Downtown delis

Gina's

When you want options, you want Gina's. A pay-by-the-pound buffet, Gina's has to be one of the best stocked ones we've ever seen. The buffets include all kinds of hot food, as well as lots of salad options (even sushi). A wide variety of sandwiches and wraps can also be ordered from a counter in back. A mile-long row of coolers offers every juice and soda imaginable.

Crowd: Gina's gets blue collars, white collars, government workers, cops, construction guys, you name it. We were there a bit early, but there was no waiting or competition for space at the buffet at all.

Seating: Gina's is not a fancy place. Seating is a bunch of beat-up tables of the Chinese-food takeout-restaurant variety.