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 

Romantic Three-Course Meals Served at Locke’s Loft to Celebrate Valentine’s Day

The final course of the meal, the “Love Heart”, consisted of appealing layers of vanilla biscuit, raspberry coulis, white chocolate mousse and hazelnut praline crunch.CHRIS COLAVITO/COURTESY By Jill Tuthill, Arts & Entertainment Editor From chicken fingers and fries to firecracker salmon and rock shrimp, students celebrated Valentine’s Day with waited service and decadent three-course meals at Locke’s Loft. Students arrived for their reservations in their … Continue reading Romantic Three-Course Meals Served at Locke’s Loft to Celebrate Valentine’s Day

Campus Dining Limits Hours at Locke’s Loft

by Katie Heneghan, Web Editor Locke’s Loft, the main dining hall on campus, will remain at reduced hours for the foreseeable future of the 2021-2022 school year despite the conflicts this causes for some students. The dining hall is open Monday through Friday from 7:15 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and weekends from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Ken Waldhof, director of business and client services … Continue reading Campus Dining Limits Hours at Locke’s Loft

A Locke’s Survival Guide

by Katie Heneghan & Madalyn Johnson, Web Editors  Passing the midterm mark of the spring semester, students are still adjusting to their daily ritual of coming into Lockes, whether it’s to grab a quick bite before class or to join friends for a family-style dinner. But sometimes, Locke’s meal options for the day aren’t always up to par. Utilizing the ingredients and utensils Lockes provides in the … Continue reading A Locke’s Survival Guide

The Buzz About Locke’s Loft: Bug Found in Soup

by Caroline McCarthy & Anna Woods, Staff Writers On Nov. 18, Manhattan College sophomore Allie Urbanowicz posted a picture of what appeared to be a small worm found in her Locke’s Loft dinner. The photo of the “Broccoli Cheese” soup was posted on her Instagram story in attempt to call out Gourmet Dining for the incident. A popular social media account, Barstool Manhattan, jokingly reposted … Continue reading The Buzz About Locke’s Loft: Bug Found in Soup

Revamping The Jasper Menu

Locke’s Loft, Kelly Commons Marketplace, and Cafe 1853 are all key parts of a student’s diet at Manhattan College. This year, Gourmet Dining has added a few changes that students will start seeing on campus. Brian Weinstein, the resident district manager of Gourmet Dining has been with Manhattan College for almost a year now and has already made some big changes. “Since the success of … Continue reading Revamping The Jasper Menu

Locke’s Loft Sees Setbacks With Stair Collapse

Locke’s Loft dining hall was afflicted by problems this past week, after the main entrance to the dining hall was blocked off from use and students were unable to swipe their ID’s to enter the facility. Several of the stairs from the third to fourth floor of Thomas Hall, leading to the main entrance of the dining hall, collapsed on Tuesday, Jan. 31, forcing students … Continue reading Locke’s Loft Sees Setbacks With Stair Collapse

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