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Chefs always have the best intelligence on great places to eat, whether they specialize in specific cuisines, after hours eats, or in this case, cheap eats.
Of course, there are the usual suspects: tacos, Chinese food, sandwiches, pizza, ramen and pho. But they have also found some undiscovered grocery store finds and Indian food.
One chef, Josu Zubikarai of SER, even treks out to Hooters, his personal favorite cheap spot, on his Harley mounted with a set of horns from a buffalo he hunted 15 years ago. He's a sucker for the Daytona buffalo wings.
Eat like a chef and save at these 25 favorites.
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