<p>how IS brown’s food? in terms of variety, quality, quantity, freshness, etc.</p>
<p>Well it's not the foie gras you may be used to but since I don't know what that is I promise you'll live and probably like it. Wow the things people come up with.</p>
<p>I went to visit for ADOCH. The food sucks majorly, but it's edible. It's a huge upgrade from public school cafeterias and fast food. There's an okay variety from what I've seen, okay quality, huge quantities (it's all-you-can-eat at the Ratty) and reasonably fresh.</p>
<p>Yeah i thought the food was pretty good when i visited for adoch. i actually liked it more than the food i had at the harvard weekend. there was more variety.</p>
<p>i spent a semester there and the food was nasty</p>
<p>why do ya even care¿¿ i mean your gonna go to college....no matter where you go that means pizza, beer, and ramen noodles so why even bother¿¿ im sure that the food at any college would be better than that =P</p>
<p>is there a good selection of food/ healthy choice options? im the world's pickiest eater, so completely terrible food and no choices would really suck for me.</p>
<p>im a very picky, very healthy vegetarian and i was very disappointed :(</p>
<p>Really? If you're willing to get creative at the Ratty, you can make yourself a lot of different picky/veggie things. Don't just stick to the main dishes -- learn to make your own salad dressings from the sauces and spices, grill your own wraps or sandwiches, etc.</p>
<p>Or come eat with me at Cooking House next year...</p>
<p>I'm definitely checking this Cooking House out next year.</p>
<p>Ratty was definitely edible when I was at Brown...also, there are a lot of places such as the Ivy Room and other places that I cannot remember the name of off the top of my head, to eat if the Ratty isnt to your liking.</p>
<p>the ratty has an entire section devoted to vegetarians, and the salad bar. If you're a picky vegetarian, and you cant make yourself a meal from that, then...i dont know, i really cant imagine you'd have trouble.</p>
<p>Is Brown good quality food? No
Is it good variety? Yes</p>
<p>Look on the upside: Cornell only has fresh local ingredients for everything because it's out in the middle of nowhere enough to have nice farms. :)</p>
<p>(Not that that's bad! But, certainly, Providence v. Ithaca in terms of remoteness... And, of course, there could be local co-ops but... you get the point.)</p>
<p>Well, it is no where as bad as Carnegie Mellon. The food there is really bad. My son went to a summer program and his only vegetarian option was (mediocre) penne with marinara sauce. Try having that for lunch and dinner for six weeks straight ...</p>
<p>My daughter has had no problems finding edible vegetarian options at Brown.</p>
<p>You can check out menus online and see for yourself about variety. There are no quantity restrictions I'm aware of.</p>
<p>How was the quality of the food determined by this book -- the writer's own opinion, survey of students, or what? I know that the princetonreview of Wash U's food (was #1 for a while -- where my son ended up) went down a few notches when they cut back the greasy, junk offerings at night. Others would disagree that this is a bad thing.</p>
<p>Best thing to do is to visit any school before you commit to it and see what you think of the food (and everything else) yourself. Also see if there is a discounted offcampus dining program available if you really like the school but not the food -- I know Brown has one.</p>
<p>sorry we're not NYC you bastards</p>
<p>the food is good if you're not a snob</p>
<p>hey qxcvz
cornell has better food....and is a better school</p>
<p>I think it's hilarious that people freak out when one school is named "worst among the Ivies" in any category. That's the worst among only eight of the most prestigious schools in the nation, in case you forgot.</p>
<p>It might be that Brown isn't as good as other schools, too, but geez...</p>
<p>It doesn't really matter. Cornell isn't even a real Ivy. It's the only one that isn't a colonial college; in fact, it was founded a century later than the others, it has the lowest ranking on the WSJ survey and the revealed preference survey (by far, too much to be accounted for by chance or bad methodology), and it's part public.</p>
<p>by a BOOK!!?? if it was anything else I'd say no big deal, but since a BOOK said it, screw Brown.</p>
<p>ramen noodles anyone?? =P</p>