| The Deal | Where | Why |
| Under $30 Economic Stimulus Package Meal | The Willett House Port Chester (914) 939-7500 |
Steak and a side for less than $30? Check it out yourself. Indeed, go on a Sunday from 4 to 9 pm and take advantage of the 50 percent-off bottled wines offer (valid on more than half of Willett’s 900 wines). |
| $30 Prix-Fixe Dinner Sunday Through Thursday (5 to 6:30 pm) |
Plates Larchmont (914) 834-1244 |
The early-hour dinner pricing at Chef Matthew Karp’s New American bistro includes any two courses for $30, excluding daily specials and the 32-ounce rib eye. Do the math (at regular hours, apps are $8 to $14, entrées $24 to $32, desserts $8) and you’ll see it equals a delicious bargain. |
| $38 Sunday Brunch (Noon to 2) |
X20’s Xaviars on the Hudson Yonkers (914) 965-1111 |
Anything Peter Kelly cooks up is superb. So $38 for a three(!)-course brunch with unlimited Champagne and/or Prosecco, homemade breads, and passed hors d’oeuvres—that’s a steal. And the dazzling Hudson River views are free-of-charge. |
| $45 to $69 Five-Course Wine Dinners Monthly on Mondays (2nd Monday of each month) | Antipasti White Plains (914) 949-3500 |
Mondays never tasted so good. |
| $50 Dinner Whistle Special (Monday through Thursday, 5 to 7 pm) |
Marc Charles Steakhouse Armonk (914) 273-2700 |
Cozy and stylish in soft yellows and browns, this newbie steakhouse in the La Quinta Hotel is the brainchild of Chef Marc Mazzarulli, his second Armonk venture. (Opus 465 is his first.) Mazzarulli’s three-course Dinner Whistle Special includes a choice of wedge or Caesar salad, a main (with two sides) of chicken Marsala, 22-ounce porterhouse pork chop, eight-ounce filet mignon, or everything-encrusted Atlantic salmon, and warm apple crisp or crème brûlée for dessert. Coffee, tea, or cappuccino, too. Thursday may be the choice night; saunter over to the adjacent MC Bar & Lounge where, from 8 to 10 pm, ladies buy a house wine or specialty martini and get another free. |
Bargain Food
Reserve a table for one of these top dining bargains and raise a glass to smart—and yummy—frugality.
