The New York Cafe at the corner of Broadview and Danforth has cheap great eats of all kinds, including a killer burger. Pizza and Greek food is their specialty, plus all-day breakfast. The beer and wine is cheap as hell too. There's quite a few cheap places to eat on The Danforth. I'll add more later. For Asian food of the Chinese, Vietnamese and a dash of Thai, Ginger is the cheapest and best. There's four restaurants in the downtown - Yonge & Hayden (next to The Brass Rail), Yonge & Gerrard, Parliament & Carleton (Cabbagetown) and Davey Boy's favourite location at Church & Wellesley. The chicken noodle soup is the stuff of legend. All the meat/rice combos are killer and the spring rolls kick major ass.