$25 and Under 1998: Your Guide to the Best Inexpensive Restaurants in New York [Paperback]

Eric Asimov (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 16, 1997

With this completely updated 4th edition of his definitive guide, New York Times food critic Eric Asimov proves time and again that when it comes to dining out in New York, the best isn't necessarily the most expensive.

Appearing every Friday in the New York Times, Eric Asimov's "$25 and Under" column is a beacon, guiding financially challenged gastronomes to the very best the Big Apple has to offer. With this book, Asimov fills a void, providing in one volume 150 answers to the timeless question posed of New Yorkers and New York visitors alike: "Do you know a good place for dinner that's not too expensive?"

New features include the best steaks, Chinese, French, sushi, pizza and delivery food; eating cheaply in the fanciest restaurants; and the best food in each neighorhood. From the ubiquitous to the uncommon, Eric Asimov shows the way and has all the answers. "$25 and Under 1998" includes tips, advice and strategies not found in any other New York restaurant guide.

"This is my favorite New York restaurant guide. Eric Asimov, one of the New York Times' restaurant critics, is among New York's most talented food writers. The reviews are low-key but subtly witty and insightful-- there is clearly a great mind at work here." --from Steven Shaw's New York Restaurant Review & Food Guide --"Indispensible New York Food/Restaurant Books"

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"This is my favorite New York restaurant guide. Eric Asimov, one of the New York Times' restaurant critics, is among New York's most talented food writers. The reviews are low-key but subtly witty and insightfulthere is clearly a great mind at work here." -- from Steven Shaw's New York Restaurant Review & Food Guide-Indispensible New York Food/Restaurant Books

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; 4th edition (August 16, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062734024
• ISBN-13: 978-0062734020
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,799,558 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars There is not more sincere love than the love for the food!, November 24, 2005

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This review is from: $25 and Under 1998: Your Guide to the Best Inexpensive Restaurants in New York (Paperback)

This ineffable statement of Georges Bernard Shaw would seem to be availed for this useful text of. Eric Asimov.

With more than 10.000 restaurants, New York offers an unparalleled opportunity to taste the cooking of the world. So in this order of ideas, you have the chance to win or let down, because there are many hidden gastronomic treasures of remarkable actuality, but besides there are a great number of bad restaurants; so the trick is to avoid them.

Through his personal and very engaging style, Asimov proposes us a true tour de force, classifying them by nationalities; simultaneously, he suggests us the best dishes of every local.

If you do not want to risk yourself and besides lack of enough time to enjoy of one the most gratifying and fascinating pleasures of the life, this book may become an excellent reference guide to discover unexpected places that you would never have found unless you have a sybarite fridn in this city.

Go for this; you have nothing to loose and much to win.

4.0 out of 5 stars Help for Impoverished Newcomers or Curious Local, March 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: $25 and Under 1998: Your Guide to the Best Inexpensive Restaurants in New York (Paperback)

Upon deplaning in JFK I was hungry and lost. This book introduced me to the myriad good-eating opportunities in New York and the thrill of hunting down the best Roast Beef Sandwich or plate of barbecue. Though some of the places reviewed in 1998 have since closed, that state of flux and sense of serendipity is part of the exploratory experience in New York. This is an alternative (or quirkier supplement) to the ubiquitous Zagat guide. Asimov's book is as well-suited for a recently arrived student as for an experienced diner looking for pleasure in Manhattan's nooks.