Students wait in line at West Servery. Recently, Housing and Dining changed the location of the late night dining option from Baker College Kitchen to West Servery and will offer new options for late night meals.
For the night owl in search of an after-hours meal, late night dining has moved from Baker College Kitchen to West Servery.
Dining hours still run from 9 to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, according to a campuswide Housing and Dining email.
The relocation follows an increase in student demand. While Baker Kitchen operations support around 300 diners per day, late night dining has seen more than 500 diners, Assistant Director of Residential Dining Joe Stayshich wrote in an email to the Thresher.
Kaniyah Boston Kaba, a Jones College freshman who opts for late night dining every day, said the lines are easier to navigate at West.
“If you were in the back of the line at Baker, I would just get fries at that point,” Kaba said. “I’m not standing in it. There’s more space here.”
Connected to two colleges, West has larger facilities than Baker Kitchen. Duncan College freshman Eddy Zhang said he was happy about this change.
“A lot of students are trying to get late night dining, and [Baker Kitchen] isn’t as big,” Zhang said. “Also, I just felt like there wasn’t as much. I really wanted something lighter.”
In addition to the usual grill picks — chicken tenders, fries, burgers and nachos — H&D launched a “Late Night Bowl” option where students create their own Chipotle-style bowls with grains, proteins and vegetables.
Chef Maribel Baker runs late night dining. Stayshich said Baker has introduced other bowl ideas incorporating “international flavors,” which students will see in the future.
For Zhang, the new bowl option is especially exciting.
“They should add this to the regular menu, just because of how comprehensive it is and how it’s so accessible and easy to make something that caters to your taste,” Zhang said.
Stayshich said late night dining is in its beta phase.
“We are still working toward a unique model that reflects not only our operational needs but more importantly the students desires for Late Night Noshes,” Stayshich said.
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