The chips and salsa were somewhat mundane and ultimately forgettable, but the Warm 3-Cheese Queso -- i.e. American, Swiss and Monterey Jack -- had an awesome taste, soothingly warm but with a slightly tangy kick. The goodness of the Queso didn't quite justify the tricky way it is packaged.

The Queso costs $1.19, which is acceptable, even if it is about as much as they could possibly charge for what's basically a shot's worth of melted cheese. Chips and salsa cost $1.49, but you can instead order a "small side" of chips and salsa for 79 cents. Chips with Queso cost a whopping $2.69. After a few minutes of trying to recall fourth-grade arithmetic, I figured out I could order the small of chips and salsa and then get the Queso on the side, and I'd save 70 cents.

I proposed this to the guy at the register, but he wasn't digging it.

"It's considered chips and Queso," he said, "so I have to charge you for that." Although some part of me wanted to get all Jack Nicholson on him and angrily chastise the restaurant for the menu's logical fallacies, my more rational side took over and I reluctantly coughed up the three bucks.

Which brings me back to my biggest problem with Qdoba. It isn't the food. Qdoba's burritos are at least as good as any others I've eaten locally (i.e. Taco Bell, Casa Ortega in the HUB-Robeson Center), but they aren't so incredible that I'll pay that much money for them. I mean, come on! We're college students, man, we can't go spending $5 on a cheese quesadilla. A cheese quesadilla? That ought to be two bucks tops.

Although Qdoba is going to be open until 2 a.m. on weekends, they don't have any special late-night deals. Got that? So when you're wandering home drunk at 1:40, remember to have a ten-dollar bill handy. Unless you want pizza for a buck, that is. Then all you need is a buck.

Oh, and if you've found this article to your liking, please be kind enough to drop a donation in my can. I'm trying to save up enough money to try that cheese quesadilla before I graduate.