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During Cheap Eats Week, bold Eater editors, Vox Media staffers, and readers are attempting to make it through the whole week on $10 a day (before tax/tip). There is a complex set of rules (street fruit! the bar snack loophole!) but the gist of it is: spend no more than $10 for restaurant and prepared meals for an entire day. All non-nutritional liquids (e.g., coffee, alcohol) are exempt. Eater editors have been summarizing their meals here, while readers and co-workers have been adding their intel to the forums and social media. Here's some highlights from the #thecontest hashtag.
Lunch. #thecontest @Eater @EaterNY chicken gyro. Halal food cart, 40th and Madison. $3.75 pic.twitter.com/TarbeGTn3a
— Meddafore (@Meddafore) July 13, 2015
Dinner. 10 chive & pork steamed dumplings $3 and kim chi $2. #thecontest @EaterNY North Dumpling, 27 Essex St. pic.twitter.com/YCLvsJcxkt
— Meddafore (@Meddafore) July 13, 2015