A premier purveyor of home-style Haitian food since 1984. This grocery store-cum-lunch counter serves a rich and flavourful pork griot, with fried breadfruit and rice and beans.

Only one of the best Vietnamese grocery stores and banh mi shops in Montreal, Hung Phat will give you a feast for less than $10, easy.

Pupusas — stuffed Salvadoran cornmeal pancakes — are relatively rare in Montreal, but that doesn't mean La Carreta charges commodity pricing. The classic bean and cheese option will cost you just over $3, and two should fill you up nicely.

If you’ve ever braved the lineup at Kem CoBa, you’re familiar with its gnocchi-slinging next-door neighbours, from which the smell of simmering tomato sauce tends to waft over and may even convince you to abandon ice cream plans in favour of pasta. At this window counter, you will get a box of piping hot, pillowy gnocchi for $5.

Ridiculously good sandwiches abound at this Ville-St-Laurent butcher and sandwich counter — char-grilled meats are the go-to, from chicken shish taouk to sujuk (sausage) and kefta.

When it comes to the price-meal ratio in Côte-des-Neiges, Pushap is legendary. Vegetarian thalis, with a choice or either fried or baked naan, come at bafflingly low prices, so that you can spend the on Indian sweets.

This Côte-des-Neiges Trinidadian roti shop spices and stews morsels of goat meat and wraps them in a flaky, unleavened flatbread. Open since 1980, Caribbean Curry House also serves doubles, patties, and other West Indian classics. See also: Mister Spicee right across the street.

There are few better ways to spend $8 in Montreal than on Antep Kebab’s chicken sandwich, grilled fresh to order and served with a slathering of yogurt and homemade hot sauce on freshly-baked, sesame-topped Turkish bread. 

Concordia students are known to chow down on low-priced falafels and pitas here — often served up by Nilufar herself, known for her vibrant personality both on the counter and on Facebook, probably one of the most charmingly honest restaurant pages in town.

This Saint-Henri mainstay means different things to different customers: poutine for some, a greasy burger or diner breakfast for others.

St-Henri’s cheapest tacos also happen to be its best. From carnitas and pastor to nopales and tinga, Frida does it all well. Available in 15-taco family-style packs, too.

An over four-decade-old neighbourhood institution, Momesso’s subs are the drawcard of its entire menu, with half-foots of all kinds running under $10, with more extravagant daily specials at larger sizes going for just about as much.

Jian bing (Chinese crepes) filled with soy bean paste, barbecue pork, and some less conventional options like jerk beef are half the offerings at this Montreal-Ouest haunt, with platters of boiled and fried dumplings rounding out the other end of the menu.