“The best place off campus used to be The Vortex until they started to kick out people under 21 years old. Their burgers are spectacular and not too expensive, and the vibe there is really cool.” – Michelle Garcia, IE 18
Rocky Mountain Pizza The Spence Tin Drum (founded by Tech alumnus Steven Chan, BC 92!)
10.3% Food Trucks
2.5% Dining Halls
36.9% Student Center
21.9% Highland Bakery
FAVORITE PLACES TO EAT OFF CAMPUS (INCLUDING TECH SQUARE) Antico Pizza Chipotle Figo Pasta Fresh to Order Moe’s Southwest Grill
Favorite Areas to Eat on Campus
28.4% Tech Square
Takorea The Vortex Yeah Burger Zaxby’s
Average $ Spent on Dinner Out $11.86
Best Pizza
Commitment to Healthy Eating
43.6% Antico Pizza 14.3% Rocky Mountain 12.1% Mellow Mushroom
22% choose healthy options almost all the time 43.2% try to eat
OF COURSE: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
healthy, though it can be difficult with their busy schedules 28.4% don’t eat as
LMC 3508: Food and Eating in Early America
Instructor: L. F. Klein Objective: “To explore the significance of food and eating in early America through a range of primary texts from the time of ‘first contact’ to the Civil War” Prerequisites: ENGL 1102 Problem Question: Can today’s increasingly sophisticated food culture allow us to better understand how American
ranking among public universities with #9 Tech’s full-time MBA programs.
healthy as they’d like to 6.4% eat whatever they can grab
colonists—and later US citizens—imbued the foods that they ate with social, cultural, and political significance? Course Project: “Much has changed about cooking and eating from the first Thanksgiving to the Food Network. Working with the University of Pennsylvania Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, we will research, design and implement a website of archival recipe books, informed by historical and contemporary approaches to food.”
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