Best looking kitchen flooring for least money?

[davester]

Black wrote:
At $3.59/sf, as per greenfloors link, doesn't that end up costing more than hardwood?

Very cheap hardwood. Hardwood is costly and tricky to install. Linoleum isn't. If you're really going for ultralow cost then you should go with laminate flooring (e.g. Pergo or equivalent).