Voice's Choices: Under $5

The best food items in Tulsa under $5

Farmers Market // Cherry Street/Brookside

The Cherry Street Farmers Market isn’t until next month — the winter market, every other weekend (next one is Mar. 15), has kept us sated — but I’m already dreaming of these Owasso figs. Blushing by late summer, each is as sweet as port from a lover’s lips. The packaging — they come 6-8 in a snack-sized Ziplock bag, a couple bucks per parcel — belies the danger within.

SAT, 7–11 A.M. ON CHERRY, WED, 7:30–11 A.M. on BROOKSIDE

India Palace // 6963 S. Lewis Ave.

My favorite restaurant in Tulsa has plenty of delectable dishes to choose from — the chicken tikka masala and the saag paneer make me want to throw away my fork and simply pour food into my face — but the unassuming Madras soup, a seemingly simple tomato soup that stuns with its depth of flavor, steals the show every time.

MON – FRI, 11 A.M.–2:30 P.M., 5–10 P.M.

Claud’s // 3834 S Peoria Ave.

On top of serving some of the best burgers in town, Claud’s is a time machine. At the tiny bar facing out toward the Restless Ribbon, you’ll expect to see a fight break out between Greasers and Socs. Get a double cheeseburger. Onions fried into the patties is an option, and if you don’t get them, you will regret it forever, or at least until you inevitably come back.

TUES, WED, SAT, 10:30 A.M.–4 P.M., THURS, FRI, 10:30 A.M.–8 P.M.

Mod’s Coffee and Crepes // 507 S Boston Ave.

Though Mod’s has an impressive selection of gelato flavors and savory as well as sweet crepes, I always come back to same dish: the chocolate covered strawberry and cream crepe. Fruity and chocolate-stuffed, it is filling for a small price. Extra treat, watching them create the crepe right in front of you.

MON, 7 A.M.–2 P.M., TUES – FRI , 7 A.M.–10 P.M., SAT, 10 A.M.–10 P.M.