While the food at Alamo Cafe is good, there's no way it can be considered ""cheap eats"". A simple bean and cheese Chalupa plate (which costs almost nothing to make) will set you back around 10 bucks with a beverage. There are over a thousand Mexican Restaurants in the San Antonio area, any many of them have better food at around 4 or 5 bucks a plate. Now that's ""cheap eats"".
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