Umbrellas, sunglasses, and gyros.

All for $5.


Other city staples that cost around $5:

Pashmina's

Gray's Papaya's Recession Special

Two rides on the subway (like you're ever going to hold on to the card and its remaining oddball change)

Sunday editions of the Big3 papers (Times, Post, Daily News)

100 postcards (if you shop correctly)