Good Eats
One of the questions that you will inevitably ask at every college you visit (and if you haven’t thus far, you definitely should start) is “How is the food?” Here in Admissions we hear it on a daily basis and decided to give you a brief overview and describe some first hand experiences with our new food service provider, Bon Appétit.
This fall our new food service provider, Bon Appétit, will be taking the reins and we’re all super excited about it.
Bon Appétit’s commitment to providing fresh, organic, and – whenever possible – locally grown food has everyone buzzing and excited for next fall. In addition to their claim of providing delicious and nutritious food, their socially responsible policies are something that all Wesleyan students, faculty and administration can definitely appreciate.
Providing us with fresh, organic food isn’t all that has us excited for Bon Appétit’s arrival in the fall. In the new Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Campus Center, Bon Appétit will offer a great and varied selection of food options. Some examples of the types of food stations that will be available to students in the fall are:
- an organic pizza and pasta station
- a grill
- a deli
- vegan, vegetarian, and Kosher options
- soups, chowders, and salads
Not only will we have all these choices, but with the completion of our new Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Center, students can grab food from whichever station they’d like and meet up with friends in one of the many dining areas. It’s the best of both worlds: delicious, fresh food (many with international flair!) and great company.
All of this delicious, fresh, and international food is what Bon Appétit is describing and hopefully they’ll deliver. It looks promising based on my own first hand experience with their food last week. Bon Appétit has opened up Pi Café, our on campus fair-trade, organic coffee shop for the summer and my first taste of their food, a Thai Peanut Sauce wrap with tomatoes, lots of greens, cilantro and a spicy peanut sauce, was absolutely delicious. A few of the other Senior Interviewers have tried the food and their turkey sandwiches were equally delicious. If a visit to campus is in your near future, Pi Café is open Monday through Friday from 9am-1pm. Definitely drop by and have some coffee, a croissant, or try a sandwich to get a feel for what food will be like this fall.
To find out more about Bon Appétit, check out their website, and to find out more about Bon Appétit at Wesleyan check out their Wesleyan dining site or ours.
Petra Groeneveldt ‘08
Senior Interviewer
Check out Bon Appétit’s blog! It gives great insight into the company. Does everyone have a blog these days or what?
Justin Holzwarth ‘08
Senior Interviewer
Comment by Justin H. — July 10, 2007 @ 11:20 am
Hi, I just have a few questions about the dining. There is a meal plan at Wes, right? How does it work? Is it required for freshmen? The Bon Appetit place, is it a dining hall or an organic shop? Are there dining halls at Wes(I was in a hurry when I last visited,so I didn’t have a chance to look for places to eat). Most of all,well,how is the quality of the food?
I’m sorry, that’s a lot of questions. Thank you!
Comment by Katii — September 7, 2007 @ 10:11 pm
Katii-
Thanks so much for your question! Here at Wes, barring a few exceptions, everyone is required to be on a meal plan. What’s great about the options is that they are super flexible. Freshmen can buy 5 meals a week or 8 meals a week. Meals are basically all you can eat options in the Usdan Campus Center’s main dining hall. In addition to the 5 or 8 meals, freshman are given 953 or 686 points a semester, respectively- one point equals roughly one dollar. These points can be used for à la carte dining at the Usdan Center or at any other dining center including Pi Café, WesWings or Red & Black Café. Points are used to buy meals during lunch and to buy coffee or breakfast and meals are generally used for Usdan’s all you can eat dinners. Bon Appetit is our new food service provider. They make all the delicious food we eat on a daily basis. And I must say, the food is, in fact, delicious. I just got back from dinner at the new Campus Center. I had a great salad and a delicious fajita and for lunch today I had really good sesame noodles and tofu. This is the first year that all of the main eating options on our campus have been put into one building- the Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Campus Center. In there you can find a grill with burgers and fries, vegan café, Kosher Kitchen, a Mongolian Barbecue, a salad bar and a few other options. Off of the main eating area are two dining halls with lots of seating as well as a terrace for eating outside. All in all it’s pretty awesome!
Petra Groeneveldt ‘08
Senior Interviewer
Comment by pgroeneveldt — September 12, 2007 @ 8:22 pm
“Bon Appétit has opened up Pi Café, our on campus fair-trade, organic coffee shop for the summer…”
This makes me so happy to hear. I wish that more school campuses offered this.
Comment by Organic Coffee — September 1, 2009 @ 9:14 am