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Good and Cheap

With the weakening Ruble and a crisis on the cards Russia is finally getting cheaper again. Although Russia has never been famous for being easy, there are a surprising number of places where you can pick up a quick meal with little difficulty and on a tight budget. Here we've tried to pick out the cheapest and best.

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Brooklyn Local

Brooklyn Local
This cafe aspires to recreate the hipster cafe environment of the gentrifying New York borough. They've got the moody black Read_on (No Comments)

Carl's Junior

Carl's Junior
This American burger chain is increasingly praised by burger connoisseurs. Whilst still of the fast food genre it's a definite step up from Mcdonalds in terms of quality and price. Read_on (No Comments)

Chainaya Lozhka

Chainaya Lozhka
Coffee is to be found in this orange-tinged chain cafe, whose name means teaspoon - although given the name tea is obviously the more interesting choice here. Read_on (1 Comment)

City Grill

City Grill
This is definitely a step above most of the fast food in town in general and almost all of the burger joints in particular. Never frozen all beef patties, grilled fresh on a toasted bun with about every trimming and topping you could hope for - even tabasco. Read_on (No Comments)

Green Room

Green Room
This large loft room in the middle of the hip Etagi art centre makes a good place for a post-exhibit cup of tea or glass of beer, depending on the time of day. Read_on (No Comments)

Grillvill

Grillvill
Tucked away on an unassuming central side street but smack between Vladimirsky Cathedral and the Arctic Museum, this is a great place to stop for a quick, inexpensive lunch  or coffee without sacrificing quality. Read_on (No Comments)

KartoFun

KartoFun
Why didn't anyone think of this before? Huge, cheap portions of hand-cut fries, available with the whole range of toppings such as cheese, fried onions and even a roasted hot dog or two all located right around the corner from student bar central. Read_on (No Comments)

Kroshka Kartoshka

Kroshka Kartoshka
This very no-frills joint is an ode to the humble potato (kartoshka). You can get your kartoshka in the kroshka style (i. Read_on (No Comments)

Pyshki (doughnuts)

Pyshki (doughnuts)
The ultimate cheap and greasy, quick and easy snack joint. Pyshki or doughnuts are a legendary snack from the Soviet times and this place has been here for decades, you'll find many other imitators but this place is the real deal. Read_on (2 Comments)

Stolle Cafe

Stolle Cafe
Stolle's big attraction is their pies, which are quite possibly the best in St. Petersburg. Both sweet pies filled with fruit or savoury pies with mushrooms, fish and meat all get washed down nicely with a coffee (or two or three). Read_on (1 Comment)

Subway

Subway
The sandwich alternative in the burger-dominated American fast-food world. Subway's flagship Russian branch runs on centimetres not inches, but the tastes and huge hunger-defeating sizes are the same. Read_on (No Comments)

Teremok

Teremok
Head upstairs and worship at the throne of  Teremok - the pancake or bliny kings. Although it is strictly fast food, Read_on (2 Comments)

Van der Wafel

Van der Wafel
If you are missing the crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, hot off the griddle delight known as the waffle - you no longer have to. Read_on (No Comments)