Serendipity rushes into the economic upheaval with its "Recession Buster Special" at $19.54 (the year they opened). The 54-year-old upper East Side landmark offers their mythic frozen hot chocolate as a mood-elevating finale on a discount dinner that starts with salad and focuses on their casseroles. Choose barbeque chicken, chicken pot pie, curry chicken almondine or Shepherd’s pie. Plus that frozen hot chocolate, a soft drink, iced tea or coffee.

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