(3 out of 5 hot dogs)

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Brother Jimmy’s
1644 3^rd Ave (92^nd)
1485 2^nd Ave (77^th and 78^th)
428 Amsterdam (80^th and 81^st)
Grand Central, 89 E 42^nd (At Madison)
191 Lexington (at 31^st)
Time: Everyday, 4-7
Price: ½ Apps (Only at the Bar), $2 Buds, $2 Frozen Margaritas, $3 Well-Drinks

Remember when “Snow Day” used to mean- hot cocoa, sledding and snow-ball fights? Now that we’re all growed up we know the real meaning- start drinking earlier.  Last week’s blizzard was the perfect chance to hit up happy hours that normally you’d “flake” out on. I had the margarita, knowing well that the tequila would keep me toasty in the wet/bitter/cold that was last Wednesday.  It was great for $2, although a little sickeningly sweet by the bottom.  The appetizers were deep-fried delights; I tried the frickles (fried pickles with horseradish sauce) and onion straws (pictured above), which were both about $4 at the half-off bar price.  Brother Jimmy’s also has a load of other deals, including all-you-can-eat bbq, ladies night, and Southern ID discounts depending on which night you saddle up!  Hit it up today, or wait for the next snow day (tomorrow?)

(5 out of 5 hot dogs)

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Blockheads
951 Amsterdam (at 106^th)
1563 2^nd Avenue (81^st and 82^nd)
954 2^nd Avenue (50^th and 51^st)
499 3^rd Avenue (33 and 34^th)
Worldwide Plaza (50^th between 8^th and 9^th)
250 Vesey Street (Courtyard at 4 Financial Center)
Time: Saturday and Sunday 11-3
Price: $12ish, chips and salsa, entrée and unlimited champagne and mimosa

With six locations, unlimited drinks, unlimited chips and salsa, all for the same price as a movie ticket, this is my go-to drunch in NYC (drunk + brunch = drunch).  The adorable little stuffed monkey decorations throughout the restaurant somehow makes it okay that you are getting sloshed on Sunday and it’s not even noon.  Good news: Blockheads also has a lunch special during the week  (Chips, Soda, and entrée for $9).  Better news: $3 frozen margaritas ALL DAY EVERY DAY.  They don’t take reservations, but despite the amazing-ness of this special, I have never had to wait for a table.  The waiters here are really nice too; they even came up with a nickname for my table, “los borrachos.”  I’m not sure what it means, but I like the way they roll the ‘R’s!’  The weekend is approaching, I suggest you hop on Google Maps and figure out the Blockheads that is closest to your apartment (or the apartment of your co-worker who is pretty hot, but really annoying, but you’ll probably hook up with anyway after the Holiday Party).

(2 out of 5 hot dogs)

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Artisanal Bistro
2 Park Avenue (at 32nd St.)
Time: Saturday and Sundays, 10:30 to 4:45
Price: Prix Fixe, $24.50
Accompanying wine, $13.50
Little piece of cheese, A Billion Dollars

At this fancy bistro, I ordered the Prix Fixe, which can be roughly translated from French to mean “pretentious brunch special that doesn’t taste very good.” For hors d’oeurves, I had a basket of gougeres, which is an oily cheese pastry that was almost as satisfying as the $1.99 cheese fries at the Harlem Chicken Palace on my block. For my Plat Principaux I ordered the sautéed skate wing, which was so greasy it skated right through my GI Tract and into the nearest waste receptacle. For dessert I had the baba au rhum, which was a small piece of cake in a puddle of rum. Don’t get me wrong, I like rum as much as the next sex-starved sailor, but it was foul. Maybe they were trying to get me liquored up so that I would think that I actually enjoyed this meal. CELEB ALERT! CELEB ALERT! I was dining with my Puerto Rican friends, and they recognized the Puerto Rican Secretary of State sitting at the table next to us. I would have taken a picture, but I was too nervous/ ill.

(2 out of 5 hot dogs)

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Kebab Factory
101 Lexington (Between 27th and 28th Street)
Time: Everyday 12:00PM- 3:00PM
Price: $7.95

For a factory, maybe they should take a little tip from Henry T. Ford, and set up some assembly line action, because the service here is extremely slow. On the sign outside, Kebab Factory advertises a lunch special of unlimited kebab and curry for $6.95. But the reality is, if you want chicken you have to pay a dollar more. Misleading advertising: something that really grinds my gears. The chicken is tiny (maybe 1/3 the meat you’d expect on a kebab), but it is spicy and pretty tasty. The naan is standard, and served with four pretty good dipping sauces, my favorite had chick peas in it. Unfortunately, the service is horrendous. I continually asked for more naan and kebab, and they were extremely slow. They never offered to refill my water (rusty tasting tap water even, another thing that grinds the ol’ gears), and the server would disappear for ten minutes at a time. I finally had to go refill it myself from the server’s station. That being said, if you are really hungry for unlimited Indian food, and could are more patient than I am, don’t mind eating in a Murray Hill basement, and you bring your own bottle of water, this isn’t a bad place.