CU Students choose which food they want to eat at the Darley Dining Hall. (CU Independent file/Brigid Igoe)
Everyone has an opinion about dining halls on campus, but there is still a lot of uncertainty concerning which are the best and why.
Mostly freshmen live in the dorms and purchase meal plans, which is why they had the most input regarding the situation. No one gets to sample the food before they attend school in the fall, so they are just taking a chance on what they will be eating for an entire school year.
There are many options for dining halls and some appear to be more favorable than others.
Freshman Devon Trimble, an 18-year-old psychology major, said her favorite dining hall is the one at Farrand.
“I like the food at Farrand because they have the chef station where they make meals,” Trimble said. “They always have pizza and more options if you don’t like the stuff that they make there.”
The grab-n-go is another popular meal option for students. The Cheyenne Arapaho grab-n-go always seems to be crowded on the weekdays around lunchtime, students say.
Zack Kardon, a 19-year-old freshman open-option major, said he likes the Williams Village grab-n-go.
“The chicken burritos at the Will Vill grab-n-go are my favorite,” Kardon said.
The burritos and sandwiches at the Will Vill grab-n-go are customizable, which students said makes it preferable to pre-made burritos.
Some students do not seem to prefer dining hall food and are disappointed with the options available.
Tyler Mistretta, 19, said he does not like the dining hall food at all.
“I don’t like the dining halls in general,” said Mistretta, a freshman open-option student. “I am not really a big fan of any of the dining halls, but if I had to choose one to go to it would be Farrand or Sewall.”
Despite some not-so-delicious choices of food, many students still have favorite dining halls.
Kyle Ambler, a 20-year-old freshman open-option major, said his favorite dining hall is the one at Sewall.
“My favorite dining hall is Sewall because they have pizza everyday and the food is just better,” Ambler said. “They have a lot more options.”
Student-input gathered suggests that Sewall is the most preferred dining hall on campus. Options are an important thing to most students; no one wants to eat the same food over and over again. One common factor students mentioned was the variety offered at Sewall.
Freshman Alan Getto, an 18-year-old anthropology major, said that he appreciates the amount of food options available to students.
“There are a ton of options if you don’t like what is being served like the grab-n-go: salads, ice cream and etc.,” Getto said. “However, one thing that upsets me is that the grab-n-gos aren’t open on the weekends. The dining halls are as good as they can be for so many kids at this university.”
Contact CU Independent Staff Writer Jillian Fox at Jillian.t.fox@colorado.edu.
4 comments
FreshmAn versus freshmEn… In the second paragraph, freshmAn was used to describe a group of people when it is only meant to describe one. “mostly freshman live in the dorms”
Lynda, is there a reason you didn’t properly capitalize the quote? If you’re going to leave a rather lengthy post with nothing other than self-righteous criticism, you should at least ensure that your own post is, in fact, error-free.
Dear Eric,
The only one being self-righteous here is you. I hoped you enjoyed the article as much as I did.
With love,
Annie
Eric,
First of all… my post was not “rather lengthy.” It was maybe three sentences. I was not being self-righteous, I don’t know how you even got there. I used to be on staff and I was just trying to help them correct their mistakes, which they did, so obviously my advice was used. And why are you commenting back to me when you are supposed to be commenting on the article?