Historic Filipinotown— You don’t have to squint much to imagine that, while seated at one of the long tables in the parking lot of Dollar Hits, you’ve stepped through a wormhole in the space-time continuum and wound up on a side street in Manila eating a plate of deeply charred meats, wondering if your clothing will smell of wafting smoke forevermore.

Dollar Hits is a destination in the heart of Historic Fi lipinotown that’s jammed with smoke eaters starting at 4:30 every night from Wednesday through Monday. It’s a place to go with a crew of heavy forks, untroubled with the niceties of proper sit-down dining. This is do-it-yourself chow with an assist – you do your own cooking, but at least you don’t have to kindle the flames and stoke the coals. Otherwise…you’re on your own.

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