Anonymous wrote:How's the food at smaller liberal arts colleges that don't have a large enough student body to justify 3 million different food options?

DH and I both went to larger schools with tons of choices (multiple cafeterias, delis, fast food, and even sit-down restaurants) and availability. It was easy to grab food on off hours, pretty much anywhere on campus.

How does that work at schools with 2,000 students?

At least half the schools on the list posted by OP are SLACs.

Anonymous wrote:How's the food at smaller liberal arts colleges that don't have a large enough student body to justify 3 million different food options?

DH and I both went to larger schools with tons of choices (multiple cafeterias, delis, fast food, and even sit-down restaurants) and availability. It was easy to grab food on off hours, pretty much anywhere on campus.

How does that work at schools with 2,000 students?

They're great. They don't need to bring in fast food to make sure people get fed.

VT food was good and they really sold that. However, dining plans are priced super confusing and we kept having to add money. I don’t think it was that much better than my other kids colleges given the price difference.

Bowdoin food was fantastic.

Daughter is at WashU and she thinks it is fine. Big fan of the sushi and BBQ.

Duke alum. The new dining area (I think it is called the WU) is beautiful and offers lots of diverse options.

However, I am old fashioned and don't think one goes to college to eat expensive sushi and the like. Keep it simple, stupid. Food should obviously be edible and relatively healthy with diverse options to cater to different needs and tastes. But this facility is just another example of the ridiculous arms race schools are in on less important areas while continuing to jack up tuition every year and now lay off employees. I know there are concerns about affordability.

I miss the days of the Rat, the CI, ordering in Subway, Domino's, Wild Bull's, etc.

How's the food at smaller liberal arts colleges that don't have a large enough student body to justify 3 million different food options?

DH and I both went to larger schools with tons of choices (multiple cafeterias, delis, fast food, and even sit-down restaurants) and availability. It was easy to grab food on off hours, pretty much anywhere on campus.

How does that work at schools with 2,000 students?

I went to a 5 day conference at UMass Amherst and can confirm the food is excellent

Gettysburg is tops if you can get in.

Anonymous wrote:No experience with any of the schools on that list, but of the college cafeterias i've been to, I thought Yale, UMD, Swarthmore and Rice were the best. UNC, W&M, BU and Georgetown were meh. Ymmv.

I actually heard good things about UMD food too!

Anonymous wrote:Bowdoin is absolutely incredible. I look forward to going to the dining hall when we visit our kid.

They don't pay for a dining caterer like many schools do. They have their own in-house chefs and it shows. They take great pride in their food quality understand that community is built around the table.

+1 My daughter didn’t end up there, but when we went to Bowdoin bearings I had the best chicken sandwich I’ve ever had in my life.

Duke and Princeton

Anonymous wrote:My kid is raving about the food at UCLA and wants to take us to a dining hall on parents weekend .

+1

DC is still happy with the food at CMC.