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The outside of East Side Dining at night. KAT PROCACCI/THE STATESMAN

Students complain about campus dining food and services

Lori Saxena • February 4, 2022
SBU students are expressing frustration about food quality on campus. Scores of students on social media sites such as Reddit, have been complaining about poor food quality, sanitation and hygiene issues and food poisoning.
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The recent changes to campus dining since the arrival of CulinArt have caused long lines at West and East Side Dining. ZACHARY DYER/THE STATESMAN

CulinArt is cool, can it continue to captivate?

Matthew Yan • September 17, 2017
If CulinArt wants to keep its lucrative contract with Stony Brook, they’d better start brainstorming how to address these issues and others to keep us students happy once the initial novelty of their arrival wears off.
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A buffet style fruit bar at West Side Dining. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

CulinArt welcomes semester with new vendors, familiar framework

Joseph Konig • August 27, 2017
CulinArt has embraced the effective, popular aspects of Sodexo’s management, diverting and adding to the framework based on student input and their own internal goals.
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A server prepares food at West Side Dining. LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

CulinArt beats out Aramark as new campus dining vendor

Mahreen Khan • May 7, 2017
The FSA Board of Directors has chosen CulinArt to serve as the university’s new west campus dining provider.
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Students line up along the academic mall for Strawberry Fest, where attendees were able to eat strawberry themed foods. LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

Students snacked on sweet treats at annual Strawberry Fest

Josh Farber • May 7, 2017
Thousands of students gathered on the Academic Mall on May 3 to celebrate one of Stony Brook’s biggest springtime traditions — Strawberry Fest.
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A buffet style fruit bar at West Side Dining. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

Campus Dining enters final stages of bid process

Rebecca Liebson • April 25, 2017
The search for Stony Brook’s new food service provider has entered its final stages, with the long-anticipated decision set to be announced early next month.
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After the closing of the Union Starbucks, other locations on campus have sought to rearrange their hours of operation to better suit students needs. JOE FARBER/THE STATESMAN

On weekend mornings, the coffee runs dry

Josh Farber • April 25, 2017
When the Student Union closed for renovation and Starbucks moved across the street to Melville Library, the hours of operation were cut by 9.5 hours a week, with the biggest reduction coming on Fridays and Saturdays.
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East Side Dining, above, opened in the fall 2016 semester. ERIC SCHMID/STATESMAN FILE

Lettuce taco ’bout campus dining improvements

Matthew Yan • April 24, 2017
Sodexo scrambled to regain student trust with a number of additions and improvements to dine-in options around campus. We should at least acknowledge some of these improvements.
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A campus dining chef prepares samples during the 2013 Food Expo. WESLEY ROBINSON/STATESMAN FILE

Roth Cafe chef wins Chef Throwdown challenge

Marie Matsunaga • April 10, 2017
The chefs created one show plate and three tasting dishes to be judged by a panel of student leaders and the general audience who tasted samples.
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A server prepares food at West Side Dining. LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

CulinArt: A cost-benefit analysis

Scott Terwilliger • March 29, 2017
All of this sounds spectacular, but why should we, as students, trust CulinArt?
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Sodexos corporate headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The new food vendor has been the subject of much student criticism. MANJU SHIVACHARAN/STATESMAN FILE

The alternative facts to Sodexo

Michael Kohut and Emily Benson • January 29, 2017
"The truth is Sodexo is the best dining service around, and I have the alternative facts to prove it."
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In fall 2016, campus dining put together a showcase of updated and improved dining choices in response to student dissatisfaction with Sodexos service. ARACELY JIMENEZ/THE STATESMAN

FSA seeks proposals for new food service provider

Mahreen Khan • January 16, 2017
After an 18-month partnership with global food vendor Sodexo, the Faculty Student Association at Stony Brook University has decided to initiate a request for proposals bid.
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