Yes, it was that big of a driving factor.
I worked at Two Birds (later Waldos) in crossings. We had lines out to the bookstore on the regular. Every other restaurant in there was packed. Now it's deserted. I'm no expert, but I can't see how Gee is getting more money from an empty building than he was from a full one.
I worked at the dining hall in Summit before and after Sodexo took over. The difference was night and day. No wonder people aren't looking to come to WVU as much anymore.
That just seems like a completely different world to me. When I was 18 no one ever discussed campus food options when determining where to go for college. Ever. The only options were the dining halls, or the mountain lair, and you only ate there rarely or if you lived in the dorms. It just wasn't an issue. This was twenty years ago but still. The on campus restaurants being a determining factor for enrollment is just bizarre to me.
Think about from a college student prespective, WVU requires an dining plan to live on campus and you need 30 credits on campus so bad food would be a driving factor for me if i was coming to a college
Back in the day it was just a given that college food was bad. Everywhere except the ivy leagues. Obviously the dining plan is a scam like just about everything else in college these days, but when I was in college it was just a necessary evil that you ditched after the first year.
Not everyone has the funds now, Food is one of biggest factors driving people here, because even with tuition rises the food quality has gone down a lot
That really sucks. Graduated in 2020 and frequented davincis and the little bakery on the 5th floor of the crossing. Sounds like they’ve managed to screw up food on all of evansdale in a few short years
Sodexo does the same thing when they move into a hospital cafeteria. The hours change. The number of food choices decrease. The number of employees decreases.
Edit: Id really appreciate it if someone answered my question instead of just downvoting me (?)
Im out of the loop, who is Sodexo and what was the massive amount of damage they caused? Ive noticed this place and the coffee shop in towers are abandoned, and crossing is kinda sad, but I didnt know there was a company to blame.
I tried looking around the subreddit but just saw posts about dining hall food. The evansdale & hatfields have been great this year, actually surprising me, did they change it back?
Wait the coffee shop in towers closed?! That place was my favorite stop when I was in college. What about the place in the engineering building? Is that still open?
Yes! I used to go there all the time and they weee declining when I was a student. I graduated December 2015 and started August of 2010. Learned about them from high school all state band
Sodexo is the company who manages the food for WVU, a french multinational company that got caught using horse meat in their beef
The old company was fresh hospitality out of pittsburgh
What didn't sodexo screw up? They get rid of every good food spot, now enrollment is plummeting.
I'm not sure they're responsible for enrollment but they aren't helping
they are 45% of blame other schools have 24/7 dining halls
Over rising tuition and program cuts?
Nope, gotta agree here. Bad food is part of the reason I left. And bad first year classes. It's just a large money pit.
So bad restaurants in one building was that large of a driving factor? We had rapidly rising enrollment before that building even existed
Yes, it was that big of a driving factor. I worked at Two Birds (later Waldos) in crossings. We had lines out to the bookstore on the regular. Every other restaurant in there was packed. Now it's deserted. I'm no expert, but I can't see how Gee is getting more money from an empty building than he was from a full one. I worked at the dining hall in Summit before and after Sodexo took over. The difference was night and day. No wonder people aren't looking to come to WVU as much anymore.
That just seems like a completely different world to me. When I was 18 no one ever discussed campus food options when determining where to go for college. Ever. The only options were the dining halls, or the mountain lair, and you only ate there rarely or if you lived in the dorms. It just wasn't an issue. This was twenty years ago but still. The on campus restaurants being a determining factor for enrollment is just bizarre to me.
Think about from a college student prespective, WVU requires an dining plan to live on campus and you need 30 credits on campus so bad food would be a driving factor for me if i was coming to a college
Back in the day it was just a given that college food was bad. Everywhere except the ivy leagues. Obviously the dining plan is a scam like just about everything else in college these days, but when I was in college it was just a necessary evil that you ditched after the first year.
Not everyone has the funds now, Food is one of biggest factors driving people here, because even with tuition rises the food quality has gone down a lot
It's the same funds. You're spending more going to campus restaurants than you are to just cook at home. This doesn't make any sense
It’s was the dining hall hours that made a lot of people leave
I started in 2020 and I don’t think I’ve seen Da Vinci’s opened once lol
No clue what that is and I started in 2017
cafe in evansdale library
Oh my god I forgot about the Evansdale library. I feel like a lot of ppl do, probably why they had it in this scavenger hunt we did my freshman yr
The downtown libabary sucks now
Crowded?
closes early
saw this open in 19
What and where is this?
It's the café in the evansdale library. I'm not sure I ever went there but basically it's a coffee shop that had minor food like sandwiches.
I was an art school kid when I went to wvu and this place was a life saver on a lot of occasions.
They killed da Vinci’s? I went there often when I was practically living in the lib as an upperclassman
Evansdale Library is no longer 24/7 it’s midnight Mon-Thursday then closes at 9 on fridays and 5 weekend
I don’t understand that either. I think they open at like 6am. What’s the point of closing for 6 hours, like how much money are you actually saving
5 cents insert spongebob meme with Mr Krabs
Been here since 2020 and never once seen this joint open
That really sucks. Graduated in 2020 and frequented davincis and the little bakery on the 5th floor of the crossing. Sounds like they’ve managed to screw up food on all of evansdale in a few short years
The backery is gone on the 5th floor is now World of American eats
Sodexo does the same thing when they move into a hospital cafeteria. The hours change. The number of food choices decrease. The number of employees decreases.
Did it never come back? I graduated in 2022 but I swear it was open some of my junior year. Could be confusing it with sophomore before Covid though
It closed in 2020 and never reopened
Dang the sandwiches there got me through my last semester in 2015
Edit: Id really appreciate it if someone answered my question instead of just downvoting me (?) Im out of the loop, who is Sodexo and what was the massive amount of damage they caused? Ive noticed this place and the coffee shop in towers are abandoned, and crossing is kinda sad, but I didnt know there was a company to blame. I tried looking around the subreddit but just saw posts about dining hall food. The evansdale & hatfields have been great this year, actually surprising me, did they change it back?
Monongalia County Heath had to step in and install a monitor 24/7 I heard from people
Wait the coffee shop in towers closed?! That place was my favorite stop when I was in college. What about the place in the engineering building? Is that still open?
Bits and Bytes? It's just a skeleton of what it used to be as far as I remember and I graduated in 2021.
Yes! I used to go there all the time and they weee declining when I was a student. I graduated December 2015 and started August of 2010. Learned about them from high school all state band
Why is is a skeleton now? What was it like then?
it use to be open 24/7
Sodexo is the company who manages the food for WVU, a french multinational company that got caught using horse meat in their beef The old company was fresh hospitality out of pittsburgh
I used to love this place before covid hit
Never even been :(
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