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Campus Dining

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Average Meal Plan Cost $2606 per year
Freshman Meal Plan Required? Yes
Student Favorites Four Winds Café

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This is by far the most controversial issue on campus. Frankly, dining services at New College do not cater to the sophisticated and picky palates of students. With so many vegetarian, vegan, health-conscious, and Epicurean students, Sodexo could do a better job keeping everyone happy. The average college student would be satisfied, but Novo Collegians are far from average.

 

There is one main dining hall on the east side. On the west side, the popular student-run Four Winds Café provides an alternative. Students and professors congregate there for discussion, tutorials, and relaxation. The Four Winds provides a necessary alternative to the Sodexo doldrums. Unfortunately, the meal plan cannot be used there without paying a transfer fee. Surprisingly, a large amount of students make the transfer. Sodexo could be better, but at least they’re keeping people nourished. The cooks are open to student input, so it’s all a matter of letting them know what you want. There is only one place that accepts meal plan money, and that alone is aggravating. When New College expands to a size that would offer another dining hall, hopefully the attitude toward the food will improve.

 

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Campus Dining at New College of Florida

rosalinddk

'14

Sociology

1.9
C-

TERRIBLE

There's really only one place to get food on campus with your meal plan, Ham Center. The other option is the student run cafe, which is delicious but isn't open very much and costs almost double the meal plan points. Ham food is generally too oily and too salty and there's little variety. Oftentimes they run out of an entree before dinner is even over (most times the only vegetarian/vegan option for the night). Finally, their hours are bad on weekdays and almost impossible on weekends.

Jan 24, 2012

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Campus Dining at New College of Florida

patticakes1992

'15

Anthropology and Archaeology

1.2
D

Horrible.

The dining hall, Hamilton Center, is the worst. It is awful. I once got tofu that was hard. It is bad. I stick almost exclusively to the salad bar and the Boar's head or Four Winds cafe. Four winds is very slow though.

Jan 05, 2012

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Campus Dining at New College of Florida

ashling

'13

English

2.7
C+

Blah

The school forces you to have a meal plan, but the dining options on campus are limited to a small cafeteria with limited hours that are not even adhered to, and a sandwich shop that always starts running out of ingredients by dinner time. The sandwiches are pretty decent, but the cafeteria food is usually not so great. They do make efforts to stock special items such as soy and gluten free products to suit the various diets of different students.

There is also a student-run vegetarian cafe on campus. The food is usually pretty good and is made with high quality ingredients, although it is usually not open on the weekends and service is sometimes slow.

Jan 05, 2012

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Four Winds Café
Location: Off the Dort Promenade, near the Ball Anthropology Laboratory
Food: Bagels, baked goods, coffees, salads, sandwiches, vegan, vegetarian
Hours: Monday 9 a.m.–7 p.m., Tuesday–Friday 9 a.m.–8 p.m.

Hamilton Center
Location: Hamilton Center
Food: Full-service cafeteria
Hours: Monday–Friday 8:15 a.m.–1 p.m., 4:45 p.m.–10:30 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m., 4:45 p.m.–5:45 p.m.

Sub Shop
Location: Hamilton Center, adjacent to the main dining hall
Food: Subs
Hours: Monday–Thursday 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Friday 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

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