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P R IN T : Arts& Culture
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Coconut shrimp is highlight of Cougar’s cafeteria
BreannaCraine i
& B rittany Horne
Arts & Culture Editor
and News Editor
' * The last stop on our college
cafeteria adventure, our own
Cougar Station, is finally herd.
The Cougar Station may be
small and they may not have a
ldt -of options but their food is
good for what’s available. We
walked into the cafeteria before
class to grab some lunch. They
have taken away the bento boxes
and some other things, but they
now offer shrimp and fries and
cfreesy potato bites.
Breanna: There’s no salad
bar today. I wonder why? Every
time I’m in here I feel like there
aré fewer and fewer options. .*
>; Brittany: Maybe,because it’s
Friday and toward the end of the
school year. What do you think
you want to get?
Breanna: I think >,want to
, ggQCw fin cheeseburger.
Brittany. W e’ve tried burg-"
ers everywhere else we have
reviewed. It would probably be
good to compare a burger here
too.
Breanna: Well, you’re right,
and it doesn’t look like they’re
offering many other things today.
What are you going to get?
Brittany: Maybe I’ll try the
pulled pork' sandwich ... Oh,
look! There’s shrimp baskets
now! , ;
Breanna: That sounds good.
I f wonder if it’s coconut shrimp
or like popcorn shrimp? Isa w
someone eating it the other day
and it looked like a lot of food.
Too bad I pate seafood.
Brittany: Yeah, it’s coconut.
I ’m. going to try it. It’s surpris­
ing that theire’s something new,
especially seafood.
We placed our order and then
grabbed cups of sauce while we
waited for our food to be cooked. <
The, coconut shrimp basket was
$5.25 and the bacopcheeseburg- S the price, was so good for this
,er.l^sket. wg£ $7.45^„Wheiv it ■,Hew specialty seafood item. J
w a s d o n e, We p a id an d w alK ed
back to the Print lab to eat. The
lobby is often full o f students
eating, doing homework or just
hanging out’and it doesn’t seem
like a bad place to be, but it’s
nice to have the Print lab to
relax, in. &
. ,,
Breanna; My burger is kinda
burnt. Maybe some ketchup will
help make it taste not so dry. The
bacon tastes really good though,
but when is bacon ever bad?
Brittany: Oh, that sucks. The
bacon does look good though.
My cbconut shrimp is kind of
dry, but pretty good. Too bad
they “don’t have cocktail sauce;
for it; it’s not quite as good with
ranch or barbecue sauce.
Breanna: That is kinda weird.
I am ¿so full, this burger is good
but I dpn’t think I can finish it
all... •
Brittany: There are a . lot of
fries* in; my .basket and six good
sized shrimp. I’m Surprised that
w o u ld h a v e th o u g h t it w a s m ore
expensive, but r-ip, glad it’s a
good price.
According to ' Courtney
Wilton, the Vice President of
College Services, the Outlaw
contract- will be up at the end
of the 2014 school year. We
have some ideas on what could
make our cafeteria even bet­
ter. The first thing that we sug­
gest is offering more options.
Sometimes a burger or sandwich
wrap sounds good. However,
when you do not feel like those
types of food, you have to go
off campus to get Taco Bell or
pizza. Having at least one option
of different kinds of food would
probably bring'more people into
the cafe.
A n o th e r i d e a t o s p i c c u p o u r
eating . exp^rience would, be .¡to,
create a better way of serving
the food. Having set lines for
each section would make them
go faster and flow better. Right
now, when they are busy, you
are in an abundance of students
and instructors either waiting for
their food or waiting to order.
We writers believe that we
may not have enough money to
completely change our cafeteria,
but just a few changes could
really bring better business for
our school. This college cafete­
ria reyiew experiment has been
Very fun and we hope you have
enjoyed it with us.
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