Comments on: NYC Food Guy’s Cheap Eats: Hale & Hearty’s $4.69 Large Salad

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:53:04 +0000

The tough thing with most places that do salad with mix-ins is that each ingredient bumps up the price. I think that is the case with PAX and Cafe Metro locations. The one that offer “up to” free mix-ins are good, but the additional ones can really bump up the price tag. I’ll have to check out the Hale & Hearty soon.

My favorite place is Cafe University on the corner of Waverly Place and University Place in the Village. It’s diagonally across from the northeast corner of Washington Square Park. the salad (big bowl, I think) is $5.95 with 4 free mix-ins. I usually get the mixed greens with grilled cajun chicken, roatsed red peppers (an item that usually costs you about $.75 elsewhere), raisins and walnuts. I top it off with a soy-ginger dressing. Big salad and very filling. I gotta go with the NYCFoodGuy in saying that sometimes the ship known as billyboy needs to be righted every so often. If I get there and say “F this salad bizness!”, I can always walk next door to the Weinstein Dining Hall at NYU and get a couple of chicken sandwiches from the Chik-Fil-A that is in there. Yeah, that’s right, baby!! One caveat though, I think they are closed for the until most of the students return in the fall.

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By: The NYC Food Guy

The NYC Food Guy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:15:37 +0000

STEVENP-

Ha, I can understand your reluctance but I’ll head over and check it out one of these days and see how it compares to Hale and Hearty.

Well if you want the Drunken Noodle Battle, you got it. Stay tuned!

By: stevenp

stevenp — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:13:57 +0000

At the risk of creating a mob scene, the Bistro 49 on 49th near Park has AYCA salads for $7. There’s another place not too far from there but I forget the name. I think it’s on 46th. The Bistro’s other foods are also good (udon, mongolian bbq, etc.)

I too look forward to a drunken noodle battle!

By: The NYC Food Guy

The NYC Food Guy — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:07:29 +0000

Stevenp

That’s awesome. Which places?

By: stevenp

stevenp — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:47:06 +0000

There are a few delis around town that will make a salad with ALL the toppings you want (including grilled/breaded chicken, tuna, turkey chunks, mozzarella balls, feta cubes, tomato, snow peas, artichokes, whatever!) for a fixed price of $7. You can seriously get a 3-pound salad at these places–much better deal than the exorbitant-price-per-puny-add-in salad shops. H&H, Chopt, Europa, etc. – meh.

By: The NYC Food Guy

The NYC Food Guy — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:35:07 +0000

Oh you heard it right. It’s going to have to go down.

By: Danny

Danny — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:31:21 +0000

Drunken noodle battle?!?

By: The NYC Food Guy

The NYC Food Guy — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:48:32 +0000

Just cause you don’t see it on the outside doesn’t mean things are in bad shape on the inside. Regardless, I’m feeling a little grease withdrawal myself so maybe it’s time for something delicious to be the newest post.

I’ll let you choose Celestial, what’s it going to be?

A Burger Battle?
A BBQ Battle?
A Drunken Noodles Battle?

By: Celestialnyc

Celestialnyc — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:15:50 +0000

Hey, Hey. Thats not true. Eating crap all the time is not entirly bad…just look at japanese female food competitor “Gal SONE”..the gir is 95lbs and can eat 40,000 calories in one sitting. http://youtube.com/watch?v=R1Q1Jeh8dxY