Beyond the regular menu from Executive Chef and former Top Chef contestant Mark Simmons—who recently chatted with our friends at Brooklyn Based—Melt offers a few weekly recession specials for a very friendly $9.50. You’ll find the “blackboard specials” on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday nights, but the budget mains are nothing but first class. (Try the fried chicken with truffle honey and fingerling potatoes and see what you think).
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Melt, 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Ave., 718-230-5925.