Possible Clues:

• Zero-star eatery
• Casual diner
• Eatery with slingers and hash
• Go with person, say, after work to find cheap cafe
• Sponge, say, or exotic food cooked here?
• Cheap diner
• Order sponge that's cut or a piece of cake inside cafe
• Grub’s birthplace?
• Source of a cheap meal
• Small cafe serving fried food (informal)