Welcome!

It just occurred to us that we’ve never had a formal introduction. So without further ado…

Welcome to Frugal Feast NY. We are your hosts, Aj and Alex – two fun-loving guys living in Astoria, New York (at least until the rent goes up) that like to eat. Although we enjoy the full-range of the food spectrum, from haute cuisine to dollar dumplings, most of the stuff we typically eat tends to fall somewhere between the two.

Frugal Feast isn’t necessarily about finding the cheapest food possible (not everyone would think a burger and fries are worth $16, but oh, how they are wrong), but finding worthwhile, delicious food that probably won’t break the bank.

We’re not setting a price limit on the food we post, but generally meals will not cost a great deal more than $25 per person, with the vast majority being much, much lower. We will include receipts (if we can find them) or estimated prices to give you a good idea of just how much everything will cost you.

We’ll also be posting some recipes, because sometimes nothing is more fulfilling (not to mention cheaper) than eating at home. In this case we’ll try to come up with a total price based on the ingredients used.

We’ve come up with a rating system that is pretty simple. We rate food based on two qualities – the food itself, as well as its frugal factor. The frugal factor takes said food rating into account, and compares it to overall cost to help you decide if something is truly worth it.

And usually it is. Although we’ve made plenty of missteps along our eating journey, part of the fun with food is trying something new and forming your own opinion about it, even if it doesn’t taste all that great.

Thanks for reading and happy eating,

Aj and Alex