Squeeze Burger K Street ★ 4.3
Squeeze Burger on K Street, downtown Sacramento, serves the signature third-pound patty with a fried cheese skirt under $12, the local institution.
Try: Squeezeburger with cheese skirt
Selland's Market-Cafe is a budget eat in East Sacramento, Sacramento.
Selland's H Street counter in East Sacramento serves rotisserie chicken under $17, a walk-in family room from the team behind Ella Dining Room and OBO'.
Address: 5340 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95819
Squeeze Burger on K Street, downtown Sacramento, serves the signature third-pound patty with a fried cheese skirt under $12, the local institution.
Try: Squeezeburger with cheese skirt
Chando's Tacos on Arden Way is the family street-taco counter under $12, the relaunched Sacramento chain with stone-ground tortillas since 2010.
Try: Street tacos and NorCal burrito
Petra Greek on 16th Street, midtown Sacramento, serves chicken and lamb gyros under $16, the family-run Greek counter on the 16th Street strip.
Try: Gyro plate and lamb wrap
Pho Bac Hoa Viet on Stockton Boulevard serves family-run beef pho and bun bowls under $15, a Vietnamese commercial corridor counter, open daily.
Try: Beef pho and bun rice noodle bowls
Tres Hermanas on K Street, midtown Sacramento, serves Northern Mexico plates under $16, the sister-run family room since 1996 with chile rellenos.
Try: Chile relleno and pork burrito
Pho Saigon on Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento Vietnamese corridor serves long-simmered beef pho under $15, the neighborhood counter open daily.
Try: Beef pho and Vietnamese coffee