For the first time in 12 years, Hillsdale College and Bon Appetit Management Company have updated the Knorr Family Dining Room seating. The changes, which came at the beginning of the fall semester, were planned more than a year ago. The booth seats were reupholstered with a burnt orange pleather after the idea was brought...
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Dear dining hall pianists: Don’t play dirges
I stopped eating in the dining hall because of the piano. Almost every evening in the Knorr Family Dining Room, several different performers show off their skills on the ivory keys. Like everyone, I appreciate the occasional tasteful piano accompaniment. There’s something truly elegant about consuming mushy broccoli to the soundtrack of “Pirates of the...
A case for apples in the cafeteria
COVID-19 has altered the Hillsdale College dining experience in quite a conspicuous fashion. The overwhelming presence of plastic cutlery, disposable dishes, and individually-wrapped desserts is a tangible reminder of an ongoing pandemic that exempts no one from the cumbersome, but necessary, changes in procedure. While the new practice of utilizing synthetic utensils may incite grievances...
Starved for the college experience: New ‘to-go’ dining options are a blessing in disguise
Due to recent COVID-19 restrictions, key features of the Hillsdale dining experience have been drastically altered. Gone are the days of people-watching in the Knorr Family Dining Room to your heart’s content. Wish you could lightly brush Bobby’s hand as he hands you some tater tots? You might have to wait a few weeks. New...
Bon Appetit renovates food stations, brings new menu items
Since fall break, students may have noticed a black curtain covering some of the food stations in the Knorr Dining Room due to renovations. Renovations were completed on the Passport and Forno stations of the Knorr Dining Room on Thursday, Oct. 24. The construction began over fall break and was carried into the following week,...

