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Sunday, August 24, 2003

Re: Food

Def. not the Pavillion; the letter writer is an '89 (n.b., the Pavillion opened two years ago). Plus the food in the Pavillion is 1) no healthier than anything else served elsewhere, 2) not vegetarian-targetted, and 3) not particularly good (at least the couple times that I ate there; the staff had to prepare in advance so many options for so few diners that everything was cold and dead).

Jonathan Eisenmen thinks that she means Collis and adds that some of the salad bar selections come from the Organic Farm. Any confirmation? What about the other stuff grown that's not salad bar fare (e.g., tubers, onions)?

It's definitely humorous that no one can agree on which is the healthy place to eat on campus. Perhaps this is because there is no consistantly healthy, fresh, etc. dining choice?

Update: Yes, we know that Homeplate and the Pavillion do offer vegetarian options. That's not the same, however, as being "vegetarian-oriented." Jasmine rice, my dinner one evening when I ate at the Pavillion, doesn't really make a meal. And, as much as I like pasta, I don't think that offering it nightly with that thick sickly-sweet marinara in Homeplate counts either.

To be fair, Homeplate did offer some not-bad vegetarian entrees (e.g., lentil stews), but this was certainly not the norm. And it was definitely not a "healthful, vegetarian-oriented student restaurant that is popular with students, faculty and visitors who crave its delicious, made-from-scratch dishes and baked goods."

Posted by Andrew Grossman at 10:25 PM

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