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Eye On The Bay: Cheap Eats, Staff Picks - 1/23/12

Liam Mayclem taps into the staff at CBS 5 to find great food around the Bay Area. From our interns, to news anchors, to the President and GM of CBS 5…we check out their picks for inexpensive eats!

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Anchorage 5
475 Gate 5 Rd
Sausalito, CA 94965
(415) 331-8329

John's Snack and Deli
40 Battery St
(between Bush St & Pine St)
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 434-4634
www.snackanddeli.com

El Charro Mexican Dining
3339 Mt Diablo Blvd
Lafayette, CA 94549
(925) 283-2345
www.elcharro1947.com

Red Crawfish
611 Larkin St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 771-1388
and
401 E 3rd Ave
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 347-7888
www.redcrawfishsf.com

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INTERN CHEAP EATS

Creperie Saint Germain
222 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415/706 9733
and
1 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 217-7056
and
1601 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 864 2337
www.creperiesaintgermain.com

Shab loves this creperie because it has large portion sizes of crepes made of buckwheat for a really reasonable price and it's delicious!

Cafe Tapioca
7160 Regional St.
Dublin, CA 94568
(925) 479-0968
and
4233 Rosewood Dr.
Pleasanton, CA 94588
(925) 225-0168
www.cafetapioca.com

Café Tapioca has a wide variety of boba teas, coming in many different flavors.  They also have tasty food all of course is reasonably priced. The atmosphere is very colorful, and fun.  It's a great place to hang out with friends or just to relax.  Charlie's favorites are the Coconut Milk Tea and the Honey Milk Tea.  The Butterfly Shrimp is also good.

Munchboxx
643 Clay St
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 277-7208
www.munchboxx.com

Munchboxx Spencer's my favorite pick because it is a local business that puts a unique twist on everyday foods at an affordable price.  You get more than your money's worth, extremely filling.

Na Ya Dessert House
5338 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 503-7707

Prang loves Na Ya Dessert House because it's a real Asian sweet treat (they serve Japanese, Taiwanese, and of course Thai dessert which is hard to find in the US), it's affordable just 10 dollars for two desserts and a drink, plus it has a pleasant environment with nice decorations and good service.

Cinnaholic
2132 Oxford Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 647-8684
www.cinnaholic-berkeley.com

Cinnaholic is a delicious dessert/snack restaurant for vegans and non-vegans.  They have basic cinnamon rolls as well as specialty cinnamon rolls in which you can choose from a number of frosting flavors and toppings.  Kate-Marie loves that she can get a hot cinnamon roll that she created and not even feel too guilty after eating it!

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