Best value restaurant: Cucina Di Napoli

When students are looking for a good meal without a heavy price tag, the answer lies on Main Street - at Cucina Di Napoli.

Danielle Buonocore, the manager of Cucina, says Cucina is probably the only authentic Italian restaurant on Main Street. Since everything is homemade and packed with flavor, she says the restaurant has a family-style appeal, which helps bring in customers again and again.

"We just like to have fun here," Buonocore says. "We like this to be a place, kind of like Cheers, where everyone knows your name. We're a family restaurant and that's what we believe in."

Cucina features a full menu and a list of specials, including a $7 student menu, $7 lunches and $12 dinners almost every day of the week, she says.

Buonocore says the specials have been a success with regular customers and students who aren't looking to spend a lot of money on food. She says Cucina tries to cater to college students by giving them good food for an even better price.

"We don't feel the need for $23 dinners or $40 dinners, we just think that that kind of thing is ridiculous," she says. "We don't believe in making money on something because we racked up the price and we're making a $20 profit."

This mentality is seen in low prices and good food, she says. She says Cucina looks to make money by giving people a good meal, not increasing prices.

"We're all about having a great time and eating and enjoying yourself," she says. "We're not about spending $100 on dinner."

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