One weekend left! Don’t miss out on FringeNYC 2008!

Don’t forget…8-cent Hot Dogs, Potato Pancakes, and Matzoh Ball Soup - TODAY, at Friedman’s Delicatessen from 11am - 9pm

Plus, be the 8th person to show your text coupon and win free off-broadway tickets:

• 2 free tickets to Fuerzabruta!
• 4 free tickets to Naked Boys Singing!
• 4 free tickets to Bash’d

Congratulations to Nicole Sutton from the LES - winner of the 8-cent maid service! Click here for your chance to win.

1. 8-cent hot dog, soup, or latke OCHO LOCO! - Friedman’s Delicatessen (Chelsea)
2. $2 off foot long combo - Subway (Midtown) (Soho) (Murray Hill)
3. Buy one, get one free Simpleton Slice - Slice, the perfect food (Upper East Side)
4. 30% off any service + get a free manicure - Le Salon Chinois by Yan (Midtown)
5. $50 off any service with purchase of $100 - Spa Chinois by Yan (Midtown)
6. $25 tix to this fab hit musical thru Aug. - BASH’d - A Gay Rap Musical (Midtown West)
7. $3 off a large pizza - The Pizzeria (Greenwich Village)

The 8th deal of the week:

Win a Fully Stocked Bar from Thrillist

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Recent discoveries include a restaurant rocking cheeseburger springrolls, a clinically backed Safe Sex Licensing website, and an almost illegal, roving cabaret show in hidden Brooklyn locations.

Sign up for Thrillist today and you’re entered to win a fully stocked bar of boutique booze. Set includes the first ever Gin made from a rare green grape flower, Tangerine-flavored vodka, and 100% Pure Agave Mezcal with a scorpion in the bottle.

8coupons.com celebrates its 1st birthday on 8.8.08 and will present 8-cent OCHO LOCO deals throughout the month of August. The first will take place on Tuesday, July 29th at the famous Supermac in NYC (348 Seventh Avenue - between 29th and 30th). Simply visit 8coupons.com, send yourself a text message coupon and redeem it with the cashier. It’s an easy way to enjoy Supermac’s delicious mac and cheese for only 8 cents!In addition, we’ll celebrate on 8. 8.08 with 8-cent Miller beers at Wicked Willy’s (149 Bleecker at Laguardia Street) and will feature other OCHO LOCO deals such as $8 haircuts ($55 value) and 8-cent American Apparel T-shirts. Savvy New Yorkers can sign up for more of these yet-to-be announced deal alerts on 8coupons.com.

“We are extremely excited to celebrate our first birthday with some great new OCHO LOCO promotions.” says Landy Ung, Co-founder and CEO of 8coupons. “Our easy-to-use text messaging based coupons help New Yorkers save time, and money on great products by using a medium they are very familiar with.”

These “Crazy 8″ promotions are just one aspect of 8coupons’ viral marketing campaign. To help spread the word, 8coupons is also leveraging social networking site Facebook, through their “me coupons” Facebook application.

About 8coupons:

8coupons is the latest way New Yorkers are saving time, money, and trees by getting up-to-the-minute deals in their neighborhoods for restaurants, bars, beauty & spas, entertainment, shopping, and services delivered straight to their cell phones. Coupons can be sent to your cell phone from 8coupons.com or you can sign up for exclusive merchant deal alerts and receive them real-time. You simply show the cashier your phone to redeem the coupon. 8coupons offers can also be accessed via RSS, the 8coupons widget, and on Facebook.

This week’s Top 8 deals, special OCHO LOCO birthday edition (normally just 8 of the best deals of the week):

1. 8-cent beer: Come celebrate with us tomorrow at Wicked Willy’s from 3-8pm
2. 8-cent American Apparel T-shirts: Be one of the first 88 people at Wicked Willy’s tomorrow with the text coupon and we’ll give you one of 8coupons’ exclusive American Apparel “Hug Me” t-shirts (click to view picture).
3. 8-cent professional maid service! Enter to win an 8-cent, 2-hour professional apartment cleaning ($100 value). Sign up for Maid for You New York’s exclusive e-mail deal alerts and every 88th person to sign up gets maid service for 8 cents!
4. 8-cent Hot Dogs, Soups, and Latkes: Try the famous Friedman’s Delicatessen on Tuesday, 8/19 for some delicious gourmet grub!
5. $8 haircuts & styles! Tropical Salon in the LES is donating $8 for every haircut in August to Locks of Love. Don’t have 10 inches of hair to donate? Come in anyways and get a shampoo & style for 8 bucks!
6. 8-cent falafel sandwiches & free falafel eating contest! Yes we’re serious about the falafel eating contest. Come witness 8 people chow down on 8 falafel balls (on a plate of hummus). The winner gets 8-cent falafels for a year from Snacklicious & everyone else will get a falafel sandwich for 8 cents!
7. We’re dying to, but can’t tell you just yet. It’s under wraps for now….but stay tuned. Hint…..it’s the best frozen yogurt shop yet in NYC. Stay tuned….

The 8th deal of the week:
8coupons’ OCHO LOCO Deals – what are these Crazy 8 deals all about?

Just in case you haven’t noticed, here at 8coupons, we’re a bit crazy about the number 8 (click here for the explanation).

OCHO LOCOs (Crazy 8’s) are 8coupons’ exclusive - almost free - giveaways we wrangle from different local places around the city. It’s usually a deal with an "8" in it – 8 cents, 88 cents, $8, etc.

It’s our way of allowing you to experience cool local places around NYC, 8 cents at a time. Tomorrow, 8.8.08, 8coupons is celebrating our 1st birthday, and we’d like to thank you for your support with a big OCHO LOCO blowout throughout the entire month of August. So come help us kick it off tomorrow and join us for 8-cent beers at Wicked Willy’s!

See you on there!

- The 8coupons team

1. $1 off any combo meal - Taco Bell (Midtown)
2. Buy one cup of frozen yogurt get one free! - 16 Handles (East Village)
3. Manicure + pedicure for $18 - Ocean Spa of New York (Gramercy/Union Square)
4. Free dessert (no strings, dine-in only) - Daioh Sushi (Chelsea)
5. Free soup & mint tea! w/ any purchase - Marrakesh (Midtown)
6. Free drink w/ purchase of a salad or sandwich - Milano Gourmet (Midtown)
7. $5 off admission - Museum of Sex (Gramercy)

Supermac

Thanks for coming out to our 8-cent Mac & Cheese OCHO LOCO at Supermac. Come back and try the Super Mac & Cheese Nuggets for FREE, with any $15 purchase

Don’t forget…8-cent Supermac TODAY from 11am-11pm.     share it on

Psssst….. on 8.8.08, 8coupons turns 1 year old.
We’re celebrating with 8-cent OCHO LOCO deals throughout the entire month of August! Take a sneak peek at what’s coming….

• 8.8.08 - 8¢ Miller Beer @ Wicked Willy’s

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• 8.19.08 - 8¢ Hot Dogs, Latke, and Matzoah Ball Soup @ Friedman’s Deli

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• Throughout August - $8 cuts & styles (donated to Locks of Love) @ Tropical Salon

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• Throughout August - 8¢ “One Free Hug” American Apparel T-shirts from 8coupons     

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• 2-hour professional apartment cleaning for 8 cents! $100 value from Maid for You New York

See you at the OCHO LOCO!

- 8coupons team

1. 4 free dumplings w/purchase of 6 - Dumpling Man (East Village)
2. Buy one, get one creation free! - Cold Stone Creamery (Astor Place)
3. Buy one, get one slice of pizza free - Le Mirage Cafe (Midtown West)
4. 2 pints of draft beer for $8 - Kelly’s Sports Bar (East Village)
5. 2 combos for $ 9.99 After 3pm - QUIZNOS (Midtown West)
6. Buy one, get one cup of frozen yogurt free! - 16 Handles (East Village)
7. OCHO LOCO! 8-cent gourmet Mac & Cheese - Supermac (Chelsea)

The 8th deal of the week:

FringeNYC Opening on Friday, 8/08/08

Check out our friends at FringeNYC & See Five Shows for $70!

WHAT IS FringeNYC? The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) is the largest multi-arts festival in North America, with more than 200 companies from all over the world performing for 16 days in more than 20 venues – that’s a total of more than 1300 performances! FringeNYC generates an atmosphere of extreme excitement, and our energy is contagious!

WHEN? The dates for FringeNYC 2008 are Friday, August 8th through Sunday, August 24th, 2008. Performances will be from 2pm to Midnight on weekdays, and Noon to Midnight on weekends. Visit FringeCENTRAL at 201 Mulberry (between Spring and Kenmare) between Noon and 8pm to pick up a program guide and purchase tickets, or buy online at www.fringenyc.org

WHO? FringeNYC is a production of The Present Company. But it takes more than 200 shows, 1500 volunteers, 4,500 artists, and an audience of 75,000 to make it happen! If you’d like to volunteer and see free shows, click here for application information!

1. Free fresh lemonade & dessert (no strings attached) - Mariachi (Midtown East)
2. $0.88 soup - Marrakesh (Midtown East)
3. Buy one, get one free hotdog - Friedman’s Deli (Chelsea)
4. Free can of soda with any roll - Pizza Mercato (Midtown East)
5. $6.50 for soup and half sandwich - Milano Gourmet (Midtown East)
6. Buy one, get one free smoothie - Health King (Midtown East)
7. $99 eye exam, frames and lens (Reg $200) - MY OPTICIAN (Lower Manhattan)

The 8th deal of the week:
GRAND Opening on Friday (tomorrow), 7/18/08

Buy one cup of frozen yogurt get one free!
@ 16 Handles

By now, you may have already tried PinkBerry and Red Mango, but this Friday July 18th, 16 Handles will open the doors to their first NY store. 16 Handles is a unique concept to the Yogurt market in that they allow you to combine unlimited toppings and flavors and simply pay by weight….no more getting nickel and dimed for every topping you want to add on.

Choose from 16 delicious frozen yogurt flavors and over 30 toppings ranging from fresh fruits and nuts to crushed Oreos and Rainbow Sprinkles.

16 Handles has the Tart tasting vanilla and Green Tea flavors that you are used to plus 14 more to choose from.

Bring a friend for free with this week’s buy one get one free coupon. It’s the perfect way to cool down this weekend.

1. Free sandwich when you bring a friend! - Maoz Vegetarian (East Village)
2. $9.95 lunch special - Wok to Walk (Union Square)
3. Buy one get one free, creation! - Cold Stone Creamery (Astor Place)
4. Free chocolate covered marshmellow pop w/ $2 purchase - The Sweet Life (LES)
5. Free order of burgers w/$10 lunch purchase - Pop Burger (Midtown & Chelsea)
6. Get a royal shave & haircut combo for $35! - The Barber Lounge (LES)
7. 1 hour massage special for $50 - Randee Elaine Salon (Greenwich Village)

Super OCHO LOCO Deal Alert! on 7/29/08

8-cent gourmet Mac & Cheese