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Best College Dining Halls? We'll Show You Best College Dining Halls…

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

September 12, 2014

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An online article at Thrillist.com caught our eye recently. It was titled The 14 Best Dining Halls in America. Curious, since it is our job to cover this segment, we decided to see what they had come up with. Turns out the list isn't about dining halls at all, at least not really. Each entry talks about the dining program at different schools, with the list mostly emulating the top ends of popular rating services like Princeton Review and College Prowler. There is no attempt to discuss individual dining venues.

Still, the article did get us to thinking: Just what are the best college dining venues in America? Well, even though we cover this industry, we make no pretense to knowing every single college dining program to the extent of being able to compile an authoritative ranking. Nevertheless, we have seen quite a few that knocked our socks off, either by their looks or their innovative approach.

Here are some of our favorites…

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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