lobster in a red wine sauce, or prime sirloin drizzled with Cognac-raisin sauce—both $21, about half what you'd pay at his main place across the street. The only catch is the no-reservations policy.
Lupa Lupa Osteria Romana
170 Thompson St.
Tel: 212 982 5089
Upstairs at Bouley Chef David Bouley
130 W. Broadway
Tel: 212 608 5829
Be sure to scroll to the bottom, there are 11 pages of links for NYC!
Page 1
Guess where the country's most expensive hotel room is located. Nope, it's not in Vegas—it's the Ty Warner suite at the Four Seasons, New York, Four Seasons Hotel in New York City Hotels on Concierge.com which debuted this summer at $30,000 a night. That's not Manhattan's only record-breaker: At $20 a head, the Museum of Modern Art is America's Museum of Modern Art in New York City See + Do on Concierge.com most expensive major art repository, and the $500 tab for two at sushi temple Masa must be the costliest plate of raw fish in the nation (drinks are extra, of course). But don't despair—the cost of a visit to New York doesn't have to reach such surreal heights. With the right itinerary and a little creativity, you can stay in a smartly designed hotel (with an indoor pool, no less), savor the recipes of celebrity chefs, fill your suitcase with designer duds, party to the wee hours, and museum-hop to your heart's content—with no second mortgage required.
Big Apple, Little Budget in Budget on Concierge.com
Page 2
THE FRUGAL FOODIE
The Dilemma
You're constantly on the lookout for your next slice of foie gras, but without an expense account, the city's temples of gastronomy are just a mouthwatering tease. Don't resign yourself to hot dog carts, though: In the Big Apple, you can have your cake and eat it too.
Nosh 'n' Roll
Dirty little secret: Publishing execs and investment bankers are just as often huddled around Midtown street carts inhaling falafel as power-lunching at the Four Seasons. A fistful of bills will buy you a soft pita stuffed with toothsome, tender hunks of lamb and tangy yogurt ($6) from Kwik Meal, Kwik Meal #1 - Times Square - New York Magazine Restaurant Guide at the southwest corner of 45th and 6th (Owner Mohammed Rahman came to his mobile kitchen by way of the legendary Russian Tea Room.) For a cart crawl, head next to Daisy May's BBQ truck Daisy May's BBQ USA - Hell's Kitchen - New York Magazine Restaurant Guide on the southwest corner of 49th and 6th for Carolina pulled pork ($8) or meaty Texas-style chili ($6), then to the northwest corner of 54th and 5th for bratwurst ($5) and kielbasa ($6) with red-wine sauerkraut from Hallo Berlin. Downtown, Thiru Kamar's Dosa Cart NY Dosas Thiru Vendy Award Winner - Dosas To Die For in New York in Washington Square Park attracts masses of New Yorkers hungry for rice crêpes with coconut chutney and sambar to the corner of W. 4th and Sullivan.
Diffusion Dining
In addition to hefty cookbook royalties and Food Network contracts, celeb chefs are also amassing culinary fiefdoms. Dining at one of the smaller realms in the empire can mean enjoying the master chef's recipes at a deep discount. Take Mario Batali: The food-and-wine tasting menu at his flagship Del Posto Del Posto - Home Page comes in at $300, but his downtown trattoria, Lupa, is cheaper and less obsequious but no less flavorful: Hearty standouts include the bucatini and guanciale simmered in a chile-spiked tomato sauce ($15), and the pork shoulder with a rhubarb-Campari-ginger sauce ($18). The staff at Upstairs at Bouley Bakery and Market Upstairs at Bouley Bakery and Market in New York City Restaurants on Concierge.com serves up renditions of David Bouley's rarefied French-American cuisine, such as poached lobster in a red wine sauce, or prime sirloin drizzled with Cognac-raisin sauce—both $21, about half what you'd pay at his main place across the street. The only catch is the no-reservations policy.
Lupa Lupa Osteria Romana
170 Thompson St.
Tel: 212 982 5089
Upstairs at Bouley Chef David Bouley
130 W. Broadway
Tel: 212 608 5829
Be sure to scroll to the bottom, there are 11 pages of links for NYC!
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