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Sushi Lounge
132 St Marks (at A)
Time: Forever and ever
Price: 50% off sushi

At Sushi Lounge they have 50% off sushi all the time. Not just happy hour, and not just at lunch, but ALL THE TIME.  That means, their menu prices are just double the actual price that they charge.  Hmmm.  That’s about as logical as ordering a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  Hold the peanut butter.  And Jelly.  And Bread.  Or advertising free air.  To be fair though, their prices are really cheap.  Half off a $4 tuna roll is $2, and half off an $8.25 shrimp tempura roll is $4.12½  (you can pay the half-cent in yen.)  But I guess saying 50% off is a better marketing technique than saying DIRT CHEAP sushi.  So ridiculously cheap that you should be concerned.  With all these thoughts running through my head, I avoided the half-off-fish, and went with a vegetarian lunch special to-go ($7.95 available until 4pm), that included veggie tempura, rice, some gross seaweed stuff, a cucumber-avocado roll, miso soup and a salad served in coffee cups.  It was a gorgeous day outside, and I ate my lunch in Tompkins Square Park with the cracked-out bums, drank miso out of a cup, and contemplated what 50% of 50% of 50% of 50% was.