Cheap Fast Eats

I offer you this ridiculously good $4.20 smash burger and more in Long Beach, Glendale, West Hollywood, Pasadena and Boyle Heights.

From regional Mexican antojitos to over-the-top breakfast burritos, family-run smash burgers and neighborhood pizza slices

We visit the historic West Hollywood neighborhood to find some solid chow that keeps your wallet in check.

Cheap Fast Eats makes its inaugural visit to the San Fernando Valley. This time, we’re checking out the Canoga Park and Winnetka neighborhoods.

The culturally significant neighborhood of Boyle Heights is an area known for its diversity. This week, Cheap Fast Eats is sampling some of its world-class fare, all at a wallet friendly price point.

From some of the best pizza you can find in L.A. to smash burgers, plant-based tacos and strip mall dim sum, the Mid-City area delivers tasty bites for less.

Chinatown has historically served as a home base for various immigrant groups, offering multiple types of cuisine for around ten bucks.

Inglewood is up to lots of good these days for excellent eats, ranging from regional Mexican dishes to bare-bones Jamaican takeout and, of course, hot wings to call home about.

Food editor Gab Chabrán visits Silver Lake to try a diverse array of delicious offerings, including innovative Mexican seafood creations, Hong Kong-style French toast, and enough pizza, tacos and burgers to fill you up for another edition of Cheap Fast Eats.

Another round of stellar eats for every tastebud that go easy on your budget.

Oklahoma-style smash burgers and Georgian dumplings make for some excellent cheap bites in Glendale

Continuing LAist’s guide to chowing down cheaply, but happily. This time we're right next to the Pacific (to be specific).