If you’re not familiar with what a flash deal is, let me educate you.
Flash deals are essentially coupons that you can buy to use towards a restaurant. For example: you may be able to buy a flash deal for $10 that allows you to spend $25 on food and drink at a particular restaurant. Or you can maybe buy a four course dinner for two at a discounted price from the usual menu price. Websites like Groupon, Living Social and Amazon Local offer such deals. It’s a great way to save a few bucks on meals. I’ve provided you with links to some of the steak deals you can get HERE already. Check them out. Some I’ve tried, some I haven’t (or I did, but I didn’t bother to write about them and supplement my pre-existing steakhouse reviews).
Make sure you read the fine print on these deals, open up external links for menus, etc. Some places try to scam you out of extra tax, charge additional service fees, try to spring a different menu on you, or they limit the days and/or hours during which you can use the coupon. It’s always helpful to know the law on taxes for these things, and to thoroughly read before buying.
Anyway, NYC lacks a good, targeted source of reviews that specifically chronicle or discuss these flash deals. That’s where your old pal Johnny Prime comes in. I’ve created a nice catalog of joints where I took advantage of a flash deal at some point. Below is an alphabetical list of these restaurants. Note, however, that some places have been visited a few times, so you may have to read closely to parse the flash deal meal from the other meals I’ve had. Typically I try to delineate wherever possible. Another thing is that the specifics of the deal may have changed since I went, or the deal may no longer be offered. Some items may be limited, or the cost and actual values may have changed.
- 5 Boro Burger
- 212 Steakhouse
- Abe & Arthur’s (CLOSED)
- The Ainsworth (Chelsea)
- Akbar Palace
- American Cut
- Balkanika
- Bann
- Beautique (CLOSED)
- Big Nick’s
- Bill’s Food & Drink (CLOSED – Now “Bill’s Townhouse”)
- Bobby Van’s (East 54th Street)
- Bocca
- Bombay Grill House
- Bull & Bear Prime Steakhouse
- Burger Bistro
- Burgers & Cupcakes (CLOSED)
- BV’s Grill
- Cafe Tallulah (CLOSED)
- Capital Grille (Wall Street)
- Cara Mia
- Carnem
- Carnivore Club
- Cattlemen’s (CLOSED)
- Charlie Palmer Steakhouse
- City Slice
- Club A
- CoBa
- Concrete
- Craft & Claw
- Crispin’s
- Dag’s Patio Cafe
- David Burke at Bloomingdale’s (CLOSED)
- Delmonico’s
- Desmond’s Steakhouse (CLOSED)
- DeStefano’s Steakhouse
- Duane Park
- E & E Grill House (CLOSED)
- Ed’s Chowder House (CLOSED)
- Embers Steakhouse
- Fig & Olive
- Gallow Green
- The General (CLOSED)
- Golden Unicorn
- Grimaldi’s
- Harlem Shake
- Hotel Chantelle
- The House
- Hudson Eatery
- I Noodles
- Inakaya
- Inti
- Iron Bar
- Jack’s Sliders & Sushi
- Joe’s Bar (CLOSED)
- Johnny Rocket’s
- Joy Burger Bar
- Kefi (CLOSED)
- La Frite
- Le Cirque (CLOSED)
- Le Rivage
- Lincoln Square Steak (CLOSED)
- Mac’s
- Manhattan Proper
- Mark Joseph
- Megu
- Mel’s Burger Bar
- Minton’s Jazz Club
- Mishik
- Miss Korea
- Motorino
- Nelly Spillane’s
- New York Burger Co.
- Osteria Morini
- Ozoku Sushi & Sashimi Bar
- Pace’s (Hauppauge)
- Philip Marie
- Rabbit House
- Rothman’s (CLOSED)
- Russian Tea Room
- S Prime Steakhouse
- Shiso
- Sirio Ristorante
- Smokey Burger
- Sparks
- The Stand
- The Statler Grill
- Stecchino (CLOSED)
- STK (downtown)
- Talia’s Steakhouse
- Tavern on the Green
- Tender
- Uncle Jack’s (west side)
- Village Prime (CLOSED)
- Vai
- Vaucluse
- Wicked Willy’s
- Yasha Ramen