Much like Starbucks and their secret menu, Hillsdale employees have their own tricks to make the most of on-campus dining and coffee options. Each month, Study Break will profile an employee from an on-campus coffee shop, so you can make the most of your morning, or evening, joe. First up is senior Faith Witkowksi. ...
Tag: AJ’s Cafe
The splendor of tenders: Hillsdale’s favorite food
For Hillsdale students, one of the most welcome scents is the aroma of chicken tenders wafting through AJ’s Café at any given time. When it comes to breakfast, lunch, dinner, midday snacks, and midnight snacks, tenders are always the most ordered items on the menu, according to AJ’s employee Anna-Katherine Daley. Despite the recent...
How to make healthier eating choices at Hillsdale
When you came to college, you probably found yourself with more control over what you eat then you’ve ever had before. While the idea of the “freshman fifteen” may be a myth (studies have shown that freshman often gain weight, but less than 15 pounds), it is true that you could, theoretically, walk into a...
The best ice cream flavors at AJ’s Cafe
As a senior AJ’s employee and avid ice cream eater, I’ve had the opportunity to try every ice cream flavor — countless times. While some were really only worth trying once (Paintball Blitz and World’s Fair Caramel Corn, for instance) most of the others are worth the $2.05 almost every day of the week. Arguably...
Ashby’s award-winning ice cream at A.J.’s
It’s the after-class treat, the late-night studying reward, the heart-to-heart conversation snack: ice cream from A.J.’s Café. In fact, it is such a popular purchase that A.J.’s sells an average of 21 3-gallon tubs of ice cream throughout one week. “I had my salesman tell me a few years ago that I sell as much...




