Oregon

Tacos de canasta at Uno Más, four for $6
Meatballs and polenta at 24th and Meatballs, $8
Choose your own and pay by weight at the Roman Russian Market
Chèvre cheeseburger and truffle fries at Little Big Burger, $7
Kao-Pune soup at Mekong Bistro, $8
Farmers’ market quesadilla at Mi Mero Mole, $7.50

Honorable mentions:
"Tabor Bread served me a very tasty $7.50 sandwich of their homemade tomato-onion jam, sheep’s milk feta and sprouts on their European-style dark rye, but it’s not a permanent menu item. And at the Sichuan restaurant Lucky Strike I could easily have made a meal of two smallish dishes: spicy dan dan noodles with ground peanuts, and the tender pork and cabbage jiaozi dumplings in spicy, delectably oily sauce. Together they’re $8, but only during happy hour."