London’s Outdoor Markets

| April 27, 2011

Some of the best and cheapest eating you can find are in outdoor markets. Samples everywhere you look. Cheese, fruit, avocadoes, cookies…you name it. And best of all, they’re FREE. Being a New Yorker, I love hitting the famous Union Square Green Market, but folks that’s nothing in comparison to the FABULOUS outdoor markets that London has. […]

Cheap Takeaway

| April 25, 2011

What we call take-out, the Brits call takeaway. Potato Potato. Tomato Tomato. Bottom line, we all eat on the run. We like it quick, but most of all, we like it cheap. Right next to the St Martins Lane Hotel is a great spot for takeaway. What is it? Fernando’s. Fernando’s is a small cafe, with about 6 […]

How To Eat Cheap In An Expensive London Restaurant

| April 20, 2011

We all hear on the news that the US Dollar is weak but it doesn’t really hit you, until you travel abroad. When you punch those numbers into your calculator, they REALLY don’t add up. What’s a girl to do? Let me share some tips and tricks on how you can eat cheap in an […]

London Hotel Search

| April 18, 2011

When Cheapeats won the British Airways Face to Face Contest, we were SSSOOOO excited to be heading to London. One our favorites cities and the start of our legwork for expanding Cheapeats globally. Only 1 night hotel stay was provided in our prize, so the rest was on us. Of course being in the center of […]

Barilla Tortellini

| April 15, 2011

Cheapeats was given the challenge to create a Italian style meal using Barilla Tortellini. Right away my creative juices got going. What could I come up with? Tortellini Bouillabaisse? Tortellini Semi Fredo? Nope. They just won’t make the cut. Ugh, this is going to be difficult. Being Sicilian, I grew up on what many call […]

Bklyn Loves Japan Benefit

| April 14, 2011

Bell House hosts: BKLYN LOVES JAPAN Our hearts have been hurting thinking about this tragedy. A two-part benefit to raise funds to help the disaster relief effort in Japan. 100% of the ticket sales and silent auction sales will benefit GlobalGiving.org, a charity that is currently disbursing funds to organizations providing relief and emergency services to […]

Thank You, Merci, Gracias, Grazie, Cheers

| April 13, 2011

Dear British Airways, Please excuse the tardiness of this post,  but  I wanted to say THANK YOU for giving Cheapeats the opportunity to enter and win the Bristish Airways Face to Face Challenge. The experience was not only memorable but empowering. From the moment I stepped foot into the conference in New York, my life was forever […]

Dine Out Staten Island

| April 13, 2011

STATEN ISLAND IS IN THE HOUSE – TONIGHT Dine Out Against Hunger is a restaurant-based fundraiser to help fight hunger. Over 150 participating restaurants pledge to give 20% of their food bill (excluding the bar bill) to Project Hospitality, an interfaith effort sheltering the homeless, feeding the hungry, and caring for people with HIV/AIDS on […]

Tacos For Strength

| April 11, 2011

Join Chef Patricio Sandoval from Mercadito and 12 acclaimed chefs from around the country in the fight against child hunger by supporting Tacos for Strength, a year-long campaign offering a signature taco by each chef every month. Get ready to taste some of the most delicious, creative tacos ever! Ask your server for THIS MONTH’S […]

Where’s The Beef?

| April 7, 2011

THIS JUST IN FROM THE BELL HOUSE The beef is back — come one, come all to the second-and-a-half annual Brooklyn Beefsteak. Endless pitchers of New York’s oldest oat soda on every table, heaping stacks of hot beef cuts, mountains of uneaten bread, and absolutely no utensils! Chow down to the hillbilly boogie rhythms of […]