The veggie burger is a Boca burger now, which I like much better. It was very tasty. ALSO you can now upgrade to a bottled drink for $.20, which you ever used to be able to do. This is great for those of us who don’t like t drink soda.

Unfortunately, the same people are still working at the grill. I’m not sure why Jay thinks they are so great, but they’re always usually pretty rude to me because I guess actually having to cook a veggie patty is annoying compared to just grabbing a pre-made burger.

Example: The girl tosses me my veggie burger on a styrofoam plate. I ask if I can have a piece of wax paper to wrap the burger in because I’m taking it to class with me and my hands are already full. Girl tells me to put in in a paper bag sitting on counter. I’m not about to put a hot burger with condiments, veggies, and all into a paper bag just to have it fall apart, so I explain again what I mean about the piece of wax paper that they usually have their sandwiches wrapped in. Girl walks way for a good 40-50 seconds while I’m standing at the counter waiting and bitches to a coworker loudly about “dumb-ass customers.” Then she walks back up to me and pulls said wax paper out of a huge, full box of them from right under the counter and hands it to me.

Yeah. In general, I’ve had pretty terrible service at the grill. There are a few nice employees there, but they’re pretty non-accommodating for vegetarians or anyone with special requests, especially if it involved them going out of their way at all.

I heard the food at St. Johns in annapolis was off the chain. I’m sorry to hear the food at St. Johns NYC was sub par…

That being said, I’ve got class at 7 tmrw so I’ll be sure to hit the grill up. Hopefully the food is good. and i hope the cool guy with the tats is back he’s cool and i like his tats

Also, if the cafeteria kept most of its former Sodexho workers, you should expect the same service. I’ve never ate on campus at UMBC, but I am not surprised to read your comments! lol

Just like the UMBC student body, St. John’s students fought to have Sodexho out. We felt we deserved better for our $45,000 a year tuition! It took a series of failed health inspections for Sodexho to finally be replaced.

I am not expecting much from the UMBC cafeteria now that I know they have contracted Chartwells. Maybe I’ll be surprised and the food will actually be decent!!

Hahahahhaha. Keep dreaming. On both counts.

McCain has been significantly more vocal than Obama about interest in nuclear power. He also has plans to institute a “Clean Car Challenge,” create a prize for improving battery technology for automobiles, and create harsher penalties for automobile makers who do not meet standards. He also wants to help stimulate the market for alternative fuels like wind, solar and hydro power, (in addition to his plans for nuclear power) while also working on clean coal initiatives to try to improve what reliable sources we already have.

You have good ideas and this is a good thing for students to be discussing, but don’t preface your argument with misguided, overtly political and just plain WRONG characterizations without doing your research.

Anyone know about their specials? I remember the Grill having popcorn shrimp and cheese steaks. Are at least the cheese steaks still available?