BY DANIEL SIMONS
Senior lunch is a coveted privilege enjoyed by many in the aforementioned grade. The only flaw I see with senior lunch is the fact that money is required to buy cheese coneys from Skyline, a burrito from Chipotle, or a sub from Subway.
One can easily go broke from senior lunch if you and your friends go out constantly to different restaurant. To avoid this, you could set yourself a budget per meal when going out. To show that it can be done, I did just that. I set a budget of six dollars per meal. Here are my findings:
Day 1 (Monday):
On Monday, I stopped by Subway because my dad had given me a gift card. I was looking forward to a footlong sub, but the price was changed from $5.00 to $5.75, so it was an inconvenience payment-wise, for I couldn’t pay with a crisp Abe Lincoln. All I got was the footlong, no drink, no chips. It was still a pretty substantial meal, since I asked for a little more of everything than they normally put on the sandwich. I didn’t need the chips, but I found my mouth to be longing for that zingy taste of Powerade Blue Mountain Blast with that sub.
Day 2 (Tuesday):
Feeling good and hungry? I was, so Skyline was the destination. Sadly, I couldn’t get my usual order: three cheese coneys, no onions, no mustard, and a Dr. Pepper. That was around eight dollars, so I had to downsize and kicked it down to two coneys. I did the math and calculated it would be $6.16 with the drink, but to my surprise, they only charged me for one coney, dropping the price to well under six bucks.
Day 3 (Wednesday):
Fellow seniors Connor Bortz and Jon Hanley joined me on a trip to Pizzelli’s because we hadn’t been there in a while. It quickly became clear as to why we hadn’t been there in a while. It took far too long for our personal pizzas to be ready for take-out. We left at noon from Pizzelli’s after the final pizza was done. However, the budget for this restaurant was a plus, because the Classico pizza was just six dollars. I didn’t get a drink and, with no toppings, I settled for just a regular pizza, and that was just okay with me. It was fresh, hot and tasty. But if you are going to Pizzelli’s, make sure you order ahead of time.
Day 4 (Thursday):
I had spent some money the past three days and I figured it was time for a change of scenery. I brown-bagged it for Thursday, because some days I just need to take a step a back from that fast food life and hunker down into a nice
mom-packed lunch. There is no shame in that, and no one should feel shameful with a brown bag lunch. I love a peanut butter and jelly more than the next person, and there is no restaurant that sells a sandwich like that from the friendly confines of your kitchen. If you are shameful of such an endeavor, then a good excuse to use to stay at school is that “you have homework to finish.”
Day 5 (Friday):
Possibly the most content I have been with a meal this week, Just Q’in, on Newtown Road, is a personal favorite of mine, where the succulent meat oozes off the fluffy buns. They have some of the best barbecue food that I have ever eaten. I am only a mere newbie to the pulled pork sandwich there, not even beginning to understand the power of such a sandwich. I was introduced to this restaurant over the summer. The only problem with such a restaurant is that I hadn’t been at this barbecue joint sooner. Fiscally, it is a great option. The pulled pork sandwich, the “David,” is six dollars. You can either get slaw on the side or choose from different twelve-ounce cans of soda. If I had to choose one day out of the week to go, it would be Friday, because going here has become a tradition for me and fellow seniors.
