Urbanspoon, the leading mobile restaurant discovery application and reservation management system, today released its list of America’s Most Popular Cheap Eats, spotlighting 100 restaurants across the U.S. where diners can get the tastiest bang for their buck. The list is based on a deep dive of Urbanspoon’s database of more than 1 million restaurants for those eateries that received the most coverage and reviews from professional food critics, bloggers, the Urbanspoon community, and diners.
“Urbanspoon users know that a great meal doesn’t have to end with an exorbitant check,” said Kara Nortman, SVP of Consumer Businesses, CityGrid Media. “From breakfast burritos to late night pizza, this list has something to satisfy every craving without breaking the bank.”
The Urbanspoon list of America’s Most Popular Cheap Eats covers 27 states and 61 metropolitan areas. It comes as no surprise that states known for their expansive cuisine options have a solid presence on the list, with both New York and California boasting seven restaurants each, but strong numbers point to an array of delicious cost-conscious options peppering states across the Midwest and South as well. Florida topped the list with ten restaurants appearing in the Top 100, Texas boasted nine, eight cheap eateries in Tennessee earned nods (five in Memphis alone), and Louisiana and Oklahoma each had six restaurants on the list.
Popping up on the list are a plethora of delis and cafes with mouth-watering offerings, with highlights including a Fayetteville grilled cheese joint, St. Louis’ frozen custard, and Portland’s famous Voodoo Doughnut, all sure to inspire both local pride and hunger pangs.
Restaurants on the Urbanspoon’s 2012 America’s Most Popular Cheap Eats list were selected based on a rating algorithm that includes: blog posts on Urbanspoon; diner voting behavior; consumer reviews; critic reviews; and page views.
The complete list is included below and is available online at http://www.urbanspoon.com/blog/107/Americas-Most-Popular-Cheap-Eats.html.
Atlanta, GA
Vortex Bar & Grill (Midtown)
Vortex Bar & Grill (Little Five Points/Candler Park)
Austin, TX
Hopdoddy Burger Bar (South Congress)
Hut’s Hamburgers
Magnolia Cafe South
Baltimore, MD
Blue Moon Cafe
Bellevue, NE
Stella’s Hamburgers
Boston, MA
Mike’s Pastry
Buford, GA
Rico’s World Kitchen
Burbank, CA
Porto’s Bakery & Cafe
Chattanooga, TN
Champy’s Famous Fried Chicken
Chesapeake, VA
The Broken Egg Bistro
Chicago, IL
Hot Doug’s
Portillo’s Hot Dogs
Cincinnati, OH
Adriatico’s Pizza
Eli’s BBQ
Columbus, OH
Adriatico’s
Thurman Cafe
Cottonwood Heights, UT
Lone Star Taqueria
Decatur, GA
Brick Store Pub
Denver, CO
Cherry Cricket
Des Moines, IA
A Dong
Dunedin, FL
Delco’s Original Steaks and Hoagies
East Amherst, NY
Grover’s Bar & Grill
Edmond, OK
Flatire Burgers
Fayetteville, AR
Geraldi’s
Hammontree’s Grilled Cheese
Hugo’s
Fort Worth, TX
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop (Fort Worth TCU Area)
Gladstone, MO
Longboards Wraps and Bowls
Glendale, CA
Porto’s Bakery & Cafe
Homestead, PA
SMOKE barbeque taqueria
Homewood, AL
Saws
Houston, TX
Tiny Boxwood’s Cafe
Indianapolis, IN
Maxine’s Chicken and Waffles
Yats (Meridian Kessler)
Jacksonville, FL
Potters House Soul Food Bistro
Jacksonville Beach, FL
Angie’s Subs
TacoLu
Kansas City, MO
Grinders
Waldo Pizza (Waldo)
Lafayette, LA
Olde Tyme Grocery
Lake Charles, LA
Darrell’s
Lexington, KY
Bourbon n’ Toulouse
Sahara Mediterranean Cuisine
Little Rock, AR
Flying Fish of Little Rock
Layla’s Gyros & Pizzaria
Los Angeles, CA
Diddy Riese Cookies
Philippe, The Original
Wurstkuche
Lubbock, TX
Thai Pepper
Memphis, TN
Central BBQ
Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken
Jerry’s Sno Cone
Las Delicias Mexican Bar and Grill (East Memphis)
Soul Fish Cafe
Minneapolis, MN
Matt’s Bar
The Anchor Fish & Chips
Nashville, TN
Pancake Pantry
The Pharmacy Burger Parlor and Beer Garden
New Orleans, LA
Cafe Du Monde
Camellia Grill
Central Grocery
Parkway Bakery & Tavern
New York, NY
Burger Joint at Le Parker Meridien
Eataly
Pommes Frites
S’Mac
Shake Shack (Gramercy & Flatiron)
Shake Shack (Upper West Side)
Norman, OK
Victoria’s Pasta Shop
North Richland Hills, TX
Tex’s Star Grill
Oklahoma City, OK
Big Truck Tacos
Cafe 7 Delicatessen and Pastaria
Nic’s Grill
Orlando, FL
Pom Pom’s Teahouse and Sandwicheria
Panama City Beach, FL
Dee’s Hangout
Pittsburgh, PA
Lulu’s Noodles
Primanti Brothers (Strip District)
Portland, OR
Voodoo Doughnut
Salt Lake City, UT
Bruges Waffles and Frites
San Antonio, TX
Florio’s Pizza
Magnolia Pancake Haus
San Diego, CA
Hodad’s
Santa Monica, CA
Bay Cities Italian Deli & Bakery
Seattle, WA
Bakery Nouveau
Paseo (Fremont)
Red Mill Burgers (Phinney Ridge)
Salumi
Zippy’s Giant Burgers
St Louis, MO
Ted Drewes Frozen Custard (St. Louis Hills)
St Paul, MN
Blue Door Pub (Merriam Park/Highland Park)
St Petersburg, FL
Mazzaro’s Italian Market
Tallahassee, FL
Little Athens Gyro
Mr. Roboto
Tampa, FL
Taco Bus
Virginia Beach, VA
Whitner’s BBQ
Warr Acres, OK
Abel’s Mexican Restaurant
Washington, DC
Ben’s Chili Bowl
Good Stuff Eatery (Capitol Hill)
Urbanspoon is a leading online local restaurant guide, aggregating restaurant content from across the Web including newspapers, professional food critics, bloggers and diners. Urbanspoon allows diners to make restaurant reservations through its online booking service, both on the Web and mobile. In addition, Urbanspoon offers restaurants Urbanspoon Rezbook – a complete reservation and table management system built to run on the Apple iPad. Urbanspoon is a subsidiary of CityGrid Media, LLC (www.citygridmedia.com), an IAC (NASDAQ: IACI) operating company, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
