{"id":6470,"date":"2020-10-01T09:32:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T13:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=6470"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:12:52","slug":"campus-dining-moves-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/campus-dining-moves-outdoors\/","title":{"rendered":"On-campus dining experience moves outdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”6473″ image_size=”full” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

Leah Knezevich sat with her friends, enjoying a light lunch before returning to their tasks for the day. While the camaraderie remained the same, the conditions were very different for the sophomore marine science<\/a> and computer science<\/a> student from Imlay City, Michigan.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Leah and friends ate their lunches outside Caf\u00e9 Bon App\u00e9tit, the main cafeteria on campus<\/a>, at metal desks spaced in a circular formation six feet apart and shaded by a 100-by-40-foot tent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the desks a lot better than the tables,\u201d Leah said of the change. \u201cI have not been to the cafeteria during peak hours\u2014I was very nervous about that coming back\u2014but they have done a good job with moving the traffic through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bon App\u00e9tit Management Company<\/a>, the vendor that operates Eckerd College dining services, had to establish its own campus safety protocols before resuming food services for the Fall 2020 Semester. Some of the innovations involved major shake-ups for campus favorites; others embraced the versatility of the 188-acre campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want them to come to the main caf\u00e9 and the CEC and sit outside and enjoy,\u201d said Kimberly Triplett, an 18-year veteran of the Bon App\u00e9tit Management Company, who was assigned as Eckerd\u2019s new general manager in the spring. \u201cMy background is as a chef, so we want to drive demand with quality offerings in all our facilities, and we\u2019re going to deliver on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The main cafeteria extended its lunch hours to 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. to reduce density, and it closed all indoor seating. Students, faculty and staff can come through the main entrance, swipe or pay, head to the sections of their choice, collect their food in recyclable takeout containers and then exit through the patio doors. From there they have the choice to eat on the patio under the sail awning, exit and eat under the large tented seating on the grass or take their food elsewhere. The Continuing Education Center (CEC) Cafeteria also closed its indoor seating area and removed its ice cream machine and shut off drink fountains. Even salad bars are no longer self-serve anywhere on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are two servers per station. Diners can indicate what they would like in their to-go containers, through the plexiglass, and the server will set the full container down at the end of the counter and move away, so the diner can retrieve it,\u201d Triplett explained.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”6474″ image_size=”full” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text]Debanhi Jimenez ’21 enjoys food truck fare outdoors, on campus<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” row_position_desktop=”default” row_position_tablet=”inherit” row_position_phone=”inherit” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-5-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” flex_gap_desktop=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]Students were shocked to learn upon their return that the Triton\u2019s Pub<\/a> no longer offers hot food options. Bon App\u00e9tit decided to close the grill because of the Pub\u2019s design, which encourages students to gather in small spaces while they await the chef\u2019s preparation of their favorite lunch fare. In its place, the Pub has gone completely pre-made and grab and go with artisan sandwiches and wraps as well as groceries. Across from the case of late-night-study-fueling energy drinks stands a cooler stocked with half gallons of milk (cow, soy and almond); cereals; lunch meats; condiments; and breads. The Pub still sells fresh fruit and snacks, but signage urges shoppers to \u201cChoose Wisely\u201d and touch only items they intend to buy.<\/p>\n

Most purchases on campus are contactless now, even at the Starbucks in the James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences. Plexiglass is mounted at every facility to keep masked cashiers and masked customers safe from one another. Little orange shoe prints dot the floors of all dining facilities, letting everyone know how far away they should be standing from the person ahead of\/behind them.<\/p>\n

Still, the most innovative reimagining during our dining services\u2019 COVID-19 response is Bon App\u00e9tit\u2019s partnership with local food trucks to bring more varieties of hot food to campus in a safe way. Once a week, a truck is allowed on campus to serve the community. Students can swipe their cards with a Bon App\u00e9tit employee and receive a ticket to order what they want from the truck. Following the success of the first two trucks, Triplett is looking to expand food truck service to every weekday, said Anne Wetmore \u201994, associate dean for student life.<\/p>\n

Grayson Panter, a junior international business student from Hixson, Tennessee, is looking forward to the expansion of hot food options. \u201cWith the Pub [grill] being closed, there\u2019s just what they serve in the cafeterias,\u201d he laughed. \u201cI\u2019ll be glad to see more variety.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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