I've found that shopping for fruit in the Mission saves me a bunch of money. Anybody got advice on other ways of beating the system to get yummy food that isn't expensive? (trash cans not being an option...)
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Tue, August 9, 2005 - 1:19 PMIn the mission, the Salvadorean restuarants have pupusas which are kind of like a thick corn torilla filled with meat/cheese/beans and served with a vinegar carrot & cabbage slaw they cost $3.00 and make a good meal. Try Panchita's on 16th Street.
Also Taco Trucks are pretty cool. A taco will probably run $1.50 and two of those and you are good to go!
If you are wandering through Chinatown, the little bakery looking places that sell dim sum to go are very cheap! You can get a pork bun for less than a buck. You can try a variety of dim sum for a couple of dollars.
Also on Clement street you can find cheap dim sum and more fruit stands that have asian veggies...
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Tue, August 9, 2005 - 1:20 PMAlso, the Rainbow Grocery store has bulk bins. You can get ingredients, spices, herbs, teas, pastas, rices, etc in just the size you need instead of something pre-packaged.
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Fri, August 12, 2005 - 6:43 PMOf course, mission taquerias like Taqueria Cancun and El Farolito always have huge portions, meal-sized burritos, nachos, or quesadillas for about $4, and good dollar fresh strawberry and tamarind juices. Mission between 16th and 20th has a pretty sizable concentration of such places.
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Fri, August 12, 2005 - 6:45 PMOh, and the Supermercado on 16th just north of Mission St. has the cheapest fresh produce I've found. Usually 4 lbs bananas for a buck, couple lbs of tomatoes for the same, etc. And there's a dollar store nextdoor where everything actually IS a dollar (sewing kits, food, dishware).
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Thu, August 25, 2005 - 1:26 PMYou can also find some excellent deals on chinese food at Garden of Tranquility (see reviews at sanfrancisco.tribe.net/recomm...7124a72 ). While the address isn't posted on the reviews, you can find it at 2001 17th Street (@ Kansas), SF, CA 94103, tel.#: 415-861-8610.
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Thu, August 25, 2005 - 10:06 PMThe White Horse Tavern on Sutter between Taylor and Montgomery has free appetizers for happy hour on Monday nights. I made a meal out of it for months. Five bucks for dinner and a beer is unbeatable!
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Sun, August 28, 2005 - 2:06 AMThe Farmer's Market in UN plaza (weds and Sundays) have really good prices. however, scan the whole market first. some booths are much better value than others.
One of my fave meals on the cheap is at Rosamund Sausage Grill. Very yummy, very satisfying, very cheap! $4 average for a GOOD sandwich. Even a vegitarian choice!
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Sun, August 28, 2005 - 10:43 PMYes the market on civic center is Great! i shop there too :)
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Mon, September 5, 2005 - 8:32 PMAlso, a couple doors down from Rosamund, is Ali Baba's Cave. Pretty cheap, filling and tasty.
Yum, Shwermas (sp?), falafels, and hummus, oh my!
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Tue, October 18, 2005 - 10:52 PMMy favorite cheap meals are usually at little taquerias (try the lower Mission too, way down towards Daly City), random Asian places in the Sunset or Chinatown where you can often find a chow mein or lunch special for ~$5 OR in the Tenderloin too (how could I forget the Tenderloin?!?), OR along Ocean street btwn 19th & City College.
For a sheer mass of food, I've been impressed by La Corneta's super tacos to go, because they put them in a styrofoam container and then fill it up with toppings - rice beans meat tomato lettuce sourcream guacamole, more than if you ordered it for sit down! -
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Wed, October 19, 2005 - 10:01 AMwhere is La Corneta's located? -
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Wed, October 19, 2005 - 10:22 AMMission @22nd or 23rd, and also in Glen Park somewhere
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Sun, January 29, 2006 - 8:52 PMOH OH OH, and San Jose Taqueria was recently praised as having the best tacos in the world in Budget Travel magazine. By some food professional who thinks he knows a thing or two about tacos.
Mission St., just south of 24th
open late on weekends
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Fri, October 21, 2005 - 12:09 AMgo to half moon bay.
have a hike on the beach or up montara hill. then go to the produce shop on 92. they always have great produce for half the price here in the city.
the fish shop next door is great too. always barter a bit, i usually go during the week when they are slow, especially during the winter. they always give you much more than the asking price as well.......
its also sooooo fresh and usually from some of the smaller local farms.
castro
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Mon, January 30, 2006 - 4:41 PMChutney at Jones and Geary (or is it O'Farrell) is super awesome cheap Indian food. I go there quite often and everyone that I have every taken there has loved it too!! I believe (someone else who frequents the restaurant told me this) it was recently rated as one of the best cheap eats places in the city. -
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Thu, February 23, 2006 - 4:22 PMCheap date special-
Emmys Spaghetti Shack On Virginia at Mission. They have it pretty much going on as far as Spaghetti and Meatballs... amazing food for a cheap price.
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Mon, March 13, 2006 - 11:14 AMI am sold on Ali Baba's Cave and their falafels. I have a craving for one right now!
And as for the pupusas in the mission--that recommendation was totally on the mark. I went to Panchita's #2 on 16th and another place on Capp and they were both cheap and yummy! -
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Mon, March 13, 2006 - 1:25 PMhmm I've never had a Pupusa, now I will have to go try one after work -
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Sun, April 23, 2006 - 9:55 AMCan anyone recommend any cheap but great Chinese food??? vietnamese or thai, as well. -
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Sun, April 23, 2006 - 11:55 AMI like Sunflower on Valencia @ 16th. Good cheap Vietnamese food. -
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Mon, April 24, 2006 - 10:38 AMThere is also a Thai restaurant at #6 6th Street right off Market called Pad Thai Express. It's not expensive and I loved the yellow curry i had. people also rave about Tu Lan next door for cheap chinese food, but I'm not as big a fan of that place (at least, it isn't as great for vegetarians like me). -
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Tue, May 2, 2006 - 10:55 AMI actually really love Tu Lan (and I'm vegetarian) -
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Tue, May 2, 2006 - 11:15 AMthere is also Siagon Siagon on Valencia near 23rd. Their lunch prices are really cheap. Haven't been in over a year, but used to be really good food at cheap prices.
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Re: Eating Cheaply in the City?
Wed, April 26, 2006 - 12:23 AMwhat about ways to buy meat cheaply? -
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Sat, May 6, 2006 - 9:04 AMFoods Co.
Folsom and 14th (or is it 13th?)
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Mon, May 15, 2006 - 12:33 PMFor Vietnamese Mia's on Clement St. is ace. El Zocalo's further up on Mission St. is great for Salvadorean. La Corneta Taqueria is on 2834 Diamond in Glen Park very close to the square. -
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Mon, May 15, 2006 - 12:42 PMEmmys Spaghetti Shack? Uber hipster central but not at all cheap. The food was mediocre at best last time I was there. I would say a great place for yuppies with no taste to go slumming. -
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Mon, May 15, 2006 - 5:13 PMYeah, I'm not too fond of Emmy's either. -
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Mon, May 15, 2006 - 5:22 PMI do love the food at Tu Lan on 6th as stated above, but I've seen to many things while dining in to have a sit down meal in the place again. Great place to grab some fresh spring rolls before a night of drinking at your favorite 6th Street drinkery. Ask for the fish sauce along with the peanut its good stuff. -
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Wed, May 24, 2006 - 7:35 PMThere is a (supposingly) German restaurant accross the street from the movie theater on geary and van ness. I ate there for the first time a couple of nights ago with a friend. It is a real interresting place and inexpensive for the amount of food and i enjoyed my plate :D
The decor is awesome, they have an extensive choice of beers there and a happy hour that i think it around $3. The only down side is that it is kinda like being in a train station with the door always open and people standing online right by your table but if you sit closer to the bar or toward the back of the dinning room, it is more private! it gets also pretty busy.
A potatoe,saukraut, turkey, pie and layer cake kinda place :D NOt for vegans or vegetarians for sure! but they do have salads!
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