<p>Well I found the summer food of a more-than-tolerable (if not at least satiating) variety, and my OL told us that the variety would increase when school was actually in session. It's just when I heard jokes about Newcomb food (ON THIS VERY FORUM) I wondered if my OL had raised my expectations too high.</p>
<p>Newcomb is good and bad. Compared to Ohill, yes, it isn't that great. But I eat lunch there all the time and the sandwiches can be made good through the salad bar/microwave. I haven't really eaten dinner there much, but when I have, there's always something I can find.<br>
If you like it during the summer, you'll be fine in the fall.</p>
<p>galosien,</p>
<p>If there is truly nothing that you like in the dining hall, it's only one year of college food. Just because there is lots of different food choices in C'Ville certainly doesn't mean that there will be in a college cafeteria. I'm almost certain that the food is contracted out to a national firm (Aramark) that serves and prepares food across many college campuses in the US and Canada. You're eating the same food tens of thousands of other students are eating every day. </p>
<p>If the food in the cafeteria was based on the food in the town, and I wanted variety, Columbia or NYU would be great. But, I'd bet that their food is amazingly similar to that of UVA, and NY is not lacking is variety.</p>
<p>Ahhh I didn't say I didn't like anything .... actually I liked my O'hill breakfast at Orientation. I ate like 3 servings of scrambled eggs with lots of pepper and tobasco sauce heaped on, mixed different brands of cereal and what have you. For day 1 lunch I had the opportunity to make soft drink floats. </p>
<p>I guess I wrongly anticipated an opportunity to get more variety from what I have now, though. Maybe I should just bring my own curry sauce to meals.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to say that you probably won't get much variety from the same company that does prison food. But check out an article in the Cav Daily, the OHill chef is off to cook for the Olympics.
ARAMARK:</a> Correctional Institutions</p>
<p>Food at UVa is fine. I'm a very picky eater and I survived. After my first year I started eating out and buying my own food from Harris Teeter, which so far has worked out quite well.</p>
<p>Hmm...is Harris Teeter the closet grocery store to McCormick? I would definitely want to pick up grapes, boxes of cookies, etc and divvy it up using those snack ziplock bag things.</p>
<p>Yes, and you can take a bus to get there. There's also a Kroger in that shopping center.</p>
<p>Oh and sign up for the Harris Teeter bonus card thing. You may be able to do it online, as you don't really need the card, just the phone number you use to sign up with. AND, show your student ID, you get 2.5% off, which can add up.</p>
<p>Sweet. BTW, where can I use my Plus Dollars? I don't see a list of places anywhere. I'm just looking to pile up on some snack food.</p>
<p>Plus dollars: places on grounds like the Castle, the Pav, Crossroads, etc (C3 stores have great things to spend your plus dollars on).</p>
<p>Groceries: Kroger is cheaper than Harris Teeter but at a price (quality, of things like fruit/bread/etc, is slightly worse, as you would expect since it's cheaper). You can get a discount card there, too, and save significant amounts of $ by purchasing things on sale if you're not picky about what you eat. So cookies and snack bags would be significantly cheaper at Kroger if you're going to make a habit out of it. Grapes... Dunno, Teeter might be a better choice there (though I like Kroger grapes... I'm not picky). I hear good things about Whole Foods as well, though I haven't gone and it's significantly farther than Barracks (I don't even know if a bus goes that far up 29).</p>
<p>well whole foods is very expensive, but it is amazing and you can get some rare things there, so it depends.</p>
<p>There are soon to be two whole foods in c-ville... which is more than a lot of states. C-Ville is the yuppie capital of the south.</p>
<p>Whole Foods is great, a wonderul selection of high quality and organic food, but it is very expensive. They wouldn't need two in C'Ville if the opened one in Richmond.</p>
<p>If you want fresh, organic food straight from the source, you should visit the Charlottesville City Market:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.charlottesvillecitymarket.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.charlottesvillecitymarket.com/</a></p>
<p>Turning slightly from the topic, at times I am dissatisfied with the all-encompassing umbrella of "organic". I don't want harmful chemical pesticide residue on my food, and having fresh food is always nice. Those two things are often worth paying for. </p>
<p>But I don't really get the hype against genetic modification, growth hormone treatment and specific competitive inhibitors. If they make food cheaper, so be it. Because we all know that modified mutant DNA will pass through our digestive system intact, infect our cells, and give us cancer. Oh the horror!</p>
<p>Since I have the most votes for moderator on this board, I'm suggesting that everyone refrain from responding to galoisien's post/comment/rant. That, and I'm saving everyone from a stupid argument.</p>
<p>Actually, if I suffer from illusion, I'd prefer to be relieved of it really quick.</p>
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Well said.</p>
<p>Hey, 2 is still better than 0.</p>
<p>I am voting now so it is 3 votes.</p>