Loyola Dining
Probably one of the most important factors in choosing a university to attend is knowing the quality of the food served on campus. Here at Loyola, there are many different options for food on campus. In this post, I will be discussing those different options and the quality of food served.
Although sometimes you may hear horror stories about dining hall food, here at Loyola they just aren’t true! There are three dining halls on campus: DeNobili Dining, Simpson Dining, and Damen Dining. Each dining hall has a different variety of foods and often have one thing to make that dining hall unique from the rest. For example, there is a taco station in the Simpson dining hall and a pasta station in the DeNobili dining hall. This variety makes eating dining hall food exciting, as you are able to get a new meal everywhere you go and every time you go!
In every dining hall, there are vegetarian and other special dietary need-based foods available. For example, there is an extensive salad bar in every hall and a wrap station in Damen where you are able to create your own salad or wrap. The dining halls also provide garden burgers in addition to regular beef burgers for those who choose to eat vegetarian selections. If something is a vegetarian selection, it will be clearly labeled in order to ease possible confusion. There is also often a home-style cooking station that will provide different hot entrees every day, and each dining hall serves breakfast. The dining halls on campus also have a very good selection of desserts! All three dining halls offer a wide range of cookies, brownies, frozen yogurt, and occasional specialty treats every day!
In addition to the appeal of the wide variety of foods available in the dining halls, the quality of the food is also very good. The food is all prepared fresh by the Loyola kitchen staff and is always hot and ready to be eaten. Because the food is so fresh, it is guaranteed that the food will taste good too!
Eating in the dining halls is easy! All you need for entry into a dining hall is a student ID with a meal plan! There are two options for meal plans while living on campus: the five-day meal plan and the seven-day meal plan. With these plans, a student is able to get three meals a day per how many days a week they purchase the plan for. These plans also come with extra dining dollars, which are good to use on any food item or area on campus.
Ultimately, although going out to eat may be fun once in awhile, staying on campus and using a meal plan to eat in the dining halls saves money and time! I personally love going to the dining halls on campus. The food is great, fresh, and extremely convenient! Dining is definitely not an issue at Loyola! ☺