New Campus Dining Options Planned for Fall

Colleges & Universities A-Z Georgetown University
1

<p>This is an exciting upgrade of the current Georgetown campus dining and sounds very promising!</p>

<p>"Georgetown University students will get new menu options and greater flexibility in their on campus meal plans beginning this fall as part of a new agreement with ARAMARK Higher Education to provide campus food operations. As of July 1, Georgetown University will enter a 5-year partnership with ARAMARK to enhance student dining services and offer a new catering option for campus events.</p>

<p>"These changes come in response to student requests and will enhance our overall on campus dining experience and offerings" says Margie Bryant, Associate Vice President for Auxiliary Services who will oversee ARAMARK’s partnership with Georgetown. “I am excited to work with students as we begin this partnership in order to best serve the needs of the university community."</p>

<p>In addition to the new ARAMARK services, Georgetown will continue its long-standing partnership with the Marriott Corporation, who will continue to operate The Georgetown University Conference Center, including Hoya's restaurant and The Faculty Club in the Leavey Center, and provide catering services for campus events. </p>

<p>"The combination of our partnerships with both ARAMARK and Marriott will enable Georgetown to provide a range of on campus services in ordet to meet the varied needs of our faculty, staff, students and visitors," said Bryant.</p>

<p>As part of the ARAMARK partnership, O’Donovan Dining Hall, known as Leo's, will be transformed into 6 all-you-care-to-eat mini restaurants featuring healthy options, vegan and vegetarian offerings, traditional favorites and international cuisine prepared by trained chefs and culinarians. The top floor will become an International Marketplace with new daily menus ranging from Latin flavors like Caribbean Stir Fried Chicken, to an Asian/Mongolian grill, Mediterranean gourmet fare, and American Bistro. The lower level will become Leo’s Down-Under, a new, dynamic residential restaurant destination with continuous dining seven days per week and new late night hours. It will feature Barracas Italian Bistro, the Rolling Pin Coffee House and Leo’s Diner, serving unlimited blue-plate specials and breakfast all day long.</p>

<p>In addition to the exciting new look and menu offerings, Leo’s will offer state of the art nutrition kiosks and expanded grab-and-go food options.</p>

<p>Students will experience enhanced menus starting this fall. Renovations will begin during the winter semester break with completion expected in time for the fall 2008 semester.</p>

<p>“ARAMARK is proud to partner with Georgetown University,” said Barbara Timm-Brock, regional vice president, ARAMARK Higher Education. “Our goal is to improve the overall student living and learning experience. We expect to transform the dining environment through dynamic new venues and enhancements to existing facilities. Students will see an increased focus on nutrition and wellness that begins with food prepared with a mix of local, organic and sustainable ingredients.”</p>

<p>These student dining changes come in addition to the opening of Epicurean and Co., an upscale sit down and take out restaurant scheduled to open this fall in the renovated first floor of Darnall Hall. </p>

<p>Student meal plans reflect enhanced dining options and enable students to choose meals at Leo’s, as well as from vendors at the Leavey Center food court. Included with meal plans will be GoDollars, which can be used to purchase meals and snacks at multiple campus dining venues, including the Leavey Center and the new Epicurean and Co.</p>

<p>ARAMARK Higher Education provides dining services at colleges and universities throughout North America including the University of Florida, University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, UNC-Chapel Hill, New York University and Johns Hopkins University.</p>

<p>As part of its agreement, ARAMARK will offer jobs to all currently contracted dining services employees at Georgetown University in addition to expanding the staff with new hires. The agreement also complies with Georgetown’s Just Employment Policy."</p>

<p><a href="http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=25422&Preview=r8q1g5i7a9q2%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=25422&Preview=r8q1g5i7a9q2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

2

<p>Ahhhh...Can't wait for August!!!!!</p>

3

<p>I'm confused about the GODollars they mentioned...if we have the 14 meal plan, does that mean we can use those meals at the Hoya court?</p>

4

<p>I believe so...</p>

5

<p>I was under the impression that you can still only use those 14 meals at Leo's, but they give you something like $75 or $100 flex dollars that you can use at Hoya Court or the new restaurant in the bottom of Darnall. I signed up for the 10 meal plan, and they gave me $50 flex dollars, which really isn't that much for an entire semester....</p>

6

<p>Actually now that you mentioned it, I think previous poster is right. I meant that you can use your meals at any one of the numerous smaller-scaled restaurants that is to replace the Marriott catering...</p>

7

<p>This sounds really good</p>

8

<p>Yeah, the dining services have been getting a lot better at Georgetown. They never were that bad since I've been there (I'm going to be a junior in the fall), but they got a lot better for my sophomore year, and now in the dining hall they have made-to-order stir fry, personal pizzas, omelets, baked pasta dishes, and sandwiches, which were just added last year. They also added a Hershey's ice cream station where they will make you milkshakes and smoothies, and do the Coldstone-type mix-ins. </p>

<p>The new stuff that they're doing with Aramark sounds like it's going to make it even better!</p>

9

<p>What exactly is included in one meal? Is it extra $ for drinks/dessert/etc?</p>

10

<p>One meal is all-you-can eat. They swipe you into the dining hall, and you can get whatever (and however much) you want. Or one meal counts as one Grab-and-Go meal which includes a sandwich/salad/pasta dish, drink, piece of fruit, chips/pretzels, and cookies.</p>

11

<p>:O...and people wonder where the freshman 15 come from. tsk tsk.</p>

12

<p>Mmmm, in my experience, the food at Leo's was never good enough to lead to anything like a freshman 15. That, plus the fact that you have to walk everywhere and it's a hilly campus, and the generally athletic nature of the student body, makes it much less of a problem than at other places I've noticed. Where there is a freshman (and not just freshman) 15, it's more due to the easy access to oh-so-caloric alcohol.</p>