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1 Deep Dish Slice $7 Double D’s The BesT 25 CheAP eAts Under $10 After spending a year scouring the Greater Toronto Area, from Bay Street to the burbs, the editors at Toronto Life magazine assembled a list that proves the city’s food scene is a source of amazing bargains. Here are their top 25 must-try dishes under $10. For 75 more budget-conscious culinary wonders, check out torontolife.com/ food/best-cheap-eats-in-toronto By Alex Baldinger and Rebecca Fleming Photography by Dave Gillespie 14 where Winter 2017/2018 This is no floppy, unfulfilling slice. This is Chicago-style deepdish, a dense wodge of buttery crust, cheese, fillings such as pepperoni and Italian sausage, more cheese, and a sploosh of crushed tomato sauce, baked in a metal pan thicker than a crime novel. One parm-dusted slice is more than enough for a midday munch, and it comes with a drink. 1020 Gerrard St. E.; 1256 Dundas St. W., doubledspizzas.com 2 The Spicy Classic P.G Clucks This is the year fried chicken sandwiches surpassed burgers for bun-filling brilliance on a budget. This perfectly crunchy, cayenne-infused slab of Nashville hot chicken, doused with buttermilk ranch dressing, fermented chili sauce and tangy coleslaw, is as messy as it is habit-forming. $7. 610 College St., pgclucks.com 3 Smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel The Bagel House It figures that the place that makes the best Montreal-style bagel in Toronto would know how to handle a proper lox and cream cheese sandwich. The schmear is spread thick, flecked with red onions and capers, and layered with smoked salmon, and here’s the best part: it’s available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for all your