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Brooklyn Restaurant Week: $20.12 meal Deals

Dine in Brooklyn — More than 150 Brooklyn restaurants and cafes are participating in the 2012 Brooklyn Restaurant Week, March 21st to 29th, with lunch, brunch or dinner, for $20.12 or $25.  Mention “Dine in Brooklyn” when you make your reservation, and you should do that soon, before the most popular eateries and dates [...]

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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

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The app version of NYC on the Cheap has just been updated and re-released on the iTunes Store.  The new 1.3 version contains more NYC cheap eats, more listings about NYC history, neighborhoods and how to get around, and more links to the Twitter and Facebook pages of the restaurants, museums [...]

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Free discount Rx prescription card for NYC residents, tourists

Start the new year by saving as much as half off your prescription medicines with the FREE Big Apple Rx prescription discount card. This just may be the best cheap deal in NYC, since it’s open to everybody — it is not limited to low-income New Yorkers or the elderly, and there is [...]

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Discount parking for Broadway shows and other events

It’s never easy to find street parking in NYC, especially  in Manhattan, and parking in NYC garages is expensive, especially in midtown.  Cut the cost of NYC parking for Broadway theater performances and other midtown events with discount parking coupons. 

Icon Parking has several locations  in the area they call Midtown West, which [...]

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150 museums nationwide are free this weekend

More than 150 museums in the USA are free this weekend, the first weekend of the month — but only if you are the owner of a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit card.  The two companies are once again offering their “Museums on Us” program, which includes such top cultural destinations as [...]

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NYC on the Cheap iTunes/iPad/iTouch app

iPhone/iPad/iTouch app

The app version of NYC on the Cheap has just been updated and released on the iTunes Store.  The new 1.3 version contains more NYC cheap eats, more listings about NYC history, neighborhoods and how to get around, and more links to the Twitter and Facebook pages of the restaurants, museums [...]

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Free days at five top NYC museums including MOMA, Guggenheim

Want to bypass the $20 admission charge — more or less — at NYC museums?  Take advantage of the FREE museum admission days and times, but know that the museum will be crowded with others also taking advantage of the NYC museum freebie.

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) – Fridays, 4 – 8 [...]

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Sample sale: Hickey Freeman, Bobby Jones menswear

Hickey Freeman, Hart Schaffner and Marx, and Bobby Jones tailored men’s suits, pants, jackets, sportswear and accessories including ties and belts are up to 80% off retail at this special sample sale and clearance sale,  Sunday February 12th through Thursday, February 16th. The sale is at Soiffer Haskin, 317 West 33rd Street, just west [...]

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150 museums nationwide are free this weekend

More than 150 museums in the USA are free this weekend, the first weekend of the month — but only if you are the owner of a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit card.  The two companies are once again offering their “Museums on Us” program, which includes such top cultural destinations as [...]

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Kids Night on Broadway: free theater tickets for ages 6-18

Kids and teens age 6-18 can see a Broadway show for FREE during the annual Kids’ Night on Broadway, sponsored by The Broadway League.   Kids get a free ticket when accompanied by an adult paying full price, at participating Broadway shows February 5-9, 2012.  The event also includes great family-friendly restaurant and parking deals, a [...]

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Free discount Rx prescription card for NYC residents, tourists

Start the new year by saving as much as half off your prescription medicines with the FREE Big Apple Rx prescription discount card. This just may be the best cheap deal in NYC, since it’s open to everybody — it is not limited to low-income New Yorkers or the elderly, and there is [...]

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