The dish Foot-long Friday Special: foot-long hotdog with fixings, fries and soft drink
The cost $7.99
The eatery Famous Uncle Al's, 5394 Kempsriver Drive, Suite 108, Virginia Beach, 420-7366, www.uncleals.net

The dish Bully BBQ Combo The cost $8.99 The eatery The Beach Bully BBQ Restaurant, 601 19th St., 422-4222, www.beachbully.com Why I liked it A sweet, smoky aroma greeted me when I walked into The Beach Bully BBQ Restaurant, and I knew my choice for this week's Cheap Eats was going to a good one.

The dish Happy Hour menu; 18 dishes in three price ranges: $3, $5 and $7 The eatery Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, 4561 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach. 490-2739, www.gordonbiersch.com

The dish: Chorizo con Huevo Torta, $7.50
The eatery: Cinco de Mayo, 1716 Pleasure House Road, Virginia Beach; 318-6381; www.cincodemayova.com

The dish Polenta Con Salsiccia The cost $12 The eatery The Pasta Bowl, 485 S. Independence Blvd., 226-8886; search "The Pasta Bowl" on Facebook.

The dish Bandejita El Desorden The cost $9.50 (menu items for dine-in are discounted 15 percent Monday through Friday, 2:30-5:30 p.m.) The eatery El Desorden Columbian Cuisine, 665 Newtown Road, 497-4141, www.eldesordenva.com Why I liked it El Desorden, located near Newtown and Baker roads, bills itself as 100 percent Columbian. Our server was helpful and hospitable.

The dish:
New York Hot Sausage and Sweet Potato Fries. $2.65; $1.59.
The eatery:
Pappy's Hot Diggity Dogs
1253 Nimmo Pkwy.
Virginia Beach
(757) 301-6212
www.pappyshotdiggitydogs.net
Why I liked it:

The dish The 50/50 The cost $10.99 The eatery Woody McGees Barstro, 4356 Holland Road, 222-6775 Why I liked it In a world of pricey gourmet specialty burgers, The 50/50 at newly opened Woody McGees thoroughly impresses, yet comes in at under 11 bucks.

The dish Chicken Parmigiana
The cost $8.99 on Saturdays
The eatery Sunrise Pizzeria Family Restaurant, 4848 Virginia Beach Blvd., 456-2923, www.sunrisepizzeria.us.com

The dish Penicillin Soup
The cost $5.69
The eatery The Jewish Mother, 600 Nevan Road, 428-1515, www.jewishmother.com