I'll be in Seattle for 5 days the second week of August. Does anyone have suggestions for cheap-moderately priced restaurants. And by cheap, I mean sandwiches less than $10 and main courses in the $10-$15 range or less. I'm not expecting the best food I ever put in my mouth, but good food and a nice view would be great. Any type of food is appreciated in any area of town.

If anyone has ideas for how to eat cheaply during the entire stay (strategy, etc.), I'm all ears. I've seen dining suggestions in other threads, but the websites' menus all seem to be way outta my price range. I'm hoping to spend less than $100 a day on combined meals for 2 people.

Thanks in advance!

I'll suggestion a couple locations:

Pike Place Market has all kinds of great food. I like the French crepe booth behind the newsstand at the entrance, the to-go deli and window at DeLaurentis Italian grocery, the sandwiches at LePanier bakery ($5), steamed hombows at the asian stand, tamales from the Mexican grocery, etc. Then there's a park at the north end of the Market with a waterfront view where there are picnic tables and benches.

For a sit down lunch try: El Puerco Leron on the back stairs of the Market. Great handmade Mexican food very reasonably priced. Fun festive atmosphere and water view.

Waterfront: A number of fish & chips and other selections right on the waterfront with picnic tables and view. Anthony's and Ivars are both great.

Chinatown/International District: No views but plenty of inexpensive and good restaurants and bakeries. Just go and take a walk around.

Sunday brunch at Galeria's on Broadway is very nice and $7.25 per person. Fun place with Mexican styled breakfast items and fruit and pastry on buffet.

Seattle has tons of great food so no reason to expect you might not get some of the best food you've ever put in your mouth -LOL. Most of what I mentioned above is pretty darn tasty.

There are also plenty of good dinner restaurants with at least some entrees at $10-15 (they just aren't the spots that get talked about alot here when the subject comes up).

Cactus in Madison Park, on Capitol Hill: Coastal Kitchen on 15th & Vios, Monsoon, Kingfish Cafe on 19th.

You're looking more for the neighborhood favorites rather than Seattle destination dining, I think.

You can get the best food you ever put in your mouth for under $10 in Seattle.

Try Salumi, an Italian deli near Safeco Field. If they have oxtail stew, get it. Otherwise go for the home-cured Italian salamis and hams.

They've got cheeses, olives, bread, etc. so you can make a picnic.

This is the real deal. Do not miss it.

If you are staying downtown, some other options that come to mind are P.F. Chang's, The Cheesecake Factory, the Bell Street Diner on the Waterfront, the pizza and salad at De Laurenti at the entrance to the Pike Place Market, the food court at Westlake Center, Mama's Mexican Kitchen, Crocodile Cafe, Fox's Sports Grill, Rock Bottom Brewery, the Il Fornaio cafe in the atrium of Pacific Place, the various restaurants on the top floor of Pacific Place, Two Bells Tavern, and the Noodle Ranch.

Stay at a hotel with cooking facilities (some of the "suites" places for instance) and cook your own - cold cracked crab, fresh bread, big salad, all made up from things bought at the Pike Market, for instance - a standard "company's coming" dinner hereabouts.

The waterfront fish and chip places are all quite reasonable and all have great views.

Try dim sum in any one of many Chinese restaurants in the International District.

Switch to having the big meal at lunchtime when restaurants are cheaper for the same dishes as dinner. Every Indian restaurant, for instance (and Seattle has many - in the neighborhoods) has a $6 or $7 lunchtime buffet that is great.

Try the food court at Uwajimaya Village in the International District.

Some excellent local burger chains - Dick's, Burgermaster (including a couple of real live drive-ins), Red Robin (locally founded, now national, but still a superior burger, big menu); Red Mill, Kidd Valley - again, mainly in the neighborhoods.

Agua Verde, a very cool burrito place at the water end of University Way in the U-district;

Plenty more out there.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. They sound good. If you have more ideas, please keep posting. I can do a lot of eating in 5 days! =o)