For Quincy resident David P. Tuttle '02, a sandwich just isn't quite right without rye bread. That creates a problem when he goes to the Quincy House dining hall.
"They're always out of rye bread," Tuttle says. "Half the time when I go to make a sandwich, it's not there."
And that's not Quincy's only problem.
In November, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) electronically surveyed more than 1,400 undergraduates to get feedback about their service and food.
When HUDS compiled the results, Quincy dining hall came out on the bottom.
On a scale of 1 to 5--where 1 is the best score--Quincy received an average score of 2.72 for overall dining experience--almost half a point worse than the 2.24 mean for all dining halls.
"Quincy--while it performed well--performed below the mean for all the other houses. We saw the most opportunities there," Associate Director of Residential Dining Rosemary McGahey says.
In a number of distinct categories, including dining hall appearance, food quality and food appearance, Quincy needed help.
Read more in News
BSA Links Up With Corporate SponsorRecommended Articles
-
Tweaking the RecipeEliot House Dining Hall Manager Eddie Salerno wasn't sure all of his staff would make it across the balance beam
-
Dining Halls Combat Silverware, Dish TheftDirty dishes are piling up across campus—but they’re not in the dining halls. Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) has posted
-
Dunster, Mather To Feature New MenusThe oversized kitchen linking Dunster and Mather house dining halls has been brewing compensations for its hungry hordes of residents,
-
Chef, Union Leader Decries InvestigationAn Adams House chef and union official says he is being investigated for work stoppage and hostile behavior on the
-
College Preps for Holiday StragglersDaniel U. Perez ’06 may not get to eat his favorite, pecan pie, this Thanksgiving. The expense and the distance
