Though the Class of 2013 will never have the experience of swiping for sushi at the Law School dining hall, Yale Dining is hoping to take an “Uncommon” approach to dealing with budget constraints.
In a visible — pungent, really — departure from standard dining-hall fare, the student-favorite Chinese restaurant Ivy Noodle has brought stir fry to Commons Dining Hall. Are students in search of some Asian “soul food” willing to navigate the long lines?
Earlier this month, officials within Yale Student Financial and Administrative Services informed the Yale College Council that the University had decided not to move forward with the Bulldog Bucks program, which would have allowed students to use their ID cards to spend money at several local restaurants and on-campus locations.
Students hoping to pull all-nighters during Reading Week may want to avoid the Thain Family Café.
Taherian, on campus last week to tour the University and meet with dining-hall managers, says he has no immediate plans to make changes to YUDS.
Aramark, the food-services company formerly employed by Yale University Dining Services, is now facing allegations of mismanagement and poor food quality from cafeteria workers and custodians in New Haven Public Schools.
Hungry Hounies looking for dinner Tuesday night were turned away from their dining hall doors by what a posted sign characterized as “unforeseen circumstances.”
Timothy Dwight College has restricted a portion of its lunches on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons to exclude students not in TD — possibly in order to prevent a space crunch resulting from an infusion of Directed Studies students from the nearby Whitney Humanities Center, several students speculated.
After a six-month search, the University announced Friday that Rafi Taherian, currently executive director of Stanford University dining, will become executive director of Yale University Dining Services in March. Taherian will take the reigns from outgoing executive director Don McQuarrie, whose contract expires at the end of February. McQuarrie — who has served as...
Karen Dougherty sees her job as providing Yalies with a variety of meal options — and then hoping they choose the healthy ones.
Backing off from initial enthusiasm towards a Yale College Council proposal to install take-out bins in residential college dining halls, Yale University Dining Services has turned down a proposed pilot program that would have begun this term.
Pursuant to a Yale College Council proposal to expand dining options, Yale University Dining Services administrators have agreed to analyze the feasibility of expanding “takeout” options in residential-college dining halls.
