The $15 Lunch Guide

Price check: Prices were verified using current online menus on July 13, 2026. Totals are before tax, tip, beverages, card surcharges, and optional add-ons. Menus, prices, and availability can change.

Your $15 Lunch Guide, by City

Fargo

Little Bodega

DIY Deli Sandwich — $8.99 ($10.99 with one meat)

A customizable deli sandwich for less than $9? That is the kind of lunch math we like. Little Bodega's DIY option leaves plenty of room beneath the $15 ceiling, making it an easy downtown choice when you want something portable, personal, and refreshingly uncomplicated. The market is open for lunch Monday through Saturday.

Website: littlebodegafargo.com | Facebook: facebook.com/detroitdeli

ThaiKota

Pad Thai with Chicken, Pork or Tofu — $12.49

ThaiKota's pad Thai starts at $9.99. Add chicken, pork or tofu for $2.50, and the final total comes to $12.49. It is a satisfying noodle fix that still leaves $2.51 in the theoretical lunch fund. Thai fried rice and Drunken MaMa can be ordered using the same base-price-plus-protein formula.

Website: thaikota.com | Facebook: facebook.com/Thaikota701 | Instagram: @thaikotafargo

JL Beers Downtown

Great American Cheese Burger with Fries or Chips — $12.58

The burger arithmetic could not be cleaner: an $8.29 Great American Cheese Burger plus $4.29 fresh-cut fries or chips equals $12.58. Skip the extras, and you have the complete burger-basket experience, with enough change left over to feel slightly smug about your decision.

Website: jlbeers.com | Facebook: facebook.com/jlbeers518 | Instagram: @jlbeersdowntown

Marge's Diner

Soup & Salad Bar — $11.08

Sometimes lunch needs to feel more like a reset than a prelude to an afternoon nap. Marge's $11.08 soup-and-salad-bar option fits the assignment. Its menu advertises 49 salad-bar choices, giving you considerably more freedom than the usual container of greens grabbed on the run.

Website: fargomarge.com | Facebook: facebook.com/fargomarge | Instagram: @marges_diner

Taco Shop

Deluxe Burrito Combo — $10.98

Start with the $8.49 Deluxe Burrito, then add the $2.49 combo upgrade. That brings the total to $10.98 and adds rice, beans, and fresh tortilla chips. It is one of the guide's strongest answers to the question, "How much actual food can I get without coming close to $15?"

Website: tacoshopsfargo.com | Facebook: facebook.com/tacoshopsfargo | Instagram: @tacoshopsfargo

Pho D'licious

Grilled Pork Vietnamese Sandwich — $9

Nine dollars buys the grilled pork sandwich at Pho D'licious, while the chicken and tofu versions are each listed at $8.75. Any of the three offers a welcome break from the standard lunch rotation, and enough remaining budget to make the entire outing feel unusually responsible.

Website: phodilicious.com | Facebook: facebook.com/phofargo | Instagram: @phofargo

Wasabi Sushi & Asian Grill

California Roll with Miso Soup — $12.50

An $8 California roll paired with $4.50 miso soup lands at a tidy $12.50. It is a simple, two-part downtown lunch that scratches the sushi itch without requiring a special-occasion budget, or an afternoon explanation to your banking app.

Website: wasabipokebowl.com | Facebook: facebook.com/Wasabifargo | Instagram: @wasabipokebowl

Red Pepper

Whole Everything Grinder — $13.49

This one is for serious lunch appetites. Red Pepper's whole Everything Grinder is a 13-inch creation layered with ham, turkey, salami, cheeses, taco meat, and the shop's signature sauces. At $13.49, it is a full-send sandwich that still manages to remain on the correct side of the guide's limit.

Website: redpepper.com | Facebook: facebook.com/RedPepperTacoShop

Moorhead

Grand Junction

Chicken Cordon Bleu Sub with Fries — $13.49

Grand Junction's Chicken Cordon Bleu sub is listed at $9.49. Add a $4 order of hand-cut fries, and the total comes to $13.49. Hot grilled sandwich, fresh fries, and $1.51 left in the budget: lunch accounting does not get much more satisfying than that.

Website: grandjunctionsubs.com | Facebook: facebook.com/GrandJunctionMoorhead

Mick's Office

Bacon Cheeseburger with Seasoned Fries — $13.50

Mick's keeps things wonderfully old-school. Its bacon cheeseburger is $9, and an order of seasoned fries adds $4.50, bringing the full bar-and-grill lunch to $13.50. No complicated ordering strategy is required, just a burger, fries and a comfortably sub-$15 menu total.

Website: micksoffice.com | Facebook: facebook.com/micksoffice | Instagram: @micksoffice

West Fargo

Hooligans Bar & Grill

Weekday Lunch Special — $8.99 or less

This is the guide's biggest budget cushion. Hooligans advertises weekday lunch specials priced at $8.99 or less, served Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The specials are dine-in only, but at that price, taking an actual lunch break begins to look like sound financial planning.

Website: hooliganswfargo.com | Facebook: facebook.com/HooligansWestFargo | Instagram: @hooliganswestfargo

Würst Bier Hall

Weekday Lunch Menu — $15

Würst takes the guesswork out of the limit with a weekday lunch menu pegged at $15. Available Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the menu includes choices such as German or brat spaetzle mac and cheese, a cheeseburger with fries and sausage with fries. It is a hearty use of every dollar in the budget.

Website: wurstfargo.com | Facebook: facebook.com/wurstwest | Instagram: @wurst_bier_hall_west

West Fargo VFW Post 7564

Rotating Lunch Special — $12-$14

The best order here depends on the day. Current posted specials include a Monday chicken cordon bleu sandwich with a side for $13.50, a Tuesday French dip with fries and coleslaw for $14, a Wednesday BLT with soup for $12, and a Friday hot turkey or hot beef sandwich for $12. Lunch specials run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Website: vfw7564.org | Facebook: facebook.com/VFW7564.org | Instagram: @westfargovfw