The fall 2008 semester is coming to an end and already the Grille has reached the top of the popularity charts.
The student body raves about the new restaurant and the differences from the existing Cafeteria and C-Store. The C-Store is the only grocery and convenient store on campus.
The Grille Separates Itself in Style
The Grille provides fashionable furniture with luxurious chandeliers and convenient easy to order menus. The Grille also provides quick service and ready to make food by the helpful cooks
behind the counter. “I really enjoy the type of cookout feeling you get here at the Grille,” says Senior Chris Mills. “ They cook the food right in front of you, it’s really cool and a nice change of pace from the Cafeteria.”
With New Grille Comes a New Meal Plan
The Village meal plan is quite different than the one available to students on campus. Since the Grille is declining balance only. This part of the student card allows the student to use the card as a type of credit card.
The funds in this area are deposited through credit card and work as cash. The students living in the Village have a meal plan designed specifically for them. The meal plan consists of only 5 meals at the main Cafeteria, and double the funds in the declining balance aspect of the HPU Passport.
This plan is very attractive to most students in the Village because when they are out they can use those funds at any of the restaurants or convenient stores affiliated with the High Point University extra card.
“Last year when I was a freshman I only had 150 on my declining balance card and 14 meals at the Cafeteria. I never liked the Cafeteria food very much so I would always eat at Subway or Chik-Fil-A,” says Sophomore Eric Karge. “Now that I'm living in the Village, I have no problem eating the food at the Grille and since I now have 400 dollars on my declining balance I can also eat out whenever I want.”
Grille 's Taste Passes the Test
HPU students can’t get enough of the new Grille. The Grille serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. All the food is made fresh right in front of you and the options are plentiful. This is a main attraction to the students. This is the only restaurant on campus that offers this service with such wide varieties of food.
Cafeteria offers some stations where only one kind of food is prepared for you, but the rest of the food there is made behind the scenes. “I live on campus yet I'd rather go to the Grille for lunch,” says Sophomore Ryan Gleason. “The quality of food is better at the Grille and when you leave you don't have that odor of Cafeteria following you all day long.”
Declining Balance Emerges as Main Attraction
Opened in the beginning of the semester, the new Grilled opened its doors and a new meal plan created. This meal plan’s objective was to accommodate the students of the Village so they could eat at the Grille stationed right in the heart of the complex. In order to do this, they had to switch the divisions of the meal plan.
The original meal plan is designed to give you more meals at the Cafeteria and less money in the declining balance section of the High Point University Passport.
However, since the new Grille runs off cash, the meal plan for the students living in the Village has reshaped into more money in the declining balance, which acts as a credit card, and minimal meals at the campus Cafeteria.
“I think this is the best aspect of the Grille besides the food.” Matt Cox says. “ I like the fact that if I chose not to eat at the grille I can always use my declining balance at Subway, Chick-A-Filet, or any of the other restaurants who accept the HPU extra Card.”
However not everyone shares the same opinion as Cox. “I can’t stand the Grille.” Brandon Arbogast says. “It’s way to expensive, I’d rather just eat at the Café.”
Grille is also known for its wide variety of grocery items. The difference between the C-Store and the grocery store in the Grille is that the students love not having to walk all the way over to another building just to get groceries.
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1 comment:
Jamie,
good job overall. I like your video. I did not see your second sidebar. Remember, we talked about creating some sort of table with facts about HPU card or detailed info. on Grille prices?
Also, pls remember to indent your grafs or at least leave a space between grafs. That makes it easier for readers to follow your story.
Finally, we also talked about interviewing someone from the Grille, so that you have both sides to the story, yet I could only see students quoted in the story.
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