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Sodexo dining team at George Mason University hosts super cool speakeasy event to celebrate late-night dining

Taking a page from 1920s gangsters, flappers and gin runners, this very 2020 special event officially kicked off the dining program’s new late-night hours.

Tara Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor

February 24, 2020

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The 2020s have started with a roar at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Roaring into late-night dining, that is. A recent speakeasy event introduced an upgraded menu at Southside, the university’s official late-night venue. The Sodexo dining team kept this event a secret with only a mysterious invitation to pique students’ curiosity. And what could be more secret than a speakeasy? The Late Night Speakeasy Grand Opening Event was the perfect way to usher in a new decade of late-night dining.

Students were wowed by the new menu items, the décor, menus and the overall vibe projected by the staff and managers, who dressed the part and got the party started. “Wanted Food” posters throughout  the venue spotlighted the so-good-it-should-be-illegal new menu items such as chicken and biscuit sliders, meatball sliders, three flavors of pizza, a breakfast combo, salad bar and the students’ favorite mozzarella sticks. “Barmen” in fedoras served signature drinks, and props were available for everyone to get into the roarin’ 1920s spirit. 

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About the Author

Tara Fitzpatrick

Senior Editor, Informa Restaurant & Food Group

Tara Fitzpatrick is Food Management’s senior editor and a contributor to Restaurant Hospitality and Nation’s Restaurant News, creating editorial content for digital, print and events. Tara holds a bachelor of science degree from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kent State University. Before joining Food Management in 2008, Tara was associate editor at National Association of College Stores in Oberlin, Ohio. Prior to that, Tara worked as a newspaper reporter in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio, where she lives now. Tara is a fan of food history, legends, lore, ghost stories, urban farming and old cookbooks. 

Tara Fitzpatrick’s areas of expertise include the onsite foodservice industry (K-12 schools, colleges and universities, healthcare and B&I), menu trends, sustainability in foodservice, senior dining, farm-to-table and innovation.

Tara Fitzpatrick is a frequent webinar and podcast host and has served on the board of directors for IFEC (International Food Editors Consortium).

Tara Fitzpatrick’s experience:

Senior Editor, Food Management (Feb 2008-present)

Associate Editor, National Association of College Stores (2005-2008)

Reporter, The Morning Journal (2002-2005)

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