9 Cheap Eats in Boston Under $20

In addition to the top spots listed here, you can usually find reasonably priced food at the best Mediterranean restaurants, best Thai restaurants and best Indian restaurants in town.  

sometimes even under $10! Our picks for the best cheap eats in Boston are satisfying dishes made with care, with fresh ingredients that are filling and delicious.  

Join students and nearby office workers for hand-pulled noodles, spicy soups and the takeaway spots namesake beef flatbread sandwiches. 

The choices of regional Xi’an noodle dishes will leave you satiated and smiling for a little over ten dollars. 

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You can't beat Gene’s Hot Sour Noodle Soup: a bowl of chewy noods in a hot, spicy and sour broth with bean sprouts, carrots, cilantro and pork. You can add lamb for an extra $3.50. 

When it comes to this El Salvadorian speciality, we usually grab a couple filled with slow-cooked shredded pork and melty cheese—and then take a food coma nap. 

While this place offers plenty of tempting traditional dishes—including sopa de res, pork adobada tortas and tamales de elote—if you’re staying on budget, order the kitchen’s delectable pupusas. 

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