Imo's Pizza
Try St. Louis-style Provel pizza
The chain that made St. Louis-style pizza a city standard, Imo's tops cracker-thin crust with Provel, cut in squares, a cheap and essential local taste.
Eat well in St. Louis for under €15 a plate: the places locals on a budget actually use.
Cheap eats worth seeking out
18 places
Taqueria Durango
- ★ 4.2
- Taqueria
- $
- Overland
Try Torta ahogada and tacos
A family-run Overland taqueria, Durango plates a chile-drowned torta ahogada and tacos with big portions, where a full meal lands under ten dollars.
La Vallesana
- ★ 4.2
- Taqueria
- $
- Cherokee Street
Try Tacos al pastor and tortas
A Cherokee Street taqueria with a patio, La Vallesana serves cheap tacos al pastor, tortas and aguas frescas, a budget anchor of the Mexican Cherokee strip.
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Seoul Taco
Try Bulgogi tacos and gogi bowls
David Choi's Korean-Mexican counter griddles cheap bulgogi tacos and kimchi-fried-rice bowls, a fast and affordable food-truck-born local favourite.
Snarf's Sandwiches
- ★ 3.8
- Jewish deli
- $
- Tower Grove South
Try Toasted oven subs
Snarf's toasts its sub rolls and piles on deli fillings at a South Grand counter, a fast cheap sandwich stop popular with the SLU and Grand Center crowd.
Gus' Pretzels
- ★ 4.3
- American BBQ
- $
- Benton Park
Try Soft pretzels and pretzel sticks
Open since 1920 near the brewery, Gus' Pretzels hand-twists cheap soft pretzels and salami-stuffed pretzel sticks, a Benton Park snack-counter bargain.
Grand Bistro
Try Vietnamese pho and rice plates
Grand Bistro carries on the Trinh family's South Grand Vietnamese legacy in the former Pho Grand space, with pho and com tam at neighbourhood prices.
Adriana's On The Hill
Try Sicilian subs and soups
Mama Fazio's Shaw Avenue shop builds cheap foot-long Sicilian subs and soups on The Hill, a lunch-only counter where a sandwich easily feeds two.
Blues City Deli
- ★ 4.4
- Cajun & Creole
- $
- Benton Park
Try Po-boys and muffulettas
A Benton Park sandwich counter, Blues City turns out cheap po-boys and muffulettas with live blues some afternoons, a well-regarded lunch-only spot.
Carl's Drive-In
- ★ 4.2
- Burgers
- $
- Brentwood
Try Crispy-edged burgers and root beer
A 16-stool roadside drive-in of six decades, Carl's griddles cheap crispy-edged burgers and pours house-made root beer, a Route-66-era bargain.
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Hodak's Restaurant & Bar
- ★ 4.1
- Fried chicken
- $
- Benton Park
Try Fried chicken dinner
Hodak's has won reader polls for best fried chicken since the 1990s, plating a generous bird-and-sides dinner at a fair price in a no-frills room.
Sameem Afghan Restaurant
Try Kabuli palaw and aushak
Sameem plates affordable Afghan kabuli palaw, aushak dumplings and kabobs in The Grove, a generous-portion kitchen of Afghan classics for years.
Cocina Latina
- ★ 4.1
- Seafood
- $
- Central West End
Try Aji de gallina and pollo a la brasa
Maritza Rios's CWE kitchen plates Peruvian, Cuban and Colombian home cooking, with aji de gallina, ropa vieja and rotisserie chicken in the low double digits.
Woofie's Hot Dogs
- ★ 3.9
- American BBQ
- $
- Overland
Try Chicago-style hot dogs
A drive-in near the airport, Woofie's has sold cheap Chicago-style hot dogs since the 1970s, billing itself the home of the hotdog with dignity.
Crown Candy Kitchen
Try Soda-fountain malts and BLTs
Open since 1913, Crown Candy is the metro's oldest soda fountain, slinging affordable malts, a towering BLT and chili in an Old North parlour frozen in time.
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
Try Frozen custard concretes
Serving since 1941 on Route 66, Ted Drewes sells cheap, thick frozen-custard concretes, the landmark dessert handed over upside down to prove it.
Mokabe's Coffeehouse
- ★ 4.0
- Vegetarian
- $
- Tower Grove South
Try All-day vegetarian brunch
An LGBTQ-friendly coffeehouse across from Tower Grove Park, Mokabe's serves a cheap all-day vegetarian-leaning brunch, a welcoming budget spot.
Steve's Hot Dogs
Try Loaded St. Louis-style hot dogs
Steve's Hot Dogs on South Grand loads creative toppings onto cheap griddled dogs and has been voted the city's best, a budget counter with a cult following.
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