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Nizza
This French-Italian spot’s crispy pizza with ratatouille, pesto and goat cheese costs just $10; a lowly $7 buys chickpea fries with a fava and white-bean puree. 630 Ninth Ave between 44th and 45th Sts (212-956-1800)
Café Katja
Tightly packed two-tops fill this slim Austro-Hungarian eatery. Go for shareable fare like house-made bratwurst with juniper-scented sauerkraut ($8) and soft, salted pretzels, presented with sharp Liptauer cheese ($3). 79 Orchard St between Broome and Grand Sts (212-219-9545)
Bun
Nothing on the extensive Vietnamese menu tops $12, and the healthy contingent of six-buck plates—shrimp-and-pork-belly summer rolls, eggy turmeric rice cakes topped with diced pork—means that you can impress your honey by ordering like a Rockefeller. 143 Grand St between Crosby and Lafayette Sts (212-431-7999)—Jordana Rothman