New York Magazine's Cheap Eats

Anybody else find this article a bit out of touch with reality? There were all kinds of great picks, like Frank, Momofuku, DiFara, the RedHook ballfields, etc. But to include Lupa and Casa Mono? Cheap Eats? I mean I know they found ways of justifying all their picks,and I adore these places, but come on. If I sent someone to Inside claiming they have cheap eats, I'd hear about if for a year!