Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Food Cont'd
Amy, I'll take you up on that.
(p.s. One thing cool/lame about Summerfields is that you order by the elements. Water = fish, fire = meat, earth = vegetarian, and wind = vegan. So you get to go up to the ultra-nice cashier lady and say, "HI WENDY I'D LIKE FIRE 1 PLEASE" and get, I don't know, a ruben or something.)
Davenport:
Has a lot of different dining options on...I believe three floors. The top floor is the vegan cafe, which is apparently amazing. Then there's a grill/deli or something on the second floor (I've never been) and then a pretty varied carry-out cafeteria type thing on the first floor, with a frozen yogurt machine, pizza place, and gross ready-made salads. This is also your sushi hook-up, but it's the kind that you get in grocery stores, so if you're desperate for top quality sushi, I recommend Japanica, or maybe Japonica? Whatever it is. Anyways, Davenport only takes points and cash, but if you make friends with the cashiers sometimes they "forget" to ring you up. For freshmen, it's good for when you're really sick of Mocon, too lazy to walk to Summerfields, and too scared to steal more odwalla juice from Weshop. Which brings me to:
Weshop.
The grocery store located between Westco 1 and 2, if you're into cooking your own stuff or eating overpriced granola bars, this is the place to go. Also they have a large variety of !!!energy drinks!!!, which comes in real handy during finals and for 9 am classes. They also have a variety of personal products, usually organic, and whatever else you need for college life, such as cleaning supplies, trash bags, and deodorant (very important), etc. Unfortunately, they also only take points/cash, but for those desperate or cheap enough to try, it is notoriously easy to steal. No, the surveillance cameras don't work, or at least aren't checked. Invest in deep pockets, long sleeves, and tote bags, or rather, be a good person and don't steal at all, because of course, I wouldn't endorse that sort of behaviour.
Kosher Kitchen:
A tiny tiny place in the bottom of Butt A that always inexplicably smells like broccoli. I've never been inside but apparently the food is delicious, and as the name implies, kosher.
WesWings:
On High Street across the way from the Butts, apparently it's the best chicken on campus. Again I've never been there.
Star and Crescent:
The restaurant (or rather, "dining club") in Alpha Delt that actually has a chef, publishes their menu online, and serves steak. OMG STEAK. They also take points, and I've heard it is the best food available at Wes. Also the first few freshmen at lunch and dinner every day (can't remember what number is--Joe John? Some help?) get to eat free. Show up early.
Pi Cafe:
In the science center, this is a...well, cafe. It opens early and caters to all your fair trade coffee needs. Again, points/cash only.
Red and Black cafe:
I know nothing about this. Isn't it by Broad Street Books? Whatever, they take points and make good sandwiches, and it's way too far away for me to even consider.
Delivery:
Sign up at www.campusfood.com and you're set. It's really great for those of us who hate, uhm, talking to people in general. The two obvious choices are pizza and chinese food. Regarding the latter, personally I like fortune garden and new hunan better than fortune wok, but new hunan is in Cromwell and thus takes longer, plus there's a $2 delivery charge. However if you're chinese, the delivery guy will strike up a conversation with you and ask you where you're from, why your chinese is bad, how long you've been in the country...or maybe that was just me.
Off-campus/main street:
The only two restaurants I can speak for are Thai Gardens and La Boca, both of which are excellent. Huge portions, interesting dishes, nice servers, lots of vegetarian options. Watch out, though--at Thai Gardens, spicy means SPICY.
And by the way, don't bring silverware, plates, glassware (except for shotglasses), etc to school. Sneak them out of Mocon, use them, and then bring them back when they're dirty and put it in the tray return window. Repeat. Mocon doesn't lose any utensils, you don't have to do dishes. ¶ 7:29 AM
(p.s. One thing cool/lame about Summerfields is that you order by the elements. Water = fish, fire = meat, earth = vegetarian, and wind = vegan. So you get to go up to the ultra-nice cashier lady and say, "HI WENDY I'D LIKE FIRE 1 PLEASE" and get, I don't know, a ruben or something.)
Davenport:
Has a lot of different dining options on...I believe three floors. The top floor is the vegan cafe, which is apparently amazing. Then there's a grill/deli or something on the second floor (I've never been) and then a pretty varied carry-out cafeteria type thing on the first floor, with a frozen yogurt machine, pizza place, and gross ready-made salads. This is also your sushi hook-up, but it's the kind that you get in grocery stores, so if you're desperate for top quality sushi, I recommend Japanica, or maybe Japonica? Whatever it is. Anyways, Davenport only takes points and cash, but if you make friends with the cashiers sometimes they "forget" to ring you up. For freshmen, it's good for when you're really sick of Mocon, too lazy to walk to Summerfields, and too scared to steal more odwalla juice from Weshop. Which brings me to:
Weshop.
The grocery store located between Westco 1 and 2, if you're into cooking your own stuff or eating overpriced granola bars, this is the place to go. Also they have a large variety of !!!energy drinks!!!, which comes in real handy during finals and for 9 am classes. They also have a variety of personal products, usually organic, and whatever else you need for college life, such as cleaning supplies, trash bags, and deodorant (very important), etc. Unfortunately, they also only take points/cash, but for those desperate or cheap enough to try, it is notoriously easy to steal. No, the surveillance cameras don't work, or at least aren't checked. Invest in deep pockets, long sleeves, and tote bags, or rather, be a good person and don't steal at all, because of course, I wouldn't endorse that sort of behaviour.
Kosher Kitchen:
A tiny tiny place in the bottom of Butt A that always inexplicably smells like broccoli. I've never been inside but apparently the food is delicious, and as the name implies, kosher.
WesWings:
On High Street across the way from the Butts, apparently it's the best chicken on campus. Again I've never been there.
Star and Crescent:
The restaurant (or rather, "dining club") in Alpha Delt that actually has a chef, publishes their menu online, and serves steak. OMG STEAK. They also take points, and I've heard it is the best food available at Wes. Also the first few freshmen at lunch and dinner every day (can't remember what number is--Joe John? Some help?) get to eat free. Show up early.
Pi Cafe:
In the science center, this is a...well, cafe. It opens early and caters to all your fair trade coffee needs. Again, points/cash only.
Red and Black cafe:
I know nothing about this. Isn't it by Broad Street Books? Whatever, they take points and make good sandwiches, and it's way too far away for me to even consider.
Delivery:
Sign up at www.campusfood.com and you're set. It's really great for those of us who hate, uhm, talking to people in general. The two obvious choices are pizza and chinese food. Regarding the latter, personally I like fortune garden and new hunan better than fortune wok, but new hunan is in Cromwell and thus takes longer, plus there's a $2 delivery charge. However if you're chinese, the delivery guy will strike up a conversation with you and ask you where you're from, why your chinese is bad, how long you've been in the country...or maybe that was just me.
Off-campus/main street:
The only two restaurants I can speak for are Thai Gardens and La Boca, both of which are excellent. Huge portions, interesting dishes, nice servers, lots of vegetarian options. Watch out, though--at Thai Gardens, spicy means SPICY.
And by the way, don't bring silverware, plates, glassware (except for shotglasses), etc to school. Sneak them out of Mocon, use them, and then bring them back when they're dirty and put it in the tray return window. Repeat. Mocon doesn't lose any utensils, you don't have to do dishes. ¶ 7:29 AM
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And may I recommend Typhoon over Thai Gardens-- great staff, shiny new location, delicious and cheap food, frree mini-chocolate bars for dessert, and BYOB! It doesn't get better than that. Get to know TaTa the owner and you'll have a vivacious Asian woman screaming every time you walk in the door.
I can't believe that nobody mentioned The Athenian. Shame, shame. I'd write about it myself, but I'm too self-concious.
I will be a freshman myself in August, but I just wanted to mention O'Rourke's. Alissa and I went with her prefrosh during WesFest, and it was amazing; that is, amazingly greasy, amazingly fattening, and amazingly non-vegan. Everything that makes a meal good. :-)
# posted by 
: 12:31 AM
: 12:31 AM
I agree with lovely Katey that Typhoon is superior to Thai Gardens in many, many ways.
Japanica is my favorite place to get sushi. My dear friend Heather and I frequented it enough to become regulars and there's a charming man there who gives us free edamame and ice cream. It is delicious and affordable.
Pralines is the ice cream spot, though I won't argue their ice cream is any better than MoCon's (as it basically is the same shit).
Japanica is my favorite place to get sushi. My dear friend Heather and I frequented it enough to become regulars and there's a charming man there who gives us free edamame and ice cream. It is delicious and affordable.
Pralines is the ice cream spot, though I won't argue their ice cream is any better than MoCon's (as it basically is the same shit).
Because as a frosh, you *must* be on the meal plan, which includes at minimum 12 meals a week and 150 pts per semester. The only two places on campus that accept meals are Mocon and Summerfields.
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