Chinantla – Cemita Chinantla
BK $8.00 SPICY Located in the back of a bodega on a grungy strip of Myrtle Avenue, this tiny restaurant serves up authentic Mexican food. The eponymous cemita is a beast of a sandwich, stuffed to the...
View ArticleBa Xuyen – #1 Classic Banh Mi
BK $4.50 A perfectly crisp baguette, chewy roast pork, fresh cold cuts and pickled veggies. These are a few of the components that make a great banh mi, and Ba Xuyen’s #1 has them all and more. It’s a...
View ArticleSpicy Village – Pork Pancake
MAN $2.50 Photograph by Nicholas Chen This regional Chinese restaurant (formerly known as Henan Flavor) is known for its handmade noodle soups and massive “big dish chicken,” but the various pancake...
View ArticleGray’s Papaya – Two Hot Dogs Combo
MAN $4.95 for 2 dogs and drink STREET Photograph by Robyn Lee A cheap eats stalwart—both west-side locations have been operating since 1973—Gray’s Papaya offers what is quite possibly the original...
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