The fast food restaurant with the cheapest menu

These days, not even fast food is reliably cheap; still, it can be helpful to browse the cheap menus of various chains when looking for a meal that gives you the most food for your money. Cheap fast food menus can include cheap individual items, special combo meals, or dollar menus (which are much rarer). If there was a true $1 fast food meal, we probably would have ranked it pretty high on our cheap fast food meal rankings, but the deals at Taco Bell might be even better.

People love Taco Bell for many reasons. It offers variety and flavor, good vegetarian options, and is surprisingly one of the healthiest fast food chains around. Taco Bell also offers the kind of food you crave late at night – and your local store is probably open. Taco Bell’s perks also include its prices and “Cravings Value Menu.” This menu includes 10 items, from tacos to burritos and more, each costing $3 or less. Taco Bell also offers combo meals separate from the Cravings Value Menu, which allow customers to get multiple items for a bargain price.

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Taco Bells Cravings Box is a particularly great offer

The items on Taco Bell’s Cravings Value Menu are $3 or less, so you can get both your burrito (like the Cheese Double Beef Burrito) and your side (like the Cheese Fiesta Potatoes) for under or just under $6. And the sneaky part? There’s a good chance there are plenty of other items on Taco Bell’s menu that cost under $3. Basics like a crispy taco or a bean burrito aren’t part of the Cravings Value Menu, but the prices speak for themselves.

Taco Bell has an even bigger edge over other fast-food restaurants with its combo meals. The Cravings Box is an online-exclusive meal that starts at $5.99, but prices can vary by location. Plus, the Cravings Veggie Box, which is filled exclusively with vegetarian dishes, is often less expensive than a regular Cravings Box. In fact, the many vegetarian options on the chain’s menu are one of the reasons Taco Bell is so affordable. Each Cravings Box includes a specialty dish (think Crunchwraps or chalupas), a classic dish (basic tacos and burritos), a side, and a drink. Even if you spend an average of $3 on each of those four dishes, for a total of $12 (which may even be a low estimate considering Crunchwraps can cost over $6), you’d still save half that cost by ordering a Cravings Box for $5.99. It is a very inexpensive dish that many people find hard to refuse.

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