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Im going to eastern europe and italy and i need good tips and places to eat cheap, any suggestion will be helpful

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Choices, cheapest to most expensive:

1. From the market or bakery: buy groceries and eat, take advantage of cooking facilities at the hostel
2. From street vendors, kiosks, tiny shops that sell things like pizza slices from a window and

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3. Taverns and bars
4. Cafes
5. Restaurants

Tips: 1) Many places display a menu outside, read and understand it. If you don’t see a menu ask to see one before you sit down.
Most dishes are ala carte — you pay separately for salad, vegetable, entrée, dessert, drink, You might even get charged for bread if you take any from the basket on the table. Some restaurants have a "menu" or "fixed price" option. This is usually a good price for an entire meal and often includes a glass of the house wine.
In Ukraine, we found that the price on the menu wasn’t always the price we were charged. Sometimes the price was listed for a kilo (almost 2 1/2 pounds) of meat or fish. The serving size would be 1/4 kilo or less and we’d be charged 1/4 the price or less. Other times the price would be for 1 cutlet and the normal serving was 2 cutlets. We were served 2 cutlets and charged twice as much.
2) Take full advantage of breakfast if it’s included in the room price. If you’re staying somewhere that offers breakfast but it isn’t included in the room price, the breakfast may be expensive. Get a couple of rolls at the bakery if the price seems too high.
3) Prices are higher in tourist areas and on streets with lots of foot traffic. A sign that says "We speak English" almost always means the place is overpriced. Look on side streets or less popular areas. We paid a huge sum for an awful meal on a major street near Termini station in Rome. We found an excellent restaurant around the corner with a very reasonable fixed price menu that included a pitcher of the house wine.