Monday, March 8, 2010

Cheep's is cheap, but what else?

As we noted Friday afternoon (thanks to a photo from a reader), signs went up Cheep's, which took over the former Snacklicious Cinderella at Second Avenue near St. Mark's Place... By Friday evening, the place was open for business... With an open-air entryway, it seems pretty inviting...




But how is the food? EV Grieve reader Alessandra provided these thoughts Friday night:

Ate there this evening they had only been open for about 5 hrs and they were still trying to get it together. Other than that the prices were great but the Shawarma was at best average. I would probably wait another couple of weeks to venture back and give them a second try and maybe the vertical roaster will be better seasoned and all will be better!

4 comments:

stanleyfatmax said...

I'd say "average" is way too charitable. Meat, pita and condiments were all sub-par. It's more like school cafeteria food than anything. It is definitely cheap though, a schawarma pita was pretty big and less than $4.

I miss cinderella.

Dan Beaver-Seitz said...

I stopped in on Saturday night for a falafel. It wasn't thoroughly middle-of-the-road, but they didn't skimp on the falafel (I think there were five in the pita) and the price ($2) was great. It's great when "cheap" and "not bad" is all you want.

Gar said...

Did anyone try the hummus? How much is a hummus sandwich? good service?

SYK said...

i went today for the falafel and was super impressed! the falafel was so fresh and loaded with veggies!! it was huge. definitely gives you your money's worth and MUCH more for $2!!! i hope this place continues to do well.