During my Spring break, I recently stayed at Hofstra University while visiting my girlfriend, who is a student at the college. I wanted to support Hofstra by buying our lunch at the Student Center’s Main Cafe.
This was a mistake. We each purchased a meal consisting of a paltry sandwich wrap, stale potato chips and a mushy pickle. Together, both of our meals – plus two bottled waters and one cup of fruit – cost nearly $25. I could have taken my lady to a swank eatery like Baci for that price and actually enjoyed the food.
I didn’t realize that Hofstra had become a big business solely concentrated on profit. I can only imagine how fast the students who eat there every day mow through their meal points. It looks like next time I visit I am going to trek down the Hempstead Turnpike to Wings ‘N’ Things for a meal that is actually affordable. Perhaps students should do the same in order to show Hofstra that it is charging too much for its mediocre food.
Matt Lash
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Matt Lash104 Summer StreetBarre, VT 05641802-249-8420