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Pho Pasteur in Chinatown

I like Moody's Falafel Palace in central square, though technically its in Cambridge. It's right above the T-stop.

Paramount on Charles St.

Parish Cafe on Boylston St. Ten dollars buys you one of the best sandwiches you've ever had.

If you can swing it, there's a food truck right near the Kendall Square T stop called "Clover" which is rather new and fantastic. It's vegetarian and tends to be made with local, organic ingredients. It's cheap and fast and wonderful. There's a website at cloverfoodlabs.com which you should check first since the truck isn't there every day but they'll tweet when they head down.

The sushi bar, Kotobukiya, in the Porter Exchange building near Porter T stop is the best place for affordable, authentic sushi. The Japanese who run it own the grocery store of the same name within the same building so the fish is always fresh. It's 99 cents a piece more most items so for 15 bucks you can eat quite a bit. Don't miss the agedashi tofu. If the sushi doesn't do it for you there are 5-6 other Japanese and Korean food stalls night next to it.

Brookline Lunch in Central Square. Everything is homemade and slightly Middle Eastern. Soup and a sandwich for $4.75, I think. Brookline lunch has the best and most delicious omelettes for breakfast, excellent browned potatoes that include carrots and tomatoes. Homemade jam.

Border Café in Harvard Square, yum.

Anna's Taqueria (http://www.annastaqueria.com/locations.htm). They have six locations in Boston, Brookline and Cambridge-Somerville making them among the easiest things to find. Pretty standard taqueria fare, wraps and platters made to order in about 30 seconds. Not everyone's impressed by their authenticity, but relative to Boston they score pretty well. Plus, they make a mean lengua quesadilla for $4, and I like their horchata.

Dan Murphy is close but not quite right! It's not Kotobukiya that's the best but Cafe Mami next door. DON'T MISS IT.

Dim Sum in Chinatown. 8am-2pm every day. Chau Chow City or China Pearl are perennial favorites

Bartley's Burger Cottage on Mass Ave outside Harvard Square. Still some of the best burgers in the area.

Zing! Pizza at Porter Square. Amazing pizza by the slice with lots of seasonal vegetables and sometimes unusual (but always delicious) ingredients. Under $4 for a GIANT piece sure to fill you up!

Fajitas and Ritas is pretty cheap.

Crema Cafe in Harvard Square

The Japanese who run it own the grocery store of the same name within the same building so the fish is always fresh. It's 99 cents a piece more most items so for 15 bucks you can eat quite a bit.

The Japanese who run it own the grocery store of the same name within the same building so the fish is always fresh. It's 99 cents a piece more most items so for 15 bucks you can eat quite a bit. Don't miss the agedashi tofu.

Chinatown, hands down. Hei La Moon for dim sum, 163 Vietnamese Sandwich for delicious sandwiches.

163 Vietnamese Sandwich is on 66 Harrison Avenue.