5 Steaks for Less Than $15

by Joshua M Bernstein - Citysearch Contributor - 61 Reviews - 2 Lists

Updated: January 26, 2009

Just because New York is overwhelmed with haute cuts of astronomically priced steak doesn't mean carnivores on a budget have to starve. Loosen your belt and sample these $15-and-under meateries.

Beef on a Budget

  1. 1 5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended Shachi's Restaurant
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    197 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211 (map)

    Everyone in Williamsburg, regardless of social scene, comes here for the delicious arepas, but the churrasco is pretty impressive in itself. A skirt steak adorned with a tangy chimichurri sauce and served with yuca and greens, it's hard to believe that this delicious concoction only costs $13.

  2. 2 4 Star Rating: Recommended Pee Dee Steak House
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    2006 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10029 (map)

    During lunch, $7.99 snares a sizzling sirloin at this East Harlem counter-service spot decorated like a Swiss chalet. The deal includes a baked potato, crunchy garlic bread and salad, while dinnertime presents a 12-ounce, $13.99 Big Daddy steak. One caveat: Non-vampires might want to order it medium.

  3. 3 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended cafecito
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    185 Ave C, New York, NY 10009 (map)

    Latin tunes soundtrack this colorful Cuban cafe, where you'll sit at a comfy banquette and grub on a succulent, $15 churrasco skirt steak, best enjoyed smothered with purple, lime-cured onions and cilantro-flecked chimichurri sauce. Arrive famished, as free sides of yellow rice, black beans and crisp tostones are belly-fillers.

  4. 4 3.5 Star Rating: Average Chez Oskar
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    211 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205 (map)

    Families and gabbing friends flock to this longtime Fort Greene bistro decorated with a pastel tin ceiling and massive, colorful paintings for dependable French faves and a half-pound hunk of hanger steak served alongside buttery fingerling potatoes, artichokes and mushrooms, a juicy feast made tastier by the $15 price tag.

  5. 5 3.5 Star Rating: Average Epicerie Cafe Charbon
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    170 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 (map)

    Downtown lunchers convene at this French bistro to protein-load on the $13.95 sliced hanger steak. It's served aside a tangle of crisp, salty frites just begging for a ketchup bath. At dinner, the price leaps to--egads!--$15.95--and comes with a square of potatoes au gratin.