Cafeteria to return this fall

By Theodore Geigle

The Scene staff

Forest Park is bringing back its cafeteria after two years without one.

St. Louis Community College has contracted with a national catering company that is expected to begin operating in time for fall semester.

“There will be pizza and a grill, which means hamburgers, and sandwiches and even a salad bar,” said Rodney Jones, Forest Park auxiliary manager.

“They will begin the setting-up process as early as May and will be ready (to open) around August, but this could change.”

STLCC closed cafeterias on all of its campuses in the summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Forest Park bookstore, whose main location is on the Student Center’s first floor, took over the former cafeteria’s kitchen and serving space and converted it into a convenience store. It sells STLCC merchandise, chips, soda, prepacked food items, frozen pizza and other microwavable items.

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