i am a junior currently searching for a good fit LAC and Davidson is one that I like a lot. For me, food>everything else so can any current or past Davidson student tell me what the food is like? Snacks situation? I have seen the Davidson dining services online and Vail Commons seems really great. What was Your experience with food at Davidson?
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We have done prospective student visits a couple times and always really liked the food. That said, we tend to like American and pasta comfort foods. We heard some students have complained that they want the food to go more upscale and healthy.
Interestingly, Davidson doesn’t use one of the 3rd party companies (like Sysco - sp?) to run their food. They do it in house. Not a student, but based on what I’ve heard from my D’s visits (including a recent overnight with a host) is that the food is considered above average for college but not outstanding. Of course, I think there are very few colleges where the food is outstanding. It seems to me that since it is run by the colleges, students should be able to exert influence on type and quality.
I’m a current student and I must say the food at Davidson is very much average and gets extremely repetitive. I’m a vegetarian and there are always options but joining an eating house or a frat is the way to go for food because each house has a chef. I’m in Rusk and the food there is incredible. Also, there are a ton of restaurants off campus like Viva Chicken, Sabi, etc. that have really really good and inexpensive meals if you want to switch it up one day.