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A tour of 2022 Best Station Concept winner The Game at University of Utah

The Game at University of Utah is an authentic Utah branded sports grill inside a residential dining hall.

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

July 13, 2022

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Located in the new Urban Bytes residential dining hall at the University of Utah, The Game is one of seven restaurant-style stations designed by campus dining services provider Chartwells Higher Ed, but it’s unique in that it is an authentic Utah branded sports grill with six television screens, an innovative QR code ordering system and a fully customizable menu with items that traditionally could not be featured in an all-you-care-to-eat dining hall setting. 

The menu includes burgers of course, but also appetizers, nugget dipping sauces, a patty melt, a ginger turkey burger, fried or marinated chicken sandwiches, a fried cod sandwich and a chicken Caesar wrap.

Here’s a photo tour at the venue and some of its menu offerings…

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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