Author: Desroches, Rebecca

Dining is Hiring Students

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Huskies…looking for an on-campus job? Dining is hiring!

APPLY TODAY ON JOBX

  • Free meal on the shift you work
  • Flexible shifts
  • Student management opportunities (great for resumes)
  • Fun working environment

Any newly hired student employee who signs up for 3 shifts that are at least 3 hours long and begin at 7:30pm or later will receive $100 in points. The points will be added to their student ID and will not expire unless the student is released from employment. The student must work these shifts for a minimum of 30 calendar days before the points are added. **This applies only to shifts at Union Street Market, McMahon, and Northwest.**

Hours for Family Weekend/Columbus Day (Oct 8-11th)

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HOURS OF OPERATION FOR OCTOBER 8th-11th

DINING HALLS – For Fall 2021, only UConn students and employees are allowed in the dining halls. This includes Family Weekend. Please visit our retail locations to dine with guests. Click here for normal hours of operation.

  • Friday, October 8th – Normal hours of operation
  • Saturday, October 9th – South will be serving breakfast at 7am. All dining units open for normal hours.
  • Sunday, October 10th – South will be serving breakfast at 8am before regular brunch hours. All units open normal hours.
  • Monday, October 11th – Classes are in session. All dining units open for normal hours of operation.

RETAIL LOCATIONS – Per University COVID guidelines, masks are required indoors until you are seated and eating. All retail locations, except Dairy Bar, are cashless. Our locations accept: Debit/Credit Cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express)
Mobile Payments (Google Pay, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay), Husky Bucks, and Dining Services Points (points are not accepted at the Dairy Bar, and only from 4-6pm at the Food Truck). Click here for normal hours of operation.

Please Note: the print schedule for Family Weekend listed Dairy Bar hours incorrectly. Dairy Bar is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11am-8pm. Masks required.

  • Friday, October 8th – Normal hours of operation for all retail locations
  • Saturday, October 9th – Normal hours with the following exceptions:
    • Beanery Cafe (Benton Museum) – open from 8am-3pm
    • Food Truck (Fairfield Way) – open from 11am-2pm
    • One Plate, Two Plates (Student Union) – open from 11:30am-3pm
    • Earth, Wok & Fire (Student Union) – open from 11:30am-3pm
    • Dairy Bar Truck – by the Student Union starting at 11am
  • Sunday, October 10th – Normal hours of operation.
  • Monday, October 11th – Classes are in session. Normal hours of operation.

 

In The News: CrossRoads is UConn’s first meatless cafe

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Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant

Each year, UConn’s Dining Services department queries students and employees about food preferences and sensitivities, to provide them with what they want and need. Ethan Haggerty, an official in the department, noticed something: “There are more and more vegetarians and vegans than ever before.”

On Aug. 30, the university opened the first dining space in its history with no meat on the menu. CrossRoads Café, in the Wilbur Cross Building where Wilbur’s Café used to be, is open to the public.

Haggerty, area manager for several campus cafes, said CrossRoads is not just for the plant-based crowd. He’s going after “flexitarians,” people who eat mostly vegetarian meals but occasionally eat meat or fish.

“They’re looking for delicious food and are willing to try plant-based options,” he said. “It’s all about giving people more choices.”

To read more…check out the full article here.

NOSH Kosher Kitchen Schedule for Upcoming Jewish Holidays

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Please review the following changes for NOSH Kosher kitchen in Gelfenbien Dining Hall during the upcoming Jewish holidays.

Yom Kippur – closed 9/15 after lunch, reopen 9/17 for breakfast
Pre-Fast and Post-Fast meals will be prepared by the Kosher Kitchen and served at Hillel House

Sukkot – closed 9/20 after lunch, reopening 9/23 for breakfast
Pre-Fast and Post-Fast meals will be prepared by the Kosher Kitchen and served at Hillel House

Shemini Atzeret – closed 9/27 after lunch and reopening 9/30 for breakfast

https://www.uconnhillel.org/

Hours of Operation for Labor Day Weekend

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DINING HALLS

Saturday, Sept. 4: Normal Hours of Operation

Sunday, Sept. 5: Normal Hours of Operation

Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 6:

  • Breakfast: South open 7am-10:30am
  • Brunch: All dining units open: 10:30am-2:15pm
  • Dinner: All dining units open: 4:15pm-7:45pm

RETAIL LOCATIONS

Saturday, Sept. 4: USM, Market Cafe, C-Store, Dairy Bar – Normal Hours of Operation – all other locations closed

Sunday, Sept. 5: USM, Market Cafe, C-Store – Normal Hours of Operation — all other locations, including Bookworms Cafe, will be closed

Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 6:

  • Dairy Bar: Closed
  • Union Street Market (Student Union): 11am-9pm
  • One Plate, Two Plates: Closed
  • Market Cafe (Student Union): 10am-4pm
  • Earth, Wok & Fire: Closed
  • Union Exchange Convenience Store (Student Union): Noon-9pm
  • UC Cafes: Closed
  • Mango: Closed
  • Food for Thought Food Truck: Closed

 

Plant-based Café, CrossRoads, Opens in Wilbur Cross Building

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UConn Dining Services’ highly anticipated plant-based café, CrossRoads, opened for business on Monday, August 30th, feeding students, faculty, and staff.

Located in the heart of campus on the main floor of the Wilbur Cross building, adjacent to the Information Center, CrossRoads offers a unique menu of plant-forward options that will satisfy meat-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans alike. Many items on the menu are also gluten-free. The casual café serves up ready-to-go salads and sandwiches that are made fresh every day on campus, desserts from the UConn Bakery, as well as build-your-own yogurt bowls.

The idea for CrossRoads started in October of 2020 when UConn undergraduate Madelyn Pickett ’23 (ENG) emailed Dining Services with her proposal for the plant-based café. To gauge the interest of the campus community, Dining Services sent out a survey and received thousands of responses in support of the café idea. Although vegan and vegetarian fare is available in all the campus dining facilities, Dining Services saw an opportunity with this cafe to bring additional exposure and availability of the great tasting plant-based products that are on the market to the flexitarians on campus, along with creating an education component on the health and sustainability aspects of a plant-forward diet. With full approval from the University, students then took part in a menu tasting in March of 2021 in the Dining Services Innovation Lab with Robert Landolphi, associate director for culinary development and residential dining.

When it came time to creating the branded look for CrossRoads, Dining Services continued with the idea of keeping elements of the Café centered around student involvement. Pickett turned to her friend and graphic designer Jared Beltz ‘23 (BUS). Beltz, a junior, is a digital media and design major at UConn and developed the logo, branding guide, and color palette for the Café.

The Café space was remodeled this summer with wood elements, plants from the UConn Horticulture Club, and campus photography to create a natural and welcoming feel. High top tables along with a lounge space are available for dining and studying.

In addition to making plant-based options more obtainable within the UConn community, the CrossRoads team strives to educate and spread awareness on the importance of sustainability. Through student leadership, the Crossroads Events Management Committee will coordinate and host events on a range of topics relating to the plant-forward movement. Such areas include sustainable farming, alternative proteins, nutritional topics, etc.

CrossRoads is open to the public; hours Monday through Friday from 7:30am-3pm | Husky Bucks, Credit/Debit, Points and Flex Passes accepted.

CrossRoads Café – website https://dining.uconn.edu/uc-cafes/ 

For press inquiries, please contact DDSmarketing@uconn.edu.

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