Dining
Virginia Tech Housing and Dining Services has received numerous awards in the past few years. In 2009, it won the Restaurants & Institutions Ivy Award, a prestigious honor given by food industry peers. Dining also placed No. 1 on The Princeton Review’s Best Campus Food list in 2007 and 2009, in addition to placing in the top 10 in the past several years.
Students have a variety of choices of on-campus dining options that range from buffets such as D2 and Shultz, to coffee shops such as Au Bon Pain and Deet’s Place, to food courts such as Hokie Grill & Co., West End Market and Owens Food Court. As the student body grew and demand for dining expanding, more dining halls were envisioned. Construction is planned for a new dining hall on the academic side of campus, and its completion is scheduled for August 2012.
On-campus students have two options in their dining plans: the larger Mega Flex Plan and the smaller Major Flex Plan. Off-campus students can purchase the Minor Flex Plan at about half the cost of the larger plans. These three plans have a base cost that covers overhead costs with the remaining dollars eligible for a discount on food purchases. The Commuter Cash option gives $201 of cash without the dining discount.
Content on Dining:
Column: Campus food for thought: Saving seats a selfish option
October 29, 2008
If I woke up every morning at 6 a.m. and blocked off a prime parking spot on campus so I could have it for my car later in the day, would you mind? If I came into class and threw my books down at my favorite desk three classes before my own to ensure that
Editorial: On-campus housing: While packing 'em in, university cashes out
October 22, 2008
Here is what we are going to do. We are going to offer up on-campus housing to all students, near and far, young and old, no matter what their personal hygiene habits or nocturnal lifestyles may be. We are going to encourage current on-campus residents to
Dining centers to expand hours
September 24, 2008
Virginia Tech Dining Services is racing to combat the massive congestion that hit dining halls campus-wide this semester. One solution to this issue will be to open more dining halls on the weekends, beginning in October.
Editorial: Dining halls must work with growing student body
September 22, 2008
With Virginia Tech dining halls among the best in the country --Princeton Review voted us best campus food in the nation in 2007 and third place in 2008 -- it's no wonder that so many students purchase meal plans.
Editorial: Dumping trays leaves D2, Shultz looking good
September 8, 2008
The recent changes to dining service at D2 and Shultz may strike some students as an odd subversion of classic cafeteria protocol, perhaps even an un-American one.
Wither the weekend: Dining Services evaluates additional hours
August 29, 2008
Just shy of 18,000 students at Virginia Tech carry some sort of a meal plan this semester.
July 2, 2008
D2 and Shultz dining centers have been operating without trays since July 1. The move comes as a result of an Earth Week experiment designed to reduce food waste and possibly improve the consumption habits of students.
Column: Off-campus dining center may be a solution
August 29, 2007
As yet another year starts, the same gripes and groans are heard about the usual suspects: the parking situation, the overcrowding of residence halls, and the long lines in our top-in-the-nation dining centers.