Cheap eats

	Pork patrol: Frontera Grill’s Rick Bayless gets spicy with snacks (and an unbeatable tres leches cake) in Pilsen.
	His kind of Chinatown: Chef Calvin Soh of Shanghai Terrace reveals how to shop and eat in the Asian haven without getting your duck cooked.
	Italian for beginners: A fine-dining Italian chef steps out of his glass castle to gather fuel on Harlem Avenue.
	Devon intervention: Two chefs—one Pakistani, the other from Bangladesh—devour Little India’s specialty groceries, sweets and handheld eats.
	Comfortably ’Nam: Argyle Street’s encased meats and fragrant herbs bring back sweet Saigon memories for Viet Bistro’s transplanted chef.
	Meet in the Middle... East: The gents from Alhambra Palace show us what to eat, where to shop and how to be treated like royalty on Kedzie Avenue.
	Cruising for kimchi: For the best fermented veggies, blood sausage and fried chicken, Le Lan’s chef insists a trek to Niles is worth your while.
Plus:
	Map It: Cick here for a Google map of all these spots
	Photo gallery: See more of our cheap eats finds in this collection of photos.
	Supersize me: Hey, cheapskates! Save some bread—get two meals for the price of one with these enormous eats.
	Singh out loud: The Check, Please host talks about the show and her fave cheap eats.

Time Out Chicago / Issue 171 : Jun 5–11, 2008