Lexington Market is a budget eat in Downtown, Baltimore.
Lexington Market gathers cheap counters under one roof, from Faidley's crab cake to lake trout and chicken boxes, the city's oldest market and its best value.
Tip: Graze the stalls for lake trout, a chicken box or a crab cake; cash speeds the older counters.
Address: 112 North Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Attman's on Corned Beef Row piles a hand-cut corned beef sandwich high for not much, a cash-friendly lunch counter that has fed downtown since 1915.
Try: Corned beef sandwich
Tip: A sandwich and a knish make a filling, cheap lunch; eat it in the Kibbitz Room out back.
Matthew's Pizza in Highlandtown shares a cheap, filling thick-crust pie that has fed the East side since 1943, with a famous crab pie for a splurge.
Try: Thick-crust pizza
Tip: A plain thick-crust pie feeds a group cheaply; the crab pie is the worthwhile upgrade.
The Helmand in Mount Vernon keeps its vegetarian Afghan plates and the kaddo borawni pumpkin gentle on the wallet, a cheap way into a celebrated kitchen.
Try: Vegetarian Afghan plates
Tip: The vegetarian dishes and the kaddo borawni are the value plays at this Mount Vernon room.
Tortilleria Sinaloa in Upper Fells Point presses its own corn tortillas and fills cheap, excellent tacos, a counter half a block east of Broadway.
Try: Tacos on house tortillas
Tip: The tortillas are pressed in-house; a few tacos and an agua fresca run well under $15.
Attman's on Corned Beef Row piles a hand-cut corned beef sandwich high for not much, a cash-friendly lunch counter that has fed downtown since 1915.
Try: Corned beef sandwich
Tip: A sandwich and a knish make a filling, cheap lunch; eat it in the Kibbitz Room out back.
Chaps Pit Beef on Pulaski Highway delivers a hefty, cheap pit beef sandwich, charcoal-grilled rare top round on a kaiser with tiger sauce and onion.
Try: Pit beef sandwich
Tip: A pit beef sandwich is a meal on its own; order it rare with tiger sauce.
Ekiben in Fells Point feeds a citywide following on cheap, generous steamed bao like the Neighborhood Bird, a counter that grew from a food cart.
Try: Steamed bao bun
Tip: Two buns make a filling, cheap lunch; the Neighborhood Bird is the one to get.
