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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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Two LA restaurants recognized for their historical significance with $50,000 awards

Qusqo Bistro and Gallery in West L.A. and El Paseo Inn on Olvera Street are getting the money from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express.
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How to move forward when even your clothes are gone: an Altadena chef recounts his comeback after the fires

Wells' restaurant, Bernee, opened just a month before the Eaton Fire swept through. It reopens this week with a new name — Betsy.
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‘This ain’t no damn fish and chips': OC pop-up brings Southern cuisine to SoCal

Asha Starks, owner of Hot Grease, is honoring a Black tradition on her home turf — the OC.

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