Updated: Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 1:37pm
Students dependent on Flex points for off-campus eating will have to learn to love Yorkside Pizza and Restaurant — Bulldog Bucks, the latest proposed incarnation of Campus Cash, will not become a reality any time soon. Earlier this month, officials within Yale Student Financial and Administrative Services informed the Yale College Council that the University had...
Students hoping to pull all-nighters during Reading Week may want to avoid the Thain Family Café. According to several reports from student employees and a document obtained by the News that appears to be part of the café’s internal records, some managers at the café have been substituting decaf espresso for caffeinated espresso at various times since the fall —...
The New Haven Board of Education will head food services without the help of Aramark — or any independent food services contractor for that matter. In Monday’s monthly BOE meeting, the board voted unanimously to bring control of the food services in-house, effectively rejecting the three outside bidders. Chief Operating Officer Clark said Monday that the board is...
The casual date is the albino tiger of the dating world — much talked about, highly sought after and questionably accessible. Yet it seems New Haven, and Yalies, have found their sleek white cat: Prime 16, New Haven’s new beer bar-cum-trendy American cuisine restaurant promises a break from the world of coffee dates. A chronic problem arises when trying to identify a...
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Such is the tagline of author and ecological gastronome Michael Pollan. Pollan shared his philosophy and discussed agribusiness, farm subsidies and his non-linear career with over 100 students at a Jonathan Edwards College Master’s Tea on Wednesday. His latest book, “In Defense of Food,” and previous best seller, “The...
At the CitySeed farmers’ market in Wooster Square on Sunday, a table labeled with the “Yale Sustainable Food Project” logo was out of produce shortly after the market opened. “The spinach was gone in, what, two minutes?” said Nat Wilson ’09, who helps manage the Yale Farm’s stand. But although demand is high for organic produce from the Yale Farm, the...
The steps of City Hall were hidden by a mass of green union T-shirts yesterday afternoon as New Haven Public Schools management, custodial and food-service workers held a rally to urge city leaders not to renew Aramark’s contract as the school system’s food-service provider. Speakers and rally organizers encouraged Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and the school board to...
Brian Graham, owner of Sushi on Chapel, has a simple business philosophy: “Have fun, make money and eat great sushi.” Surrounded by dark brown walls and square wooden tables at his Chapel Street location, Graham — who plans to open the doors to his new Japanese restaurant in the next day or so — said he is not worried about drawing a crowd, despite his lack of...
Hankering for a midnight snack? Bet you haven’t considered Louis’ Lunch, which happens to be open just as late on weekend nights as Yorkside Pizza. Maybe the establishment isn’t on your radar because in a city famous for somewhat unfriendly customer service — as anyone who’s waited two hours only to be ignored by Sally’s waiters can attest — Louis’ Lunch...
As Thai native Mong Khol shivered behind the smoke of his food cart on Science Hill, flipping slices of meat and serving his equally cold customers, he knew, he said, that the cold, rainy weather was driving down business. But he thought he could at least take solace in one fact: With the increased patronage from the approaching spring warmth, his cart — and the...
Alex Berggruen ’10, a weekly consumer of Alpha Delta Pizza’s campus-famous Wenzel sub, said he was introduced to the sandwich when his roommate, Hyatt Bailey ’10, ate his first Wenzel and insisted that Berggruen try a bite. Berggruen told Bailey he was not hungry, but his roommate insisted that he try it. He took a bite. And, he says in blissful retrospect, “my...
After last week’s emotionally charged public hearing before the Board of Aldermen — which was attended by over 200 public-school cooks, custodians, teachers, parents and students — Aramark may soon be leaving town. But the company isn’t going without a fight. As the city prepares to begin interviews with bidders for the New Haven Public Schools food-service...
