NYC street foodie shows people where to eat for $5 — and the best options are hiding right in front of you
NY Post
NYC is his culinary dollar store.
Reformed gambler Marco Lombardi is a human truffle hound when it comes to finding cheap eats in New York City. The Big Apple content creator regularly scours Gotham’s underbelly for food that fills bellies sans emptying wallets, scrounging up back-alley banquets for as little as $5.
Some of Lombardi’s scores are nearly one-third of the price of a Big Mac “steal” in NYC nowadays, like a massive pork chop, rice and greens for $7.50 at Chinatown standby May Wah Fast Food and the legendary Souvlaki Lady’s $5 chicken skewers.
“I always say the mom-and-pops are the engine to our city,” Lombardi told The Post. “Without them, New York City would not be the same. We all can’t afford a $20 sandwich.”
The 32-year-old street foodie has featured many of these bargain bites on his “4 spots $20” series for his 225,000 Instagram followers, many of whom are battered by the inflation-fueled food prices in NYC where dining out today costs nearly 6% more than last year.
“Dollar pizza is not even a dollar anymore. Inflation’s killing the vibe,” Lombardi lamented.
