The trek downtown has nev-er been more worth it. Grab yourself a fulfilling, delicious lunch from the many restaurants downtown for prices under $10. Below are 10 of downtown’s best lunches that are absolute steals for students on a budget.

1. Perfecto’s Caffe’s Whoopie Pie Muffins

In love with the French toast bagels from Perfecto’s that Paresky Commons serves during breakfast? Wait until you try Perfecto’s wide selection of decadent muffins. Perfecto’s whoopie pie muffins top the list as one of the best crowd-pleas-ers, according to Perfecto’s. Oth-er muffin flavors include gin-gerbread, pumpkin-raisin and raspberry. A box of four muffins only costs $7.59.

2. Boston King Café’s Apple Cinnamon Crepes

Treat yourself to a rus-tic twist on the popular sweet French dessert with a tasty serv-ing of apple cinnamon crepes. Topped with sliced apples, cin-namon powder and whipped cream and drizzled with a spe-

cial sauce, the Apple Cinnamon Crepes cost $7.95 each at Boston King Café.

3. Yella Grille’s Fattoush Salad

Yella brings a healthy touch of Mediterranean cuisine to An-dover with a refreshing bread salad. Consisting of Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, sliced cucum-bers, parsley, bright red radish, onions, fried pita bread and su-mac, the salad is topped with the chef ’s specialty dressing for a sour kick and goes for only $9.

4. Sauce Wings’ All-American Cheeseburger

Sauce puts a unique twist on the classic All-American Cheese-burger by adding the option of a variety of homemade sauces for an additional charge.

Packed with fresh lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles and American cheese, this $7.50 burg-er is available with side sauces like spicy Buffalo Grandpa, the South Carolina Mustard and the Jamaican Jerk Pirate Style.

5. Bruegger’s Roma Roast Beef Sandwich

Take a break from your typical cream cheese bagel and try a Roma Roast Beef signature bagel sandwich instead! A classic season-

al sandwich, Roma Roast Beef is packed with salty roast beef, asiago and provolone cheeses, fresh tomatoes, green peppers, sundried tomatoes, mayonnaise and balsamic vinaigrette. The different sandwiches served at Bruegger’s can be enjoyed on a variety of bagel choices includ-ing pumpernickel, plain and ja-lapeno cheddar starting at $4.25.

6. Salvatore’s Gnocchi Pesto

By combining two elements of many popular classic Ital-ian dishes, Salvatore’s creates a unique dish of traditional potato gnocchi and fresh pesto sauce. Topped with fresh grated Par-migiano-Reggiano cheese, the hearty pasta dish is a steal at $7.

7. CasaBlanca’s Nachos Supreme

CasaBlanca packs bursts of authentic Mexican flavor into their signature nacho dish, which is perfect for sharing. Crunchy nacho chips served with bits of juicy shredded chicken or ground beef topped with beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole and salsa are available for $9.25.

8. Pink Tree Sweets’ French Toast with

Maple Bacon Cupcake

Pink Tree Sweets now makes your favorite breakfast dish into a cupcake! Baked daily, the French Toast cupcake is topped with maple buttercream and garnished with crispy, candied bacon. Looking for a more tra-ditional or even more adventur-ous combination? Other flavors that are available for $2.99 in-clude Chocolate Mousse, Boston Cream, Taco and Lemon Blue-berry Shortcake.

9. Dunkin’ Donuts’ Frozen Coolatta

As spring arrives at Andover, treat yourself to a cool, icy drink from Dunkin’ Donuts. Their

signature Frozen Coolattas are available in flavors like Mocha Coffee and Vanilla Coffee. Not in the mood for a creamy, choc-olaty drink? Get your hands on the fruity and refreshing Orange and Vanilla Bean Coolatta. The Frozen Coolattas are available from $2.99.

10. Ultimate Perk’s “The Ultimate Perk”Ultimate Perk’s signature

sandwich includes a serving of grilled chicken breast, mozza-rella cheese, roasted red pep-pers, lettuce, special basil-pesto mustard and creamy mayonnaise served on a rustic rosemary fo-caccia. This special sandwich is the perfect downtown lunch for only $7.50.

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Nachos Supreme - CasaBlanca

Arts&Leisure

Campus artsWhat not to miss this weekend!

5:00 p.m. Screening of “Poster Girl”

presented by Robynn Mur-

ray, Kemper Auditorium

6:00 p.m.

Spring Exhibit Reception,

Addison Gallery of Ameri-

can Art

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Alianza Latina Bene-

fit Potluck, Underwood

Room

7:30 p.m.Senior Voice Recital, Tim-

ken Room

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Frostiana Creative Writ-

ing Symposium, Kemper

Auditorium

3 p.m.

Senior Flute and Violin

Recital, Timken Room

Signature Sandwich - The Ultimate Perk

All-American Cheeseburger - Sauce Wings

Apple Cinnamon Crepe - Boston King Cafe

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