The U of M Hospital cafeteria has improved drastically since I first began working here as a lowly tech support temp employee. Gone are the days of the “Starch Bar,” where (depending on the day) you could have either a baked potato or nachos covered with pretty much the same set of toppings. Also gone is “Obvious Leftover Casserole” which would usually follow a “Starch Bar” day, and which blatantly consisted of whatever toppings or ingredients weren’t finished off the day before.<\/p>\n
As a really scary aside, according to the New York Times<\/i>, in his civilian life the warrant officer in charge of food service for the prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp “looks after the food needs of a dormitory at the University of Michigan.”<\/p>\n
I think there may be a Geneva Convention violation or two going on… I lived in the dorms.
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\nAnyway, the new cafeteria is managed by Armark, rather than by the University’s food service group. The food is a thousand times better, but a bit more expensive. Yesterday I was in line behind a woman who was absolutely aghast that the sandwich, chips and drink she’d picked out cost $7. “That’s just too much for a grilled cheese sandwich!”<\/p>\n
She’s right. It is. But for a roast turkey sandwich with cheese and onion grilled on swirled rye bread with a side of home-style potato chips and a large drink, it’s not too bad.<\/p>\n
Personally, I’ve found that the best food-for-money ratio is at the soup station. It’s self-serve, so there’s rarely a wait. You can choose from three soups, two which change daily and the staple “Vegetarian Chili.” You can have either oyster crackers, saltines or croutons, and they’ve recently added a basket of 50 cent bread wedges. The large size chili, no bread, no beverage is a really filling meal for under three bucks.<\/p>\n
And that’s just the thing for those of you who are trying to be ill on a budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The U of M Hospital cafeteria has improved drastically since I first began working here as a lowly tech support temp employee. Gone are the days of the “Starch Bar,” where (depending on the day) you could have either a … Continue reading