3 Buck Bites: San Francisco Meals Under $3.99

2122 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 (map)

DELUXE HAMBURGER FOR $3.75: "Healthy fast-food is like any oxymoron, right? But not at Amanda's Feel Good Fresh Food where you get fresh food fast. At this Berkeley burger joint, it's all about natural ingredients but in the shapes that you're used to like hamburgers and fries (baked, of course). The burger is all-natural beef served up on a toasty bun and fresh tomatoes and lettuce. It's a decent burger but without the guilt." - Ben S., Cooking With The Single Guy

101 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114 (map)

TURKEY SANDWICH FOR $3.50: "Fresh, organic produce and having three dollars to spend don't really mix, but at Courtney's Produce you can eat like a health-conscious baller on a scrub's budget. Shelves of sandwiches made with deli meats topped with freshly cut tomatoes and lettuce on crisp, bakery bread are all under $3.50, and there are organic salads for $2--so gangster." - Patrick Heig, City Editor

1388 46th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94122 (map)

VEGETABLE PAKORAS FOR $3.25: "I may be blinded by the fact that these guys will deliver to my house in less than 10 minutes, but they still get my vote for one of the best Indian joints in town. Even slightly soggy and so greasy they've soaked through the paper sack they're delivered in, these deep fried little balls of veggies, herbs and chickpea batter (made even better by their accompanying spicy-sweet chutneys) are a delicious precursor to a meal filled with prawn korma and saag paneer. But if you're on a budget, you could easily get by on eating an order of these." - Chelsea Lin, Citysearch

2124 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94704 (map)

SKY PIE FOR $3.50: "This is the slice that single handedly converted me to pizza vegetarianism. Made by the nicest Jersey native I've ever met, the house special of downtown Berkeley's Pie in the Sky combines mozzarella, feta, tomato, eggplant, walnut and arugula into a soothing rainbow of flavors that melts right into the crust as it browns. Through its dexterous use of quality toppings, Pie in the Sky serves up daily what California Pizza Kitchen has failed to accomplish in its 29 years of novelty existence: the successful weaving of California's rich produce into the tapestry of a New York slice." - James Boo, The Eaten Path