Onigiri rice pockets stuffed with barbecued eel are $1.99 at Nippon Daido.
Image: Katharine Shilcutt
Emporio Brazilian Café
Dish:Â an order of chicken croquettes or an empanada
Cost: $1.99
Gran Colombia Restaurante
Dish: empanadas; Hawaiian empanadas
Cost: $1; $1.25
Hot Bagel Shop
Dish: bagel dog, New York’s answer to the klobasneky
Cost: 89 cents
Nippan Daido
Dish: nori-wrapped rice pockets stuffed with tuna, salmon or eel
Cost: $1.50 each
Poppa Burger
Dish: literally anything on the menu
Cost: around $1
Breakfast for a couple of bucks.
Sandwiches Express
Dish: tuna salad, ham-and-cheese or egg salad
Cost: $1.99
Shabu House
Dish: small bowl of Taiwanese braised pork stew
Cost: $1.50
Shipley Do-nuts
Dish: the best dang donut in Houston
Cost: 89 cents
Tacos Aracelys #2
Dish: the best dang gas station tacos in Houston
Cost: 99 cents per taco
Zabak’s Mediterranean café
Dish: falafel; spinach pie
Cost: 75 cents; $1.39
Published in the Guide to Cheap Eats issue of Houstonia Mag.
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