Cheap Eats 2010

By Matthew Korfhage

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.

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Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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