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A photo tour of the dining program at the University of North Texas

UNT Dining offers students five all-you-care-to-eat dining halls, including venues specializing in vegan, allergen-free and sports nutrition dishes.

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

August 3, 2021

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Campus dining at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton is a specialized affair, with the program operating five residential dining centers that not only offer all-you-care-to-eat service—with universal access for residential meal plan holders—but a choice of specialized venues that cater to specific diet regiments and restrictions.

They include venues that offer vegan (Mean Greens), food-allergen-free (Kitchen West) and sports nutrition focused (Champs) menus, while the latest addition, Eagle Landing, adds a seven-concept array specializing in scratch-made dishes.

UNT is looking to return to a “full campus experience” this fall, so the dining program plans to have all outlets open and fully staffed, including some two dozen retail concepts ranging from national brands like Starbucks, Chick-fil-A and Burger King to local and proprietary concepts like Scrappy’s Ice Cream, Avesta, Mia’s Pizza and Khush Roti.

Here’s a look at the dining program and some of its creations…

About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

 

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