Cheap eats for school lunches at the Adelaide Central Market

Quick school lunches are being made easier with the option to stop past the Markets and spend less than $15 on an array of delicious cuisines. Each week, the Market will highlight cheap eats around the market that make a perfect and easy lunch on the go and full of flavour, and for under $15!

Current favourites on offer include:

Cheap Eat Bites for Under $5

  • Sunmi Sushi, famous pancakes, $2 or $3 each
  • Atlas Continental, $4 Pizza slice
  • Simply Sarj, award winning curry puffs or ‘sausage roll’, $5 each or 2 for $9
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Cheap Eat Bites for Under $10
  • Si Sea, all day Tapas from $6.50
  • Sunmi Sushi, bibimbap, small $8.50 or large $10
  • Cumbia Kitchen, empanadas, 3 for $10
  • Simply Sarj, potluck from $10

Cheap Eat Bites for Under $15
  • Atlas Continental, salad bowls, from $12
  • Cumbia Bar Kitchen, paella from $13
  • Real Falafel, bowl or pita, from $13
  • Zuma, house made Focaccias $13.50
  • Big Table, house made salads from $13.50
  • Asian Gourmet laksa, from $14
  • Let Them Eat, salad bowl, $14
  • Charcuterie, panini, $14
  • Le Souk, Lentil and carrot soup from $14.50
Customers are encouraged to share their Market Cheap Eats at @adelcentralmarket #AdelaideCentralMarket

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