Cheap food

Every night (well, Tuesday through Saturday, anyway) at their tiny, 40-seat Ristorante Luci (470 S. Cleveland Av., St. Paul, 651-699-8258, www.ristoranteluci.com), the Smith family offers a remarkable, changes-daily four-course dinner that includes an antipasto, a choice of soup or salad, a pasta course and a fish or beef entree, for $30.

RICK NELSON