Like a 128-pack of crayons, a buffet dinner offers an array of colorful options irresistible to starving artists. Put unlimited bread on the table with today’s Groupon: for $5, you get a lunch buffet at Skyview’s (a $10.50 value).

The student chefs at Skyview’s adopt a new lunch-buffet menu every month, keeping fatigue-prone palates perpetually delighted. The eatery’s September menu features favorites such as the whole-wheat harvest squash pizza topped with spinach and smoked gouda. Sate seafood cravings with the Texas-pecan-crusted salmon or play catch with the orange and herb balsamic roasted chicken. Chefs augment entrees with a daily seasonal-soup selection and hot honey-buttered rolls, made with rich honey approved by 100% of bears in Hundred-Acre Wood.

Located on the sixth floor of the Texas Tech Plaza, Skyview’s staff comprises campus alumni and current students of the Restaurant Hotel Institutional Management department. As the chefs work their magic, guests can gaze out above the treetops and across the campus in search of inspiration for late-afternoon scavenger hunts.