Post Dining Hall: Post Opening Year

Nikos Cafe, a Greek cuisine before Post Dining Hall existed

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Yep, those days of "Nikos Cafe," "Sbarro," and "The Grill" are long gone at Adelphi; but so are the grand-opening days of "All-You-Care-to-Eat" at Post Dining Hall.  According to the Adelphi website, "89% of Adelphi students surveyed stated that they would be interested in an All-You-Care-to-Eat dining option on campus."  However, many students would agree that food at the Post Dining Hall still sub-par.

Post Dining Hall Grand Opening
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If you take a look at Adelphi's Lackmann Facebook page, the cover photo glamorizes what looks to me like a wedge of lettuce with some peppers, onions, and ranch on top.  Seriously? Who looks forward to eating that?  

                                                                                                                                                                 

Lackmann had just provided students with new dining options at Post Hall in late January, so I decided to ask students if they've seen any improvements. 

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"I'd say that they've improved, but very little," says Natnael Petros, '15.  "They need more improvements, but they have improved a little bit compared to last year."

"I think this place has a trajectory that's kind of weird," says Christopher Ladka, '14. "I think this place is very good at the beginning of the semester, and then gets a lot worse. It has periods where it's good and it has periods where it's bad, and overall, it stayed the same."

"I just think it's bad," says Steven Joseph, '16.

"It's improved slightly in the food quality, but it also got more expensive and it still needs a lot of improve," says Lauren Tesoriero.  "[My dinner] was decent, but the first plate I picked up was still dirty and some of the food wasn't as tasty as it looked."

On February 26th, Michael Franzese, the District Manager of Lackmann Culinary Services, and Linda Pianelli, the Marketing Manager, met with the Student Government Association (SGA) to answer the senators' concerns about food at Adelphi.  As Vice President of Class of 2014, I was there for the entire meeting, and although the meeting went well and many solutions seemed to be agreed on both ends, there is still a lack of improvement and results.