Does Encino secretly house the city’s best fish and chips shop? So say many, who have become enamored with the high-quality product being put out for around $9.

Want to head straight back to the 1950’s, with prices that nearly match? Try Beeps in Van Nuys (which did open in 1956, in fact), where shakes and pancakes still make the menu, and a half-pound double cheeseburger hovers at $5. Don’t forget add on a corn dog for a couple of bucks more.[Photo:Facebook]

There’s nothing better than when a legendary place follows through on price and quality. That’s what you’ll get at the longstanding Bill’s Hamburgers in Van Nuys, which still pushes cheap-as-hell burgers almost every day to scores of hungry diners willing to pull up a stool.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a single item on the Bun Me! menu over $7.50. Mostly it’s quality banh mi sandwiches in the $4 range, and pho that hovers near $6.50, set in a Northridge strip mall with all-day hours from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.[Photo:Yelp]

With sandwiches that sit well below $10 and dinner plates that don’t crawl much over, Hayat’s is one of the most consistent deals in the San Fernando Valley. It helps, of course, that their food is absolutely first-rate.

This cash only spot in North Hollywood does the classic soaked Mexican sandwich to perfection, offering huge portions on the cheap.

Les Sisters does Southern-style soul food with a New Orleans bent, rocking a sub-$10 lunch menu that lets people grab half a chicken or honey-glazed pork chop, plus a side and bread, and still get change back.[Photo:Facebook]

Every single lunch special at this Northridge destination runs $8.45, and could include everything from chicken satay fried rice to a simple pad Thai. Not bad for one of the area’s best Thai food options, especially when the regularly-priced evening meals are also still a bargain.[Photo:Yelp]