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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
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Cheap Fast Eats heads to North Hollywood for tasty food around $10
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Inventive, affordable bites in OC: Cheap Fast Eats visits Santa Ana
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Cheap Fast Eats visits Pico-Union for globetrotting bites around $10
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