Cheap Eats 2010

Down at the Coconut, it’s a family affair. Some swear by the breakfast frittatas ($3.50), some go for the south-of-the-border-style whipped coffee confections, but really it’s all about the stellar empanadas—in both breakfast and lunch editions—prepared lovingly by Jackie, the Peruvian half of the über-warm husband-wife team running the restaurant (the husband is Canadian). I still prefer the old-fashioned pollo variety ($4.25), but holy crap: fruit empanadas ($3.25)! Come early or call ahead; they pretty much always run out.