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Clucksters Restaurant Replaces Café 1853

Clucksters celebrates it’s opening week in Thomas Hall. JOSHUA REICHARD / THE QUADRANGLE   Joshua Reichard Asst. A&E Editor Last week, Manhattan University (MU) welcomed Clucksters, a grab-and-go chicken restaurant operated by Gourmet Dining, to the university dining scene. Clucksters has replaced what was once Café 1853, which has now shut down for what appears to be indefinitely. Demand is high at the new chicken restaurant, as it logged … Continue reading Clucksters Restaurant Replaces Café 1853

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Friendly Fridge BX Advocates for Partnership with Gourmet Dining and Locke’s Loft Despite Pushback 

A close-up of The Friendly Fridge BX located on Manhattan College Pkwy. LAILI SHAHRESTANI / THE QUADRANGLE   Laili Shahrestani  Editor-in-Chief While food insecurity remains a pressing issue around the Riverdale community, efforts for Gourmet Dining to donate leftover food from Manhattan University’s dining hall, Locke’s Loft, to the Friendly Fridge BX — a take what you need, leave what you can community refrigerator just outside of campus gates … Continue reading Friendly Fridge BX Advocates for Partnership with Gourmet Dining and Locke’s Loft Despite Pushback 

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Gourmet Dining Creates an Internship Program

by August Kissel, Web Editor Gourmet Dining is an essential piece to the Manhattan College experience. They serve the student body for breakfast, lunch and dinner and even celebrate holidays with us. Gourmet Dining is now expanding their services to include an internship program open to all students who are interested in the world of food service. “It’s a way for students to get real … Continue reading Gourmet Dining Creates an Internship Program

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Halal and Kosher Options on Campus

by AUGUST KISSEL, Web Editor Manhattan College is a private Lasallian Catholic Institution and as follows, a majority of its students identify as Christian. To accomodate all of its students the college provides worship options for as many of its students as possible, one by offering to bring the community of Jewish students to a local synagogue, as well as having a Muslim Chaplain on campus with … Continue reading Halal and Kosher Options on Campus

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Bad Broccoli: Student Finds Bugs in Food at Locke’s Loft-Gourmet Dining Drops Produce Supplier

Last Monday, April 2, a student eating at Locke’s Loft discovered several small insects in a piece of broccoli, both the student and Gourmet Dining Services confirmed. Elizabeth McCabe, a sophomore on the rowing team at Manhattan, sat down for dinner with several teammates around 6 pm and had started to eat before discovering what she described as a “nest” of dead bugs in her … Continue reading Bad Broccoli: Student Finds Bugs in Food at Locke’s Loft-Gourmet Dining Drops Produce Supplier

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Screw Found in Kelly Commons Marketplace Wrap

This past Thursday, Jan. 25, a Manhattan College student found a small screw in their wrap, both the student and Gourmet Dining Services confirmed. Leah McGovern, a junior civil engineering major at Manhattan College, discovered this screw at the Kelly Commons Marketplace. “I typically buy a wrap for lunch there every weekday day because I have meal swipes through my meal plan when I have … Continue reading Screw Found in Kelly Commons Marketplace Wrap

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College Creates Choice Between Food and Books

In 2014, Hunger For America estimated that more than two million of their clients were full-time college students. Roughly 30.5-percent of these students also added they sometimes have to choose between food and educational costs. When students live on campus at Manhattan College they have the luxury of an unlimited meal plan, and while MC implemented an optional commuter meal plan this semester, it is … Continue reading College Creates Choice Between Food and Books

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Bug Found in Locke’s Loft Salad

A student found a worm-like bug in his salad at Locke’s Loft on Sept. 12, both the student and Gourmet Dining Services confirmed this week. Joseph Liggio, a freshman at Manhattan College, who found the bug and said that this situation might change the way he looks at his meals on campus. “I just got here and so far the food has been tasting pretty … Continue reading Bug Found in Locke’s Loft Salad

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Whole Grains: The Top Five Benefits

by ALEX McDONALD, Contributor On average, less than 1% of Americans eat the daily recommended amount of whole grains.   The 2015 Dietary Guidelines recommends eating at least half of your grains, or about 3 servings, over the course of the day as whole grains. Carbohydrates have been recently getting a bad rap, but whole grains can act as an essential part of a nutritious and fueling … Continue reading Whole Grains: The Top Five Benefits

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