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I'm new to the city and doing an internship at one of the big banks downtown, and I am living in a small room in Tribeca. I am trying to live cheaply because I'm still studying and don't have much money, but groceries are killing me. I am on broadway near franklin, and the place with the best prices so far seems to be the Fresh Market on Greenwich St, but they are ridiculously high. It's not really any cheaper than Fresh Direct, which I may start using if I can't find a more reasonable grocery store. Any suggestions? I know manhattan (and especially Tribeca) is expensive, but I know there's probably places that I just don't know about. The other day I discovered Chinatown for fruits/veggies, but I'm looking for a place with decent prices on stuff like cereals, dairy products, etc.
I'm new to the city and doing an internship at one of the big banks downtown, and I am living in a small room in Tribeca. I am trying to live cheaply because I'm still studying and don't have much money, but groceries are killing me. I am on broadway near franklin, and the place with the best prices so far seems to be the Fresh Market on Greenwich St, but they are ridiculously high. It's not really any cheaper than Fresh Direct, which I may start using if I can't find a more reasonable grocery store. Any suggestions? I know manhattan (and especially Tribeca) is expensive, but I know there's probably places that I just don't know about. The other day I discovered Chinatown for fruits/veggies, but I'm looking for a place with decent prices on stuff like cereals, dairy products, etc.
Thanks,
Luke
hehehe welcome to NY's trendy living area, you'll need to travel to less hip areas, but the cab fare might eat up any savings. there's a pathmark way over on the east side under the fdr and the end of chrystie st, or you could path it over to JC and find a pathmark near the newport station, also consider going up to 14 st but I have no specific places to send you.
When we lived in Manhattan we used to take our "old lady" cart up the the Path Mark on 125th street about once a month to stock up on dry goods.
We save a ton on grocery's since we moved to Brooklyn.
When we lived in Manhattan we used to take our "old lady" cart up the the Path Mark on 125th street about once a month to stock up on dry goods.
We save a ton on grocery's since we moved to Brooklyn.
Problem is those uptown stores are not well stocked.
Costco (and there's one right across the 59th St. Bridge - you don't have to go to New Rochelle) doesn't work because there's no place to store what you have to buy in such huge quantities. Try Fairway at 125th St. Fresh Direct is actually CHEAPER than D'Agostino (even with the delivery fee) but Union Square Greenmarket is really the best. A
Costco is great for a lot of little things you don't realize add up on your budget like, paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, etc. I don't know if I recommend it for a city dweller's regular food shopping though because of the limited space you often have in an apartment.
You can still pick up some food items though and it is definitely worth checking out. Last time I went I picked up a lot of cereal, this pretty big variety pack of seasoned chicken cutlets I was able to store in my freezer, also picked up some cartons of eggs I made space for in my fridge. It's definitely worth checking out, you just have to be realistic about what you can fit in your apartment.
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