Lunch for $10 and you get to support young people in the process? Sign us up.

Those that we recently interviewed at The Lunch Box, the restaurant run by culinary arts students at the Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School adjacent to Butler Senior High School, had nothing but good things to say about the venue, the students or the food.

The $10 meal deal includes soup, salad, two entrees, a starch and vegetable, plus desserts. Such a deal isn’t easy to find anymore.

Hours are short, but align, of course, with the hours that students are in school. The Lunch Box is open from noon to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday through May 30.

The restaurant opened in early March and offers students hands-on experience in a field that many will choose to pursue following their graduation.

Though at a glance, it’s just another lunch option for the community, it’s more to the students behind the scenes. For the students, it’s critical experience. It’s a chance to prepare food from scratch and share it with the community.

If you’ve yet to visit The Lunch Box, check it out. It is at the southern end of the Butler Senior High School campus beside Art Bernardi Stadium.

The weekly menu at The Lunch Box is available at www.butlertec.us/Page/494.

— TL