Day Three Hundred and Ninety Four : How to Save / How to Splurge Dispatch #5

Since I'm writing to you all from a different city / locale, I thought I'd change things up this week with How to Save / How to Splurge spotlight and instead of giving you an affordable cheese as a recommendation, I thought I'd give you all the place to get affordable cheese -- East Village Cheese, located 40 Third Avenue, near 9th street.

Know before you go, they only take cash. Also you can only buy the 'to order cheese' in the 1/2 or full pound and don't expect to be given a taste.

Know that you can get a multitude of cheeses at under $5 a lb, wheels of Brie for $1, goat cheese logs for $1.79, and more! They tend to have close to a hundred different types of cheese to choose from -- many variations of the classics -- cheddars, goudas, bries, fetas, and the such; on top of a large selection of other cheeses.

Why is it so much cheaper than such a large percentage of other cheese purveyors?

The cheeses are reaching their expiration dates for a large majority or have been produced in bulk and East Village Cheese gets the remainders. Something has got to give, but that does not mean that you can't find something fabulous and delish that won't taste like its gone bad or is about to go bad.

So take yourself over to East Village Cheese, chat with the staff, they'll be able to help you and prepare to be shocked and your wallet to be happy.