Dining

Sweeten or spice up your life at the Green Bean

Walking into the Green Bean, customers are greeted by the chatter of students working and talking, the rumble of milk steamers, and music ranging...

Dining Services struggles to respond to food inflation, staff shortages

Occidental College’s Marketplace and Tiger Cooler, the two main sources of food on campus for students, have struggled to respond to inflation and industrywide labor shortages,...

A peek into York Blvd’s newest food hot spot: Bagel + Slice

Bagel + Slice, a new restaurant serving locally sourced pizza and bagels, will open next to Oxy Arts in a shared building on York...

Stirring it up in the Marketplace kitchen

Most Occidental students are still in bed when the first shift of Marketplace staff report to the kitchen, where they labor throughout the morning...

Delightful Delia's: A heart as full as her burritos

The sun peeks through your cheap blinds and you pull apart your crusty eyelids, feeling around your bed for your phone. You find it,...

Famous Japanese noodle house comes to Pasadena

Like late night study sessions and going to class in pajamas, ramen is essential to the college experience. Unfortunately, the sad, salty Styrofoam-ed ramen...

Pecan, apple and guava oh my! The best of local pie

Author: Keegan McChesney As autumn dawns on California and the weather chills, pie season has officially begun. Eateries around L.A. are preparing for Thanksgiving by baking...

Despite no vowels, KTCHN lacks nothing in taste

Author: Noel Hemphill Brunch is the king of meals. It combines everything to love about breakfast and lunch into one stupendous plate comprised of all kinds...

World famous dumplings enter the local palate

Author: Drew Jaffe It is not everyday that a person can dine at a restaurant considered by the New York Times to be one of the...

Hawaiian inspired frozen treat proves a hot spot on York

Author: Nina Greenebaum York Boulevard has witnessed an assortment of gastronomic additions in the past decade. Just four months ago, New York Snow — a...

Staff Profiles: Campus Dining’s Homer Umaguing

Author: Donovan Dennis In front of a small kitchen stockroom and surrounded by late-night snacks, Homer Umaguing greets students and makes coffee orders with a genuine...