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20 Affordable Lunch Picks for dineL.A., Summer '14

by Matthew Kang@mattatouille Jul 17, 2014, 5:39am PDT

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by Matthew Kang@mattatouille Jul 17, 2014, 5:39am PDT

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dineL.A. is here for another 10 days or so, and that means cheap(er) meals all around, including lunch! And for just $15 or in some cases $20 or $25 at really nice restaurants, you can get a solid two or three course meal. It's the ideal situation to get those unadventurous office workers out for lunch instead of at the lunch room heating up their boxes of frozen food. Here now, 20 affordable lunch spots to hit for dineL.A. this summer. Remember, the bonanza ends on July 27 so act quickly.

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Badmaash

This Downtown Indian restaurant, just steps from Civic Center and its requisite office culture, a super affordable 2 course lunch (and just $18 for three courses) including chicken tikka poutine and basmati rice pudding for dessert.

108 W 2nd St #104, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Ciboteca

For someone who likes a bit of everything, Santa Monica's Ciboteca is putting together a lunch box of a choice of panini like mortadella or speak with porcini-truffle cream. Throw in a salad, a pastry, and soft drink for just $15.

606 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014

fundamental LA

While the normal lunch menu here is quite affordable already, the $15 lunch for dineLA essentially throws a drink, side, and cookie for a few bucks more. Try the albacore tuna conserva sandwich or roast beef sando with walnut romesco.

1303 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

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Colori Kitchen

This popular every day Italian restaurant on the southern edge of Financial District affords two courses for $15, with a small caprese or green salad (or soup) coupled with fettucine alfredo or spaghetti with meatballs, among other things. White fish or salmon rounds out the savory offerings.

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429 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014

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Open Sesame

This accessible Middle Eastern restaurant on Beverly pits beef shawarma or chicken shawarma served with garlic sauce and cucumber pickles. Throw in an app like vegetarian grape leaves or fried cauliflower to start the meal. Just $15.

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7458 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036

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Pono Burger

This Santa Monica burger joint housed in a bunker-like structure is offering a slew of 1/3 burgers paired with two kinds of fries (choose wisely) for $15. Cooked over a real fire and packing 1/3 lb of meat per burger, it's a hearty meal on the Westside.

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829 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90401

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Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana

Pick a salad, like the panzanella or beet salad, then have a whole wood-fired pizza like the Margherita or spicy Diavola, for just $15. Perfect for MDR and Playa Vista office workers.

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13455 Maxella Avenue Suite 250, Marina del Rey, CA 90292

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MessHall Kitchen

This casual Los Feliz eatery affords two courses for $15, like a kale caesar salad or corn fritters, then a heritage turkey burger or grilled ham and cheese for the elevated summer camp dining experience. Dessert is another $9 but features things like strawberry shortcake or banana cream jar pie.

4500 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027

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RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen

This expansive eatery in Century City has a $15 lunch with a solid number of choices, from 8 appetizers (pick one) and 6 entrees (pick one), like green mango and papaya salad and wok fried shrimp. You also get a dessert, like mixed berries with strawberry sorbet.

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10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067

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Hostaria Del Piccolo

A bargain lunch for the area, try a beef carpaccio as the first course then move onto a pizza or pasta, like the gnocchi or sausage rigatoni, or the buffalo mozzarella margherita.

512 Rose Ave, Venice, CA 90291

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Les Noces du Figaro

This uber-French bistro in the heart of Historic Core has classics like quiche lorraine, and onion soup to go with croque monsieur, salmon salad and smoked salmon panini.

618 Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013

The Larder at Burton Way

This casual cafe in Mid-City has a choice of soup or market lettuces to start, a trio of veggies and grains or the Pilgrim, a Thanksgiving sandwich or roast beef sando. Throw in bread pudding and it's a mere $15.

8500 Burton Way, Los Angeles, CA

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The Village Idiot

This Melrose gastropub has plenty of choices for just $15 per person, including ale-steamed mussels, kale salad, chopped salad, griddle burger, and fried chicken sandwich. Oh and fish and chips, of course.

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7383 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046

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Warren's Blackboard

At just $15, diners get a choice of burrata crostini with grilled corn or watermelon salad with humbolt fog cheese to start before moving onto a Korean braised short rib sandwich or summer bean saute. There's also a stone crab melt with tomato jam. Hard to find a better deal in the Valley.

4222 Vineland Ave, North Hollywood, CA 91602

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The Biergarten at The Standard, Downtown LA

Sitting on a rooftop's certainly not a bad place to enjoy a nice, inexpensive lunch. Try one salad like the red cabbage and apple, then choose a German sausage like currywurst. You also get a 6 oz pour of beer, not enough to inhibit any post-lunch office work.

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550 S Flower st, Los Angeles, CA 90071

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Lucques

A tad more than the $15 range, this $25 lunch in one of the most gorgeous daytime patios in the city is well worth it. Suzanne Goin prepares a sweet corn soup with charred jalapeno, a chopped chicken fattoush salad with romaine lettuce, or eggplant and sweet pepper dish with dandelion. Get dessert as well for a supplement, like a bittersweet chocolate torta with coffee ice cream for $10.

8474 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90069

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Nick & Stef's Steakhouse

This $25 lunch special affords a table at a classy Downtown steakhouse. Choose a kale salad, soup, or petit caesar to start, an oak grilled salmon or petit Chateau sirloin, and a white chocolate lime bar or s'mores for dessert.

330 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90071

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Polo Lounge

This classic power lunch spot in Beverly Hills has two courses for $25, including the burger and grilled peach salad as options.

9641 Sunset Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

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Lukshon

For $20, enjoy two courses like Hawaiian butterfish with pickled watermelon radish or sichuan dumplings made with kurobuta pork. A glass of wine or beer is just $5 more.

3239 Helms Ave, Culver City, CA 90232

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Water Grill

For $25, enjoy a slew of seafood like New England clam chowder, white shrimp banh mi, swordfish with braised eggplant, and Fijian albacore nicoise salad, just steps from the beach.

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1401 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401

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Badmaash

108 W 2nd St #104, Los Angeles, CA 90012

This Downtown Indian restaurant, just steps from Civic Center and its requisite office culture, a super affordable 2 course lunch (and just $18 for three courses) including chicken tikka poutine and basmati rice pudding for dessert.

108 W 2nd St #104, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Visit Website

Ciboteca

606 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014

For someone who likes a bit of everything, Santa Monica's Ciboteca is putting together a lunch box of a choice of panini like mortadella or speak with porcini-truffle cream. Throw in a salad, a pastry, and soft drink for just $15.

606 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014

fundamental LA

1303 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

While the normal lunch menu here is quite affordable already, the $15 lunch for dineLA essentially throws a drink, side, and cookie for a few bucks more. Try the albacore tuna conserva sandwich or roast beef sando with walnut romesco.

1303 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Visit Website

Colori Kitchen

429 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014

This popular every day Italian restaurant on the southern edge of Financial District affords two courses for $15, with a small caprese or green salad (or soup) coupled with fettucine alfredo or spaghetti with meatballs, among other things. White fish or salmon rounds out the savory offerings.

Open in Google Maps

429 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014

Visit Website

Open Sesame

7458 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036

This accessible Middle Eastern restaurant on Beverly pits beef shawarma or chicken shawarma served with garlic sauce and cucumber pickles. Throw in an app like vegetarian grape leaves or fried cauliflower to start the meal. Just $15.

Open in Google Maps

7458 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Visit Website

Pono Burger

829 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90401

This Santa Monica burger joint housed in a bunker-like structure is offering a slew of 1/3 burgers paired with two kinds of fries (choose wisely) for $15. Cooked over a real fire and packing 1/3 lb of meat per burger, it's a hearty meal on the Westside.

Open in Google Maps

829 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Visit Website

Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana

13455 Maxella Avenue Suite 250, Marina del Rey, CA 90292

Pick a salad, like the panzanella or beet salad, then have a whole wood-fired pizza like the Margherita or spicy Diavola, for just $15. Perfect for MDR and Playa Vista office workers.

Open in Google Maps

13455 Maxella Avenue Suite 250, Marina del Rey, CA 90292

Visit Website

MessHall Kitchen

4500 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027

This casual Los Feliz eatery affords two courses for $15, like a kale caesar salad or corn fritters, then a heritage turkey burger or grilled ham and cheese for the elevated summer camp dining experience. Dessert is another $9 but features things like strawberry shortcake or banana cream jar pie.

4500 Los Feliz Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027

Visit Website

RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen

10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067

This expansive eatery in Century City has a $15 lunch with a solid number of choices, from 8 appetizers (pick one) and 6 entrees (pick one), like green mango and papaya salad and wok fried shrimp. You also get a dessert, like mixed berries with strawberry sorbet.

Open in Google Maps

10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Visit Website

Hostaria Del Piccolo

512 Rose Ave, Venice, CA 90291

A bargain lunch for the area, try a beef carpaccio as the first course then move onto a pizza or pasta, like the gnocchi or sausage rigatoni, or the buffalo mozzarella margherita.

512 Rose Ave, Venice, CA 90291

Visit Website

Les Noces du Figaro

618 Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013

This uber-French bistro in the heart of Historic Core has classics like quiche lorraine, and onion soup to go with croque monsieur, salmon salad and smoked salmon panini.

618 Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013

The Larder at Burton Way

8500 Burton Way, Los Angeles, CA

This casual cafe in Mid-City has a choice of soup or market lettuces to start, a trio of veggies and grains or the Pilgrim, a Thanksgiving sandwich or roast beef sando. Throw in bread pudding and it's a mere $15.

8500 Burton Way, Los Angeles, CA

The Village Idiot

7383 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046

This Melrose gastropub has plenty of choices for just $15 per person, including ale-steamed mussels, kale salad, chopped salad, griddle burger, and fried chicken sandwich. Oh and fish and chips, of course.

Open in Google Maps

7383 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046

Visit Website

Warren's Blackboard

4222 Vineland Ave, North Hollywood, CA 91602

At just $15, diners get a choice of burrata crostini with grilled corn or watermelon salad with humbolt fog cheese to start before moving onto a Korean braised short rib sandwich or summer bean saute. There's also a stone crab melt with tomato jam. Hard to find a better deal in the Valley.

4222 Vineland Ave, North Hollywood, CA 91602

Visit Website

The Biergarten at The Standard, Downtown LA

550 S Flower st, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Sitting on a rooftop's certainly not a bad place to enjoy a nice, inexpensive lunch. Try one salad like the red cabbage and apple, then choose a German sausage like currywurst. You also get a 6 oz pour of beer, not enough to inhibit any post-lunch office work.

Open in Google Maps

550 S Flower st, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Visit Website

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Lucques

8474 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90069

A tad more than the $15 range, this $25 lunch in one of the most gorgeous daytime patios in the city is well worth it. Suzanne Goin prepares a sweet corn soup with charred jalapeno, a chopped chicken fattoush salad with romaine lettuce, or eggplant and sweet pepper dish with dandelion. Get dessert as well for a supplement, like a bittersweet chocolate torta with coffee ice cream for $10.

8474 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90069

Visit Website