<p>the only drawback i can think of about bubble tea is that it is kinda expensive, the cheapest kind at columbia is $2.95 and it's not very big. (this is another reason to get a meal plan with less meals and more points)</p>
<p>metsfan--The Sizzler or Hometown Buffet type of buffets are like five star restaurants compared to John Jay. Have you ever seen a military mess hall or prison cafeteria on TV? That's more like the JJ.</p>
<p>Oh man how I miss Sizzler. The one by me closed when I was like five, and I've been missing it since then. There's one by Columbia? Hooooray! Now I really hope I get in. Hehe.</p>
<p>No, no Sizzler by Columbia. I didn't even know those existed in NYC.</p>
<p>No Sizzler. Oh well. :(</p>
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<p>He was comparing Sizzler to John Jay.</p>
<p>But yeah. My favorite thing about Sizzler was the basket of butter toast ... mmm. </p>
<p>Where does one go for the best food on campus?</p>
<p>JJ's place is pretty damn good, but all that fried stuff will kill you.</p>
<p>Uris Deli and Hartley Deli will give you a decent sandwich.</p>
<p>Wien food court was good when I was there. The wraps were pretty tasty. I heard the food court is on the downslope, though. They replaced a Taco Bell with something pretty bad, for one.</p>
<p>All of the food places in Lerner kind of sucked when I was there.</p>
<p>Am I missing anything?</p>
<p>what do points do?</p>
<p>points are sort of like dollars that you can use at various dining locations on campus</p>
<p>Your Columbia ID has a magnetic stripe on it (like a credit card) and keeps your balance of points (also called Dining Dollars). A point/DD is a dollar. At any of the on-campus places, you can pay with cash or give them your ID and use your points/DDs. I guess it is sort of like having a Starbucks giftcard.</p>
<p>i'm thinking about making homemade bubble tea...
buy it from me.</p>
<p>Everything you need to know about Columbia Dining from an official perspective: <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/dining/%5B/url%5D">http://www.columbia.edu/cu/dining/</a></p>
<p>Read this and if it doesnt answer a question, fire away</p>