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Cheap Fast Eats

We know. While we love living in SoCal, it can take quite a toll out of your pocket book, time and energy. That’s why we created Cheap Fast Eats — to give you a friend-in-the-know shortcut to finding tasty food you can grab quickly for $10-$15.We’ve been scouting out places for a couple of years now, and have gone as far afield as Santa Ana and the Valley, from Culver City to Pico Union. So check out our new fall edition — a curated list of places we think you’ll like for cool temps.

Cheap Fast Eats: 5 new meals to try for around $10 that are worth the trip

A Honduran baleada on a white plate, filled with mashed beans, sprinkled cheese, and topped with bright pickled red onions, all wrapped in a warm flour tortilla.

Cheap Fast Eats heads to North Hollywood for tasty food around $10

A toasted Guatemalan torta sandwich filled with shredded meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and guacamole, served on parchment paper with a side garnish of parsley and tomato. A small toothpick flag with “Muchá! Comida Chapina” is placed beside it.

Inventive, affordable bites in OC: Cheap Fast Eats visits Santa Ana

Smashburger meal served on a tray lined with classic black-and-white checkered paper, paired with a tall serving of golden fries in a playful Chinese takeout-style box

Cheap Fast Eats visits Pico-Union for globetrotting bites around $10

A plate with roasted chicken, potatoes, a salad, pita bread, and three different sauce containers against a pale blue tiled surface.

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Hangaburs, LAist Tournament of Cheeseburgers winner, look back at their big win

Hangaburs owners Alicia Lopez and Cecilia Ledezma took the top prize in the LAist Tournament of Cheeseburgers earlier this summer. We checked in with them since being named L.A.’s favorite burger.
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Where are your favorite tacos, LA?

We said Whittier had the best tacos. You weighed in with your favorites.
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Wanna sneak preview of Clifton’s reopening? You can this weekend (if you’re lucky)

L.A. icon Clifton’s is being brought back to life. Starting this weekend, the famed downtown location will slowly begin opening back up to the public.

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San Diego State University researchers are formulating a dried version of the dip that can be taken past the Earth's atmosphere.
Deliciously Messy Teriyaki Burgers, A Bowling Alley Coffee Shop And Secret Sushi: It's Cheap Fast Eats Gardena

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Famed La Golondrina Cafe Faces Eviction After More Than 90 Years On Olvera Street

The owners have 30 days to pay back due rent.
Tiffani Thiessen Wants You To Eat More Leftovers And Has Written A Cookbook To Show You How

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Beach Eats: 22 Of Our Favorite SoCal Oceanfront Restaurants

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These LA Restaurants Are Reinventing The Caesar Salad

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