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Hewitt Dining Hall is located on the Barnard campus on the first floor of Hewitt Hall. Due to its affiliation with Columbia University, Columbia students with a meal plan can also use meals at Hewitt. Many students choose to bear its longer wait times in exchange for better overall quality of food. Wait lines are normally the longest at the stir fry, sandwich bar, and hot bar, since dining staff hand serve all students. Hewitt also offers a large Kosher section and normally has more options for vegans and vegetarians.
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'''Hewitt Dining Hall''' is located on the Barnard campus on the first floor of [[Hewitt Hall]]. Columbia students with a meal plan can redeem meals here through Columbia's affiliation with [[Barnard College|Barnard]]. Many students suffer its longer wait times (dining staff hand serve all students) for the generally higher quality food. Lines are normally the longest at the stir fry, sandwich bar, and hot bar. Hewitt also offers a large [[Kosher]] section and often has more vegan and vegetarian options.
  
== Offerings ==
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== Menu ==
* Hot Bar (Changed Daily)
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* Hot bar: menus is changed daily, and one entrée is allowed per trip to the bar
** Vegetarian Entrée
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** Vegetarian entrée
** Vegan Entrée
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** Vegan entrée
** 2 Meat Entrées
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** 2 meat entrées
** 3 Side Dishes
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** 3 side dishes
*** (Note: only one entrée allowed per trip to the bar)
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* Permanent features
* Permanent Features
 
 
** Pizza
 
** Pizza
** Sandwich Bar
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** Sandwich bar
** Stir Fry
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** Stir fry
** Salad Bar
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** Salad bar
** Vegan Bar
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** Vegan bar
 
 
  
 
== Advantages ==
 
== Advantages ==
* Vastly Superior Food Quality
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* Vastly superior food quality.
* Normally has better dessert selection
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* Normally has better dessert selection.
* Offers Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (as opposed to John Jay's two meals per day)
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** Lemon meringue pie is pure heaven.
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* Offers breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late dinner (also called "late night," where meals typically include pizza, pasta and dessert. Served from 8:30-11:00 pm)  (as opposed to John Jay's two meals per day).
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* Meals are secretly cheaper than those at John Jay.
  
 
== Disadvantages ==
 
== Disadvantages ==
* During peak times, lines can be quite long
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* During peak times, lines can be quite long.
* Seating can be difficult to locate
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* Seating can be difficult to locate.
* For first-timers, locating the dining hall is next to impossible (see page on Barnard tunnel system)
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* For first-timers, locating the dining hall is next to impossible. (See page on Barnard tunnel system.)
* Fewer options
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* Fewer options.
* Distance from campus
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* Distance from campus.
* Limit of one entrée per trip to hot bar
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* Limit of one entrée per trip to hot bar.
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* Cannot get meat when you select the vegetarian option (which are vastly superior in quality)
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[[Category:On-campus dining locations]]

Latest revision as of 17:29, 29 April 2013

Hewitt Dining Hall is located on the Barnard campus on the first floor of Hewitt Hall. Columbia students with a meal plan can redeem meals here through Columbia's affiliation with Barnard. Many students suffer its longer wait times (dining staff hand serve all students) for the generally higher quality food. Lines are normally the longest at the stir fry, sandwich bar, and hot bar. Hewitt also offers a large Kosher section and often has more vegan and vegetarian options.

Menu

  • Hot bar: menus is changed daily, and one entrée is allowed per trip to the bar
    • Vegetarian entrée
    • Vegan entrée
    • 2 meat entrées
    • 3 side dishes
  • Permanent features
    • Pizza
    • Sandwich bar
    • Stir fry
    • Salad bar
    • Vegan bar

Advantages

  • Vastly superior food quality.
  • Normally has better dessert selection.
    • Lemon meringue pie is pure heaven.
  • Offers breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late dinner (also called "late night," where meals typically include pizza, pasta and dessert. Served from 8:30-11:00 pm) (as opposed to John Jay's two meals per day).
  • Meals are secretly cheaper than those at John Jay.

Disadvantages

  • During peak times, lines can be quite long.
  • Seating can be difficult to locate.
  • For first-timers, locating the dining hall is next to impossible. (See page on Barnard tunnel system.)
  • Fewer options.
  • Distance from campus.
  • Limit of one entrée per trip to hot bar.
  • Cannot get meat when you select the vegetarian option (which are vastly superior in quality)