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    Get Cultured, Stuffed, And Loaded On The LES For $30

    by Christopher Robbins
    Published March 1, 2012
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    For every reason that Brooklyn is cool, there are 300 rats on the Lower East Side that are cooler still. Say what you will about it during peak B&T hours; for the money, there is no other neighborhood in Manhattan that epitomizes the city's filth, culture, and history so beautifully. Here's how we get tipsy and glutted on the Lower East Side for $30.

    <p>For <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/06/28/100_reasons_why_brooklyn_lives_up_t.php">every reason that Brooklyn is cool,</a> there are 300 rats on the Lower East Side that are cooler still. Say what you will about it during peak B&amp;T hours; for the money, there is no other neighborhood in Manhattan that epitomizes the city's filth, culture, and history so beautifully. Here's how we get tipsy and glutted on the Lower East Side for $30.<br/></p>

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    <p>For <a href="http://gothamist.com/2011/06/28/100_reasons_why_brooklyn_lives_up_t.php">every reason that Brooklyn is cool,</a> there are 300 rats on the Lower East Side that are cooler still. Say what you will about it during peak B&amp;T hours; for the money, there is no other neighborhood in Manhattan that epitomizes the city's filth, culture, and history so beautifully. Here's how we get tipsy and glutted on the Lower East Side for $30.<br/></p>
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    For every reason that Brooklyn is cool, there are 300 rats on the Lower East Side that are cooler still. Say what you will about it during peak B&T hours; for the money, there is no other neighborhood in Manhattan that epitomizes the city's filth, culture, and history so beautifully. Here's how we get tipsy and glutted on the Lower East Side for $30.
    Begin your afternoon at Atlas Café on Clinton Street, and leave your laptop at home. Ensconced in gnarled old wood, Atlas is like hanging out in a Keebler Elf tree if they all had MFAs and played Brilliant Corners on loop. Tourists ask the friendly counter folk where the Tenement Museum is, while regulars pop in to grab their third cup of coffee of the day. $4 gets you a superb bagel with cream cheese (H&H, but we're not sure how they maintain their supply) and a large cup of coffee. Savvy customers realize that many of the people living in the nicer apartment buildings in the neighborhood often leave their Wall Street Journals and New York Times behind…
    Now that you're full of vigor, walk down Stanton to Sarah Roosevelt Park, where there is surely a basketball or soccer game to be had. If you're one of those "active" types, ask them to pass the rock. Or just sit and sigh at life's impermanence. In the warmer months, we've seen roosters strut around the park's community garden, and bike polo warriors duke it out in an asphalt pit.
    RESIST the urge to walk into the Whole Foods across the street, as you will be liberated of your remaining $26 by blood oranges and kale chips.
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