Hello fellow chowhounds. I am looking for some good but inexpensive places to have lunch in the area near Sansome and Montgomery. The price range will be five to ten dollars per person. I’m open to all cuisines. Thanks for...

or as one of my co-workers says, $8 a day and you still get fat. Lunch in the Financial District has been the worst part of my otherwise wonderful new job. I hadn’t worked in this area regularly for more than ten years....

or Yang Sing in the FiDi. All these are modern, big and noisy (relative) and that might be more impressive on the whole.

Not domestic, but the woman who runs Tea Garden (Mission, between 1st and 2nd in the FiDi) told me she went back to KaoHsiung, Taiwan for months to learn how to make beef noodles soup the traditional Southern Taiwanese way. She...

because the collective “sigh” as the food was taken was just like the group of partying mice in the Speedy Gonzales cartoon where Sylvester keeps turning off the lights. This was group Bi Polar Dim Sum, for sure....

a tourist, but the veal still woulda been tough. Holly’s mom wanted an expensive FiDi meal, and she got one, but I won’t be going back there on my own volition. Then again, look who’s talking. eat hearty, Patrick

If you think those are good, try Gordon or Ten Fidy.

My vote goes to Bistro Burger—various FiDi locations. Last I checked, lunch only. Absolutely great Niman Ranch burgers with a wide choice of toppings (sauteed mushrooms, gorgonzola, bacon, etc. ) I’m surprised no one...

. Top ten Bay Area dishes, the pan con chicharron is one. Although it is comparing two wildly different dining experiences, I liked this sandwich better than anything I had at Gary Danko this week. I can’t remember what I...

to caracas or Artichoke. Also, Chinatown over FiDi. Much cheaper and lots of tasty places. Check out Aji Ichiban for candies and preserved fruit snacks if you don’t have one in your city.

a. Go to Sushi Azabu, make a reservation in advance, be sure to sit at the counter. I think they have one of those ten pieces for $50 deals or something. It’s excellent, and the chefs sauce each piece individually, and...

The Chinese food in the Bay Area has steady improved in recently and the gap has closed. For over ten years we travel to BC to visit family and eat. The food here was alway good but has gotten better. Hell, you could live in New...