New York's Best Takeout 2008

Part bar, part all-night delivery service for the rocking Williamsburg crowd.

Reviews:

• “wonderful food”
• “They make one of the best hamburgers and salads!!!”
• “Took an hour for delivery”
• “Tastes Good”
• “Cheap place "

Tips: In a sweet happy hour deal, Finlandia, Bacardi and pints of Heineken go for a buck between 5:30pm and 9pm daily.

Anytime or email Anytime

Watch your back, falafel: The Venezuelan snacks at this charming hole-in-the-wall might just kick off a new cheap-eats trend.

Reviews:

• “Delicious, cheap and (literally) cheesy!”
• “Amazing!”
• “Best tasting fast food.”
• “Excellent catering”
• “Great food; Expensive for what it is.”

Tips: Caracas offers a small selection of beer and wine or try papelon con limon, a sugary (but refreshing) lime drink.

Caracas Arepa Bar or email Caracas Arepa Bar

Jumbo burgers with character make this an East Village mainstay.

Reviews:

• “The best burgers anywhere!!!”
• “Best Burger Ever ^_ :http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/email_business/7087467?publisher=local_matters

A Smith Street favorite for inexpensive Middle Eastern cooking.

Reviews:

• “Truly Horrible Food.”
• “Best Street Brooklyn Blogspot”
• “worth the wait”
• “Gooooo Zaytoons "
• “Nastiest Staff Ever”

Tips: Zaytoons does a brisk delivery business in and around Cobble Hill.

Zaytoons

The New York hot dog classic that brings a whole new level of meaning to “cheap eats.”

Reviews:

• “Obama Hot Dogs??”
• “The Cheapest Damn Hotdog. Period.”
• “Can’t beat the price!”
• “Don’t have high expectations”
• “Pretty Good, Cheap Hot Dogs”

Gray’s Papaya

This tiny, stylish East Village Thai restaurant delivers a big bang for your buck.

Reviews:

• “TIP FRAUD. RECURRENT!”
• “Thai for a steal”
• “yummy”
• “Great place for tasty and inexpensive Thai food …with a hip flare…”
• “Cheap eats”

Tips: It has one of the fastest delivery times in the neighborhood. Repeat customers can give their phone numbers, and the restaurant’s computer will pull up the address.

SEA Bistro

Mouth-watering dumplings for obscenely low prices draw a constant crowd to this tiny Chinatown joint.

Reviews:

• “Greatest Cheap Eats I’ve ever HAD !”
• “Truly lives up to its name!!”

Tips: Love the dumplings, but can’t make it to Chinatown all the time? Buy a bag of 50 frozen dumplings for only $8 and cook them at home.

Tasty Dumpling

Pizza hounds, take note: This chewy-crusted, tangy-sauced pie is definitely a contender.

Reviews:

• “Better Than A Typical Street Corner Pizzeria, But Not Comparable To Patsy’s Or Totonno’s”
• “Forget them all this is by far the beast pizza in NY hands down”
• “Good pizza, bad service”
• “Great slices, laughably bad service”
• “amazing”

Tips: Fresh mozzarella loses its milky charm in transit, so it’s best to order the regular pie to go; savor the specialty ones, made with fresh mozzarella, in-house.

Bleecker Street Pizza

This chain brought Chinatown-style dining to the UWS in 1989, and still serves their namesake noodles and Hong Kong style dishes.

Reviews:

• “Bustling but worth the rush”
• “Insane delivery- best I’ve ever seen.”
• “Satisfying food”
• “You have to know what to get!”
• “Horrible Food and Service”

Ollie’s Noodle Shop & Grill

Homey dessert treats make this West Village spot super sweet.

Reviews:

• “WOW!”
• “I, too, wasn’t impressed”
• “Over-rated”
• “Undeserved hype”
• “I recommend pick-up”

Tips: Don’t get greedy. Patrons may only buy one dozen cupcakes at a time.

Magnolia Bakery