You can be sure you’ll come across three things when taking a trip to Lake Tahoe: ski slopes, crystal-clear water and expensive food. But for the hungry, cash-strapped college student, Lake Tahoe offers a variety of restaurants with reasonable pricing.

Any college student can tell you that the price of food is a major factor in deciding what to eat. While many first-year students will buy meal plans, the number of times someone can eat at the Downunder Café in a week has a limit. Many upperclassmen and in turn must buy all their food, spending tons of cash. The following is a short list of the various places across Reno to get a filling meal for a low cost.