The UConn Creamery has produced some new cheese flavors that are now available for sale at the Dairy Bar. There are also new flavors of queso (now known as Old Farm Lane Fresh Cheese).

The Storrs Original Farmstead Jack is made with fresh UConn milk and a unique mix of cultures that produce a buttery masterpiece that is dense and creamy with a sweet, tangy, and slightly sharp finish.

The 1881 Reserve is hand-selected blocks of Storrs Original Farmstead Jack that are further matured to achieve their full potential. As a result, 1881 is more complex; rich, and nutty with notes of fruit.

Current flavors of Old Farm Lane Fresh cheese include roasted bell pepper, original, diced green chili, black olive, bacon, chipotle, pepperoni, and cracked black pepper.

And don’t forget Juustoleipa! This Finland-style “bread cheese” is available in plain, jalapeno, and pepperoni.

Open for online ordering with curbside pick-up Wednesday-Sunday from 11am-5pm; orders must be placed by 4:30pm. Customers should expect a minimum 30-minute wait for their order to be prepared.

Congrats to seniors Danielle Costa & Giuliana Marchetti! Their pizza creations for our first Senior Slice were selected out of six finalists. Voting was open to the entire UConn community during the week of March 5th-12th!

Both winners will receive a pizza party pack to share their creation with friends. USM, North and McMahon will be serving the slices on March 24th during lunch and dinner.

• Danielle Costa – Mac ‘n Cheese (base) with pulled pork, onions, peppers, cheddar cheese, bbq sauce & oregano
  
• Giuliana Marchetti – Spicy red sauce (base) with vegan meatball, vegan Italian sausage, spinach, peppers, vegan slice Chao cheese, pesto (nut/cheese free) & oregano

The staff at McMahon Dining Hall have chosen six finalists for the inaugural Senior Slice. Congrats to the finalists! Voting is open until the end of the day on March 12th, 2021.

Vote here dining.uconn.edu/senior-slice

Non-Vegan Pizza Finalists

• Sophia Arruda – Spicy red sauce (base) with capicola, onions, roasted poblanos, pineapple, gouda, oregano & thyme
• Daniella Costa – Mac n Cheese (base) with pulled pork, onions, peppers, cheddar cheese, bbq sauce & oregano
• Sophia Arruda – Queso (base) with pulled chicken, jalapeno, corn, black beans, Monterey Jack cheese, pepper jack cheese, oregano & cilantro

Vegan Pizza Finalists

• Giuliana Marchetti – Spicy red sauce (base) with vegan meatball, vegan Italian sausage, spinach, peppers, vegan slice Chao cheese, pesto (nut/cheese free) & oregano
• Julia Roemer – Traditional red sauce (base) with eggplant, tomatoes, broccoli, spinach, basil & oregano
• Frank Magnante – Garlic oil (base) with eggplant, spinach, broccoli, onions, pesto (nut/cheese free) & oregano

Dining Services is launching Senior Slice!

Like Senior Scoop, we are looking to make this a fun and tasty UConn tradition for the senior class.

Members of the Class of 2021 can build and submit their favorite kinds of vegan and non-vegan pizzas.

Dining Services will then select a few finalist pizzas for seniors to vote on. The winning vegan and non-vegan pizza will be served at McMahon, North, and USM this spring. Stay tuned, more locations may be added!

More than one idea can be submitted. Please submit your ideas by the end of the day on February 28th:  https://dining.uconn.edu/senior-slice/

Questions: Contact DDSMarketing@uconn.edu

The UConn Bakery (Not Just Desserts) has launched two online stores on the UConn Dining Services website. One store is for the bakery’s standard cakes and baked goods and the other store is for the annual Thanksgiving Pie & Baked Goods sale.

Items in the Bakery online store include: birthday/occasion cakes (10”, half sheet & full sheet), 10” gourmet chocolate chip cookies, and gluten-free cakes/baked goods. Students and staff are welcome to place orders, pay with Husky Bucks, and pick up at the C-Store or Bakery.

Items in the Thanksgiving store include: Pies, cheesecake, cookies, breads, pumpkin whoopie pies, gluten-free pies/cheesecake. Thanksgiving orders must be received by 4:00pm on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, and all orders have to be picked up at the Bakery on Wednesday, November 25th. Orders cannot be picked up prior to the 25th.

At this time the Bakery is not able to do shipments or deliveries to offices/student rooms.

The campus community and public are welcome to start placing orders.

You can find access to both stores here: dining.uconn.edu/bakery

Beginning Friday, September 11th, Dining Services will begin to distribute blue reusable bags in the dining halls for students to use for to-go food.

The bag is super lightweight and can be easily folded up into the inner pouch to save space which makes for easy portability.

Each student will receive one bag and it will be noted on their OneCard when they receive their bag.

If students forget their bag they will be able to request a recyclable/eco-friendly plastic bag at the dining hall.

For more information on this, check out the article featured in the Daily Campus.

Stop by and check out Mango in the Rec Center. We created our own menu of fresh smoothies, grain bowls, salads, wraps, and grilled gooeys!! Choose something from the menu or you can build-your-own bowls, salads and wraps. Mango accepts meal plan points. View the menu at https://dining.uconn.edu/mango/

Mango Hours:

Monday – Thursday: 7:30am – 7:30pm
SMOOTHIES ONLY 7:30am – 10:00am
**CLOSED 1PM – 3PM (Rec Ctr cleaning)**

Friday: 7:30am – 1:00pm
SMOOTHIES ONLY 7:30am – 10:00am

Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 3:00 – 7:30pm
SMOOTHIES ONLY