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Dirt Cheap Eats 2009: Luzmila's Cuisine
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Dirt Cheap Eats (2009)
Luzmila's Cuisine
Address: 809 W. Broad St., Falls Church, VA 22046
Phone: 703-237-0047
Neighborhood: Falls Church
Cuisines: South American
Opening Hours: Open Tuesday through Sunday 11 to 5.
Nearby Metro Stops: West Falls Church-VT/UVA
Price Range: Inexpensive
Dress: Informal
Noise Level: N/A
Reservations: Not Needed
Best Dishes Saltenas; humintas.
Price Details: Saltenas, $2.50.
This bustling Bolivian restaurant does a brisk takeout business at lunch, when customers line up for the house specialty: salteñas ($2.50), sweet, football-shaped pockets filled with a soupy mix of spiced chicken or beef plus hard-boiled egg, potatoes, and peas. Two could easily serve as lunch, and you could add a cheese-filled sweet-corn tamale called a huminta ($1.75) for a satisfying dinner.

A tip: The best way to eat a salteña is to bite one end and carefully tip it back to avoid spilling liquid out the other end.

Open Tuesday through Sunday for lunch.

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