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July 18, 2011

Cover Story

Cheap Eats 2011

Our annual guide to gorging with a light wallet, including a wide array of low-cost discoveries, and the best cheap-eats joint of the year.

Plus: A culinary tour of Queens.

By Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

On the Cover: Illustration by Zohar Lazar for New York Magazine.

Features

Bycatch 22

As a consequence of overfishing regulations, commercial fishermen have no choice but to catch fish—and throw them dead back into the sea.

By Tom Gogola
It’s OK to Eat the Art

How Jennifer Rubell found her place at the table as an artist—by first catering it.

By Kera Bolonik
‘Little Gitmo’

When an upstate imam named Yassin Aref was convicted on a suspect terrorism charge, he was sent to a secretive prison.

By Christopher S. Stewart

Intelligencer

Culture

Columns

Wanted: Economic Savior

The Tim Geithner era is almost over. And his replacement may be the most important appointment Obama ever makes.

Agenda

What to Drink at the Meatball Shop

Opening next week in Williamsburg.

Strategist

Departments

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