As seen in our May 2014's Cheap Eats issue, we like the Starving Student Spaghetti for $8.50! Leer más.
Lavazza drip coffee is just $2 with free refills. But we love the breakfasts and savory buckwheat crepes stuffed with ham and Gruyere. Leer más.
For about $4.75, you can get two eggs, toast, meat, and a cup of coffee for breakfast. But it's the warm service and friendly staff that we think is a huge score. Leer más.
Our pick: Dot's Famous Breakfast Club for $6.75: Ham, egg, cheese, bacon, lettuce and tomato, with a side of home fries. Leer más.
Don't miss the banh mi! Sure, you can find cheaper elsewhere, but this one's perfect. That's why it graced the cover of our May 2014 issue! Leer más.
With more than 20 specialty lunch items that start below $5, you better come ready to order. We like the No 13 sub "all the way" with sopressata, mortadella and prosciutto. Leer más.
At $7.50, the 12-inch chicken shawerma features warm pita bread, moist chicken, garlic, tahini sauce, slices of Lebanese wild pickles...mmmm. Leer más.
Frank's Hot Sauce hits your mouth with a purpose! Two drumsticks and fries are just $7...but we like the two piece, two-side dinner with cornbread for $12. Leer más.
A nominee for the 2014 Elby award for best service, this joint also does a great job with the food. The fried chicken entree for $7 is perfect: Crispy on the outside and moist and juicy on the inside. Leer más.
Get the gluten-free fried chicken thighs smothered in honey Sriracha sauce and topped with chives! It's $9, not on the menu, and only available on Tuesdays until sold out. Leer más.
For $5, the daily pick-up special features a generous portion of spaghetti, side salad, and pillowy Italian bread. Leer más.
Lemon's lunch special is one of the best deals in town. For about $10, you get tender, tangy chicken tikka masala with a slew of sides. Leer más.
The chicken tikka masala ($8 at lunch, $15 at dinner) is always a good choice, but we also love Raja's special naans, like the Kabuli, crisped with dots of nuts, raisins and honey. Leer más.
The best value is on Tuesday, when pizzas are half price after 5 p.m. Use your savings to splurge on one of their 15 or so designer pizzas. Leer más.
Tortillas are handmade and adorn taco platters ($10) with insanely tasty fried potatoes, guacamole, bacon-laced beans or lime-cured onions. A la carte tacos are $3 each! Leer más.
Fish tacos ($3.75) used to be a twice-a-week special, but now they're available for lunch every day. But expect long-ish lines at this downtown lunch-only spot. Leer más.
Get three courses for $24 Monday through Thursday until 9 p.m. and Friday/Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Leer más.
Wednesday date night? Order two entrees and add a dessert and bottle of wine for just $9 more. Leer más.
Thai Diner is a classic that's got it right and has the interior design to make you feel like you're inside a Swatch watch. Get a delicious pad thai lunch for just $8. Leer más.
Mom's Siam's crushed smoke chili condiment highlights pleasant taste-bud inversions of sweet, sour, hot and piquant. The pad thai is $8 at lunch and $10 at dinner. Leer más.
It's usually packed for a reason: One of the best broths in town, the pho is worth the wait. The No. 12 for $7.25 -- pho tai chan -- is our favorite. Leer más.
Just $6.25 gets you a full-flavored, basil-and-sprout-adorned pho that is so good we basically inhale it. Leer más.
Cash only, but at $6.50, we know you'll dig through your change for their pho...in a row of places serving Vietnamese snacks, this is the place you want to stop in. Leer más.
Just $3.25 gets you the perfect burger, which Roy's has been doing for 50 years. Classic American cheese is 50 cents more. We say, if it ain't broke...order two. Leer más.