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# Letter: Cheap places to eat, from Norms to Mom's
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/050507-story-20070505/
- Published: 2007-05-05T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:42:07.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

“ASSUMING ONE IS NOT A BUM, because bums get free food anyway, there is a couple of places to get a deal. For normal people, Norms is a pretty good place. They usually have pretty good deals. If that doesn’t fit someone’s taste there’s always Mom’s place. Go home to Mom and she’ll feed you, but of course, you’d have to listen to a lecture.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 5, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/050507.pdf?ref=smdp.com)