Cheap Eats

Cheap eats are a lie. It's just a hype machine that creates unwarranted buzz for hole in the wall places with average food. God forbid one of your convenient neighborhood spots is co-opted for the cheap eats movement. If I'm going to wait more than half an hour for food, plating should be impeccable. Service should be a solid good. My meal should not come in a styrofoam container. Say by some miracle, the cheap eats comestible is actually excellent. Rest assured it will be negated by having to eat at a communal table beside a long-haired, self-professed cheap eats connoisseur.

[Photo via @pooryoungentleman]

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