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My pants are as tight as sausage casings. My stomach resembles a beach ball. And my breath seems to permanently reek of blue cheese. That's the downfall of spending six days letting my appetite guide me across the culinary pleasures of Paris.

And while I could've simply popped into any old brasserie and blown my savings on bottles of bubbly and truffle-topped delights, that wasn't my aim. I wanted cheap. I wanted delicious. "You want a miracle," said my friend Bati, with whom I was staying in Paris. I took that as a challenge. So with a pocketful of Euros, I sought out eats and drinks as affordable as they were delicious.

In no particular order, 10 of my favorite spots for sipping and sustenance after the jump.