Eating out in New York City can be taxing. $100-per-person tasting menus are cool, but unless someone else is paying, we're sticking with $1 slices and cheap dumplings.
But within Gotham, there is grace for the hungry: free food! Yes, Virginia, it's real. Here are 25 Ways to Eat for Free in NYC.
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