 Hi, my name is Mackenzie. I am an intern for Chartwells dining and today we're going to be doing a tour of the Pomfret dining hall We also refer to it as the food hall at Pomfret. It also used to be known as Pomphreteria But it's got a facelift now, so we're not gonna call it that anymore Really quickly. I just wanted to show you guys. We've got so many new seating options down below So before you eat feel free to study and then when you get hungry walk on upstairs Yeah Got a good little makeover We were last year July 15th. Yeah quite a bit of an improvement since then. Oh, yeah, for sure So why don't you join me? We're gonna just Go ahead first Right behind me, we've actually got the salad bar, so we'll have plenty of healthy options most of our dining halls have salad bars sandwich stations we will have a Green table that will offer a lot of gluten-free all of the fun stuff options And then we've got pizza stations and everything but right here. We've got salad bar We'll be doing fresh veggies all that fun stuff. Do you have any favorite dishes? Honestly, everything in the salad bar their bell peppers are always so crispy and cold So that's like my go-to definitely my favorite We've got the sandwich station right behind me as well Well, where we'll be doing like fresh bread and even cookies every single day so the aroma in here will be We have a couple people tuning in let us know where you're from. Yeah excited to have you coming here this fall for sure for sure and Like because this is Pomfret dining hall We will be the closest to a doki dormitories and then Pomfret also has a lot of students living here as well We're really excited about that And what day can people start coming to eat here August 17, yeah, so really quickly we've got pardon the beeping We've got canine makers right here. This is where the bread and the cookies will be so all of the yummy stuff I Follow me around here We actually are gonna have some hand-scooped ice cream which is the first at a dining hall So we're really excited about that and most of the stations here are going to be build your own So you get to customize it and it's just really great because whenever you're a student, you know Having that option of changing things up is awesome So ice cream is gonna be great. We're pumped about it and then we're gonna have our dessert station Which we're gonna have like, you know the go-tos brownies cookies all that fun stuff got a game that freshman 15 We'll have two soups a day and these will switch up pretty frequently as well So you we promise or hope that you will never get burnt out on anything And can you come in at any time of the day or there's a specific time? Yeah, so most of the time so we'll have breakfast lunch and dinner at Pomfret and Depending on the time of the day depends on which which station you're gonna want, you know So breakfast will have our omelet station, which I can show you guys and then lunch pasta pizza Dinner pasta pizza. We'll have the green table salads all that fun stuff. Nice. Yeah So I'll actually take you guys to the green table where we've got our registered dietitian and one of our Dietetics interns and they'll kind of hand that off. So that way they know a little bit more about Hi, my name is Natalie and I'm in the wellness intern here at Chartwell. So this is my thoughts See how we're really excited Pomfret has just gotten a green table, which means that it's made to Made to order and we'll have a vegan vegetarian options If you have a food allergy restriction or intolerance You can talk to them about it talk to Ashley about it We cannot organize meals to accommodate you here at the green table. This is where you'll be able to talk to you Specialists to about any preferences you need I want to meet with Ashley Well also to accommodate allergies We use dine on campus where you can see the different ingredients used in each food And that's across all dining halls on campus not just here and not just at the green tables So if you have a really unique allergy, you can always check those labels that we upload on there And then of course always talk to Ashley and the chefs in the dining halls just to communicate for your safety Yeah, yeah, so if you've got food allergies, we actually love it when you speak up and you talk to us Helps us do our jobs so much better. It helps our guests and our students actually be able to diet safely I did want to mention that the green table Every single menu item that is offered there on a day-to-day basis. We actually remove wheat Treenets peanuts and shellfish Wow You if you've got any of those allergies, you automatically have an option to eat Without even having to really have a conversation What are some of the more common requests you get when it comes to specific types of food I could think anything that tends to include a top eight food allergen, which I just mentioned four of those it's actually not a top eight allergen, but So soy quite a bit eggs and milk are kind of the other three and then we also have fish too So I would say those are probably the most common, but I get lots of Other requests too. So even if your allergen falls outside of those top eight, that's okay Just feel free to speak up and send me an email. You can reach me at diet at you work dot edu Awesome, and we also accommodate food preferences not just allergies That's just another conversation to have and we'll be having the gluten-free ice cream cones that you can still enjoy And then all vegetables in this dining hall can be sauteed for you If you just communicate with someone working that station, it'll take care of that Thank you guys Question for you actually can you tell us a little bit about meal trades? Yeah, so here we would use a meal swipe and that's where if you've got like plan 10 plan 15 unlimited You'll use a swipe to get in it's all you can eat and that will just take off one So if you had 10 meal swipes now you've got nine after you've eaten here And then meal trades are a lot like meal swipes But instead of eating at a dining hall you would go to let's say Chick-fil-A for breakfast You can trade your swipe for a combo meal and that would count as one of your 10 So if you've got 10 now, you've got nine So they're pretty interchangeable. Well, there's so much beeping happening right now. Why don't we well keep moving? Over here we've got our pizza pasta and breakfast station so One really great thing that we're super pumped about is that the pizzas will actually be personalized We got these awesome machines that you can't your pizza will be baked in 45 seconds So while it sounds like oh my gosh, we're gonna have to wait here forever We're hoping it'll be really speedy, but that's definitely something that we're excited about yeah We had a question about the dining hall hours, okay Yeah, the dining hall hours will be open breakfast lunch and dinner. Do we know he's back until 8 p.m. I think 630 day So 6.30 a.m. 6 p.m. Yes, correct. Is that true of all of the dining halls? So close that to reopen up for Oh Okay Right, thank you that question and we actually have our hours online as well and through the dining on campus app So if you're ever confused about that, definitely look there Yeah, so this station will be umlets and all that fun stuff The best part about this place is how customizable it is, you know So building your own and all of that fun stuff behind me we'll have a ton of seating and And we're really pumped about it because we've got awesome natural lighting and we've got a state-of-the-art Dishwashing machine which sounds a little gooby, but it's okay We're all really excited about it It definitely helps look like the speed speed of everything and then we've got our drink stations to our left And there's another one as well, so you don't have to march all the way over here I wonder if anyone's watching who was here the last few years and remembers how this used to look Because there's quite a before and after it's been how it used to look and how it looks now Oh, yeah, um, especially with the coloring. I think it just like it's so much more brighter and everything so We're really pumped about it. And then we actually got this conference room if we want to take a step inside so Basically this area can be used you can run it out so a lot of places like At the library you can rent out a room for clubs Or if you want to have like a studying powwow with friends, you can do that in this space available as well Sweet, so it's just another space that will be really nice for the students Living down here. Yeah, and did you say there's going to be TVs in here? Yes, there will be TVs in here Um, yeah in the seating will be obviously a little different Again, the space is also customizable. I mean move the chairs or whatever It's an awesome space Yeah, we've got a good view right here too And if you're you're during sunset, it's And does that recall this is a dining hall that gets used a lot in the mornings and in the evenings because During the noon time people are up on the hill. Yes, exactly So if you are up on the hill and you're like, I'm gonna get out of the chaos come down here Inside a tip. Yes, exactly worth the hike for sure. Yeah, so I'm a senior at the ua So I'm really pumped because I get to be here one last semester and be like, yeah, I get to see everything What are you studying? I'm studying hospitality management. Oh, yeah I've got a marketing internship right now. So I've been enjoying that a lot. I'm like, maybe I should switch my last semester So are there any new restaurants coming through here? Yeah, we we actually have I'm gonna give you guys a quick sneak peek of pick theory Which is like barbecue all that fun stuff and then we also have Hill coffee co which we're really excited about so hill coffee co. We're I mean, we're excited about everything The coffee co we're kind of branching out to be a little bit more local. So we'll have a company called mountain bird coffee and they will Provide the coffee for us and it's a really cool partnership And we just love their values and everything and so we're hoping to just keep that going Where will that be and that will be right next to the it'll be part of the union So yeah right over there by the fountain and all that fun stuff And then we've also got maple hill grill And so if you're living over by the maples That will offer like a ton of sandwiches and salads and a lot of varieties to that length If you're over there and you don't want to hike over all right Give you tons of variety and all that fun stuff And then are you gonna paper lantern is one that I heard? Oh, yeah Tell me about that because there's excitement around it. That's exactly So paper lantern will be replacing payway But have no fear because it'll have a ton of variety as well It'll give you more of like a vibe of Panda express but you can do like bowls and plates and all of that fun stuff So definitely we're pumped about that. We're excited for it. It'll add a lot to that union. So we're excited Do we get a question? Yeah, we had a question about what days the dining hall will be open the days It'll be I think every day of the week Um, there will be different hours depending I think on weekends brunch brunch, yeah brunch and dinner But definitely we have all of that on our website as well. So if you want to Print that out. Maybe keep it up in your dorm. That's what I did my freshman year and it helped me a ton Um, but again, we've got that dine on campus app. So if you utilize that as well Yeah, if you use that if you use that app And we'll give you all the hours and what's on the menu and all that fun stuff and then we've got um our instagram, which is actually food on the hill a r and Definitely go there because that will give you even more Like of a clear idea of dates and what things are happening on campus and everything food Go there. So even giveaways if I recall. Yes, we do giveaways Pretty much. So we do this thing called one at wednesdays So almost every single wednesday of the semester. We've got it all planned out. We've got things that we're really excited to give away. Um Yeah, big things too those first couple weeks tuning go go follow us now Um, but this is just a really quick sneak peek Um, kind of like rough draft. We're almost there. This is going to be pig theory So what pig theory is going to it's going to be like a big barbecue concept It'll be what we're going to call late night. So from 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday through thursday It will be open which it's again is just like another concept that is different than a dining hall And it's more specific. So We're pumped about this one one Really fun thing is that it should be open for future Razorback football games. So if your family's over in town and they want to get that um barbecue Feel from different states because we're going to be part not partnering but trying to combine flavors from tennessee Missouri, texas, arkansas. We're kind of focusing our menu on that. So we're pumped So awesome copper detail. I think that's really yes, and it's on the outside of the building as well. So It'll look really good. So I heard in our office that you have a burrito That is has macaroni and cheese in it. Yes. It has tater tots in it Do you know what it's called? It's mac tater burrito So like a neighbor living all of those neighbors. Yes, and this is actually one of the stickers that we're going to have Um, and this will be up on the wall. Um, so if you want one of these come find us food on the hill Yeah, and we've just all of the all of our inspiration You know because so many people are from out of state coming here So we want to make sure we give them that barbecue feel that feels like they're at home Where are you from? I'm from argyle, texas. Is that east texas or west texas? It's north texas northeast. Yeah, so Yeah, it's kind of closer to oklahoma university of north texas area, but yeah Great. What an exciting new concept. Yes. We're really we're really fortunate. Um, it'll be we've got a lot coming So we're really excited about it But yeah, y'all have any more questions? Any more questions coming in now right now Does our nutritious have any thoughts about the barbecue? All food's fake, guys Love it Yes, we have vegetarian options here, which is going to be great Awesome, great. Well, do you mind signing us off? I do not. Um Move in.uard.edu. Move in.uard.edu. Go there or vsquare The chart will's website again. Yes, so we've got dining on campus Um, you are or if you follow us on any of our social media, we've got um, Instagram food on the hill ar one thing I do want to add if you are an incoming freshman or someone That is just hopping on to this live. We actually have a lot of um part-time and full-time Positions one thing that I love about it. I'm an intern and It's awesome because whenever you get a job with chartwells, you're starting base rates $10 You get a parking permit a green parking permit and you get non-slip shoes So they really take care of you initially and if you ever want to join our team Find us. We we're looking for you But yeah, that's about it. Awesome. Thank you guys. Yes. Thank you so much