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The City Bakery's Bad Economy Menu

Where: 3 West 18th St. [map], New York, NY, United States, 10011
December 11, 2008 at 12:00 PM | by | Comments (4)

Manhattan's lunchtime favorite The City Bakery is known for their high-end takes on snacky food, particularly the signature pretzel croissant and the super-rich dark hot chocolate with homemade marshmallow. Now, CB is getting on board the recession resto bandwagon, offering up a new happy hour menu designed to appeal to the cheapskate in you.

City Bakery's New Bad Economy Beer Menu serves up heartwarming fried comfort food snacks from 4 to 8 pm, and everything is priced at $10 or less. There are old school comfort classics like deviled eggs, as well as new inventions like the pig in a pretzel-croissant blanket. There's also the gooey deliciousness that is the bacon and chocolate sandwich. If that can't get you out of a depression, what can?

Serious Eats has a great photo gallery of the entire menu. And don't worry, that over-the-top hot chocolate is still there.

Related Stories:
· The City Bakery [Official Site]
· City Bakery's New Bad Economy Beer Menu [Serious Eats]
· Recession Restaurants coverage [Jaunted]

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I LOVE this place

You can often find me here, Friends of Jaunted. The pretzel croissants are spectacular.
egw on December 11, 2008 at 12:27 PM #Permalink

Sweetness

City Bakery hot chocolate is the sweetest substance I've ever tasted in my life. It's also quite yummy. Methinks one could add a shot of whiskey or Kahlua for an extra kick.
Victor Ozols on December 11, 2008 at 2:17 PM #Permalink

Don't get me wrong...

... the pretzel croissants are FANTASTIC, but this is a WAY better recession meal deal: Jean-Georges Vongerichten, known to be generous with the prix fixe lunch here and there, has sent out a note to his mailing list announcing that he's offering $24 prix fixe lunches and $35 dinners at all of his restaurants. http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/12/jean-georgess_gift_to_you_this.html
marnabelle on December 11, 2008 at 2:46 PM #Permalink

city bakery

LOVE this place too. I often treat myself to lunch here - omg their roasted fennel - but lunch is easily $12. This new happy hour thing may have be going back to see what's up.
JetSetCD on December 11, 2008 at 10:52 PM #Permalink
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