As much as you love Chad, there is a breaking point of how many Jury Box salads one can consume for lunch. Within a semester, a student will come to understand that there are only a few places in Concord that he or she can hussle to and from between classes to get quality off-campus eats. There are those that enjoy paying twelve dollars for a piece of bread and salad; they go to Panera. Some like $2 Taco Tuesdays at Dos Amigos. Still others like pizza so they travel to Pizza Hut for its lunch buffet specials on Mondays, or walk just around the corner to Checkmate Pizza.

For a change of pace, try Moritomo Japanese Restaurant at 32 Fort Eddy Rd. The best bargain that you can get there is the bento box lunch special. Priced at $10 per bento, the serving portions are only slightly smaller than the dinner bento but the prices are much cheaper. If there's room for dessert, try the green tea ice cream because Moritomo's is the only restaurant in town that serves it.