{"id":34777,"date":"2023-06-09T14:35:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=34777"},"modified":"2023-06-09T14:35:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T18:35:35","slug":"kendall-campus-lack-culinary-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/kendall-campus-lack-culinary-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall Campus Lack Culinary Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite being one of the oldest and largest Miami Dade College campuses, Kendall is falling behind by providing a lack of food options for its students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is not the case at other MDC campuses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homestead Campus features Uncle Boo\u2019s Southern Catfish Restaurant, which offers various soul food options ranging from burgers to catfish filets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wolfson Campus offers students two restaurant options\u2014Off The Grille and the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/the-culinary-institutes-cafe-reopens-for-the-first-time-after-the-pandemic\/\">Culinary Institute\u2019s Caf\u00e9<\/a><\/span>\u2014that range from classic fast food options to fine dining delicacies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Kendall Campus, students rely solely on the campus cafeteria and Finn\u2019s Bistro, which offers similar meal options like those featured at the cafeteria like fried chicken strips with fries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from these two locations and a lackluster offering of healthy food options, the only other alternative Kendall students have to obtain nourishment is from a handful of vending machines sprinkled around campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That brings up another issue<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how the campus becomes a food desert in the afternoon after the cafeteria and Finn\u2019s Bistro close.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because Kendall Campus is surrounded by a sea of parking lots, it\u2019s difficult for students studying in the late afternoon and evenings to find something to eat without leaving campus thus creating a large disruption to their studying.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That applies even more to students who take public transportation because they have to walk at least a quarter of a mile across the dangerous eight-lane Killian Drive to find a basic meal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the students I\u2019ve talked to about this issue said they would love to see more food options at Kendall Campus, especially healthy and high-quality ones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s unfair to compare Kendall Campus to institutions like the University of Miami or Florida International University, but the campus could learn from what those schools accomplish to bring culinary diversity to its students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from having a dedicated dining hall, UM offers students a Pollo Tropical, Einstein Bros. 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