Eliza's is one of my very favorite restaurants--I eat here at least once a week. Despite the humorous train-wreck-like design of modern architecture, glass art, and color, this perennially packed neighborhood haunt serves some of the freshest, best-tasting, cheap Chinese in town. Unlike most comparable options, here the atmosphere (albeit unintentionally funky) and presentation parallel the food. The fantastically fresh soups, salads, seafood, pork, chicken, duck, and such specials as spicy eggplant are outstanding and served on beautiful Italian plates. (Get the sea bass with black bean sauce and go straight to heaven!) I often come at midday and order the wonderful kung-pao chicken lunch special: a mixture of tender chicken, peanuts, chili peppers, subtly hot sauce, and perfectly crunchy vegetables. It's one of 21 main-course choices that come with rice and soup for around $5. The place is also jumping at night, so prepare to stand in line.