Okay so I have $30 dinner allowance at my bank in nyc and I’m trying to figure out places where I can basically get enough food for dinner and lunch the next day. I’m tired of spending $18 on a chipotle burrito everyday for lunch (fuck inflation). If anyone has suggestions please help your boy out
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Probably Rochester or Buffalo
Wow, crazy the banks still haven’t bumped that stipend up
DIG, Naya, sweetgreen, Bread & Butter, Pret a Manger, Shake Shack, Dos Toros, Los Tacos, Urbanspace.
Probably plenty of small Chinese, Indian, and Thai places around if you search on Google maps, not to mention your local deli options. I have a 24hr deli near my apartment that does all sorts of sandwiches for $10, which is incredible for super late night food.
I feel like I can't get out of urban space for lunch for less than $20. I routinely pay $10 for a cold brew and granola bar. My salad and seltzer the other day was $20.. what are you ordering there?
Agreed urbanspace is a total ripoff. You basically have to buy two of what they give you with how small their portion sizes are. That comes to 30 all in for most of their stores, so I only bought urbanspace using the stipend after wasting my money there like 10 times and not feeling full
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Realize this isn’t what you asked, but I would highly recommend you consider your health here. It may be possible to get two meals (maybe one a salad) for $30, but it’s tough and you’ll end up just eating takeout every day (which usually has a lot more unhealthy stuff than cooking at home).
I’d recommend using your stipend on dinner (getting from a decent place) and try and do some meal prep over the weekend (chicken, fish, rice, etc) so that you can balance your diet. Working in IB is tough, eating every single meal out is only making it tougher on your health.
Rice Bowl Factory in Midtown is pretty good and do a lot of 2-for-1 specials... with delivery usually comes out in the low 20s
favorite “meals” under $15:
sweetgreen - green goddess bowl, add chicken
chipotle - steak/chicken/pork burrito, add everything that’s free
joe and the juice - pink/blue/chocolate shake (600 calories with a significant amount of plant-based protein, heavy in fructose)
For sweetgreen dressing on the side is key here if you want to save one for the next day.
Shake Shack or Papaya King (the real one) and have something left over?
Just go pick it up, you can get 2 burritos easily for $30
Why is your chipotle burrito $18? 😂
Bruh what are you getting extra guac and chips and salsa every time you go to Chipotle? When I was there this summer, it was around 11-12 after tax not 18. Surely they can't have increased prices 50% in a month and a half?? Make sure to use pickup and not delivery
I cannot stress this enough, Greek Xpress. I used to get 2 of their chicken gyros with all the free shit and I'm telling you I gained like 10 pounds just from eating 2 of those bad boys a day. They're also located on 40th so it's super close and the food tastes fresh asf. Give it a try and you'll like it.
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