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Best NYC bars to drink beer and watch SuperBowl XLVI: Loreley

Loreley Restaurant and Beirgarten is just that — a German restaurant and a traditional German beer garden, serving lots of German beer.  But on SuperBowl Sunday, both locations — on the Lower East Side and in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — turn into sports bars.  Watch the game on big screen TVs and drink beer.  Loreley [...]

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Starts today: free CNET hands-on electronics show + holiday gift guide advice

Today through November 13th — Get your hands on the lastest electronic and tech toys, and get advice from experts from CNET, Adobe and more, at this special FREE five-day open house at Openhouse Gallery on the Lower East Side.  Head to the Gift Advice Counter for advice on which tablet, which smartphone, which [...]

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Free CNET hands-on electronics show + holiday gift guide advice

Get your hands on the lastest electronic and tech toys, and get advice from experts from CNET, Adobe and more, at this special FREE five-day open house at Openhouse Gallery on the Lower East Side.  Head to the Gift Advice Counter for advice on which tablet, which smartphone, which digital camera, which home theater [...]

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Sample sale on designer clothes for children: Baby Dior, Burberry, Armani, more

Top designer clothes for children are up to 80% off at this special downtown sale.  Designers include Baby Dior, Burberry, Erto, and Armani. The sale is today through Thursday, June 30.  At 60 Grand Street, at West Broadway.  Hours are 11-7 daily.  This tip is from Steph, one of NYC on the Cheap followers.  [...]

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NYC sample sale at Veda includes stock items, all 40%

posted by Evelyn Kanter

High fashion Veda leather jackets, handbags and other items are 40% off this week at the Lower East Side shop.  The sale includes samples and stock items from the spring 2011 collection, plus pieces from fall and winter.  The Veda sale is Monday, May 16th through Monday, May 23rd, 132 [...]

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Best NYC happy hours: 12th St. Ale House on LES

There’s a bargain-priced happy hour every day of the week at 12th Street Ale House, 192 Second Ave, between 12th and 13th Streets.  Prices don’t get much cheaper than this — $2.50 well drinks; $3.50 drafts beers; $3 call and mid-shelf drinks.  Every weekday, Monday to Friday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and weekends [...]

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Audi Urban Future Inititiative showcases ideas from young architects

Evelyn Kanter at the Audi Urban Future Initiative exhibit, part of the Festival of Ideas for the New City

Creative young architects and artists from around the world have contributed ideas on what the city of the future could look like, including New York City, for a special gallery exhibit open today through [...]

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NYC weekend planner: Lower East Side festival has city of the future theme

Take a peek into the future at the first Festival of Ideas for the New City, all weekend on the Lower East Side and Soho.  I can’t call it a block party or a street fair, because there are more than 100 the events and exhibits spread over several blocks, both Saturday, May 7th [...]

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Best NYC Happy Hour Cheap Drinks: Village Pourhouse

Happy hour is a daily tradition at Village Pourhouse, with a selection of drink deals from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday.

$2 Bud and Bud Light Drafts $10 Pitchers of Bud Light 2 for 1 Vision Vodka cocktails,  901 Tequila shots and PH Bombs/Car Bombs

There’s also a daily $5.95 burger [...]

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Free Street Fairs this Weekend

Check out a new Big Apple neighborhood this weekend at one of the half dozen street fairs around town.  Street fairs and festivals are always FREE, but they always wind up costing something, because you always find something interesting to buy from the craftspeople and food vendors.

Saturday, July 17

East Side Summer Festival, [...]

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NYC Restaurant Week Begins Jan. 25

It’s enough to make you hungry.  The Big Apple’s famous NYC Restaurant Week begins Monday, Jan. 25, and luckily for us, runs for two weeks, not one, through Sunday, Feb. 7.  It’s a spectacular opportunity to have a three-course lunch in 266 of the city’s best restaurants for $24.07 or dinner for $35.00.  Plus beverages and tips, [...]

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World Series of Beer Pong with radio's Shade 45 and DJ Whoo Kid!

The World Series of Beer Pong is being held in Las Vegas in January.  But this Saturday, November 21, you can play against some of the world’s best gemers in a World Series of Beer Pong  Satellite Tournament, followed by an after the pong party.  You have to sign up your team for the [...]

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