Cuisine: Seafood. Specialty: Clam Chowder. Address: 10 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02116. Price: $8 for Clam Chowder. Having lived in Boston for a year, I’m ashamed that I’ve only had one bowl of clam chowder. In a town crazy for seafood, clam chowder is one of the most contested culinary warzones—and the results are...
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Cuisine: Japanese. Specialty: Ramen Noodles. Address: 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140. Price: Less than $10 for entrees. $8.50-$9 for Ramen. The scene: A Wednesday night. Three young law school students on the hunt for the cheapest, simplest, most filling meal around. Outside: 50 degree weather impeding our every step....
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Cuisine: Ice Cream. Specialties: Brown Bread, Vanilla and Salt. Location: 712 N Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90029. Price: $2.75 for 2 scoops. $5.75 for 6 scoops. In LA’s perfect weather, can there be a more ideal food than ice cream? And yet, somehow LA seems like it’s light years behind the East Coast’s ice cream...
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Cuisine: Gastropub, Burger Bar. Location: 331 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10014-1901. Price: $6.75 for Bistro Burger, $2.50 for Fries. I love dining in restaurants, particularly in a city like New York with so much quality dining. But sometimes I just want to keep it simple, kick back, and head to a pub for something greasy,...
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Cuisine: Fast Food Pizza. Specialty: Artichoke Pizza. Location: 328 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003. Price: $4.50 for a Humungous Slice. Only in New York can you be charged $4.50 for a slice of pizza…and think that you actually got a bargain. But late at night, there are few decent options, even in the Big Apple. So, going out to...
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Location: Borne Confections, 485 Park Avenue, New York NY 10022 Country of Production: USA Price: Pods are $2.50 each. A Pre-Packed Box of 12 for $31.50. When I was studying abroad in Spain, I had a chance to travel to Barcelona, which soon became my favorite city in the whole country. Beautiful, natural, and a bit wacky, the city...
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Cuisine: Eclectic, Local Sustainable Cooking. Specialty: The Craigie Burger (among others). Address: 853 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Price: $16 for the 10 oz. Burger + a Mountain of Fries. If there is one place in Boston I can never grow tired of, it’s Craigie on Main. I’ve been to the always packed restaurant three...
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Cuisine: Jewish Delicatessen. Specialty: Hot Pastrami Sandwich on Rye. Location: 205 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002-1098. Price: $14.95 for Pastrami Sandwich. The setting: midday New York, my second day there. I’ve been traveling through the gigantic city on foot, exploring every nook and cranny that I can. Hunger has...
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Cuisine: Patisserie. Address: Dubai Mall, Dubai. Price: 40 dirhams a dessert (~$11). Ever had a bite of one of the world’s best desserts in a shopping mall? Dubai, ever eager to brandish its wealth and craft the ultimate hedonistic experience, has attempted just that, bringing the world-renowned Fauchon straight from Paris to the...
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Address: Near post office at King Faisal St., Amman, Jordan. Cuisine: Falafel and Hummus. Price: Less than about $1 for a sandwich plus extra falafel balls. Famished after a long day of exploring Jordan, and battered by the flaming hot Amman sun, I was looking for a way to refuel: ideally something quick, cheap, and starchy. That...
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