The Food At These 11 Colleges Will Make You So Jealous
When I was in college, I was ecstatic to live in student housing that included a kitchen my sophomore year. I swore off the dining plan forever and started cooking for myself, rather than eating sad cafeteria meals that often resorted to cereal. However, there are some colleges around the country that are seriously ahead of the times when it comes to food offerings.
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From organic farms to homemade ice cream and campus vineyards, we rounded up the best higher education institutions that make the grade when it comes to impressive artisanal fare. These colleges have us wishing we could head back to school just to try some of these over-the-top eats!
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On Campus Steakhouse
High Point University in North Carolina has an actual steakhouse on campus. Yes a white tablecloth, wine serving, five-course meal, steakhouse. Students can eat one “Magic Meal” a week there (and boy does it sound magical) or use their dining points to pay the $50 flat fee. We don’t know about you, but we’re pretty certain a steak dinner once a week would definitely have helped us keep our grades up (@SavannahLencore/Instagram).
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Homemade Ice Cream Shop
A surprising number of schools have on-campus dairies, where they make their own homemade ice cream using milk from their own cows. At Maryland Dairy at the University of Maryland, they make homemade traditional, as well as school-themed, flavors. To name just a few, the University of Wisconsin, Cornell, and University of Connecticut also have their own dairy stores (@katieeatz/Instagram).
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Annual Lobster Bake
Bowdoin College is known for its amazing cafeteria food and is often listed at the very top when it comes to campus dining rankings. Not only do they have a professional chef on-staff and source local produce, but every year Bowdoin throws a back-to-school lobster bake. The guaranteed annual lobster alone is a perk that makes us want to apply (@dmoney_thadon/Instagram).
Campus Food Truck
Most of us stood in line with our sad cafeteria trays when we wanted a meal at school, but at UC San Diego students can seek out the campus food truck (@usd_hdh/Instagram).
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Campus Vineyard
No need to run to the liquor store when you’ve got a university vineyard like they do at UC Davis. You can get a degree in wine-making or just head to the campus wine cellar for a class or two. US Davis also grows olives, makes olive oil, and keeps bees (@justinkingiv/Instagram)!
Seriously Local Maple Syrup
Hampshire College has an entire farm. But, the best part is that students (and faculty and visitors, too) can buy maple syrup that is produced and tapped from trees on campus (@hampshirecollegefarm/Instagram).
Homemade Cheese
Earlier we said that a good number of colleges make their own ice cream, but many of those schools with a campus dairy also make their own cheese. Mississippi State (among others) makes, packages, and sells its own cheese (@dailystoremsu/Instagram).
Campus Beekeeping
Some colleges educate students and do research surrounding bees and beekeeping. Which means there’s local campus honey to be enjoyed, like Aggie Honey from Texas A&M (@britt_shultz_bs/Instagram).
Organic Farm
Sure we’d all love to exclusively eat sustainable, organic food, but that’s not where our brain goes when we think of college. Wesleyan University, however, has its own student-run organic farm and produce is subsequently sold at a campus farmer’s market, used at the school’s cafeteria, or donated (@longlanefarm/Instagram).
Grass Fed Cattle
Having a farm is one thing, but at Warren-Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina they also raise grass-fed cattle. Students are a big part of the process and the school also sells its own meat and eggs (@warrenwilsoncollege/Instagram).
Sit-Down Restaurant
Instead of wandering around the cafeteria looking for your food, at The University of Vermont you can head to a sit-down restaurant complete with white tablecloths and a waitstaff (@uvmbored/Instagram).
By Zoe Bain
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