A dining bounty

Many of us who don’t bring our own lunch to work have often relied on the various on-campus dining establishments for a quick meal. But with the closure of Chandler Dining Hall scheduled for the afternoon of March 11, Caltech staff, students, and faculty will have the chance to try the food at other sites.

The dining experience in the Chandler dining room, characterized by boarded-up windows and thunderous construction noises of late, has been likened to eating inside a raucous cave. It will be shut down during the expansion and reopen in June.

In the meantime, Caltech’s Dining Services has devised alternate arrangements at existing food outlets to handle thousands of hungry staff members, faculty, and students.

“During the closure of Chandler we will be providing many wonderful meal options at our other campus locations starting Monday, March 14th,” wrote André Mallié, director of Dining Services, in a March 1 message.

Notably, an outdoor barbecue will be held daily at the Athenaeum. The Rathskeller, located in the Athenaeum’s basement, will also open and offer Chandler-style variety. Both sites will operate from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will accept payment in the form of Caltech ID cards, and cash.

Accommodations will be made for diners at the Red Door Café, the Broad Café, and Citrus Bistro, which will all remain open. Mallié wrote that seating for 100 people will be added at Citrus Bistro, and 50 more seats will be available at the Café Broad. Mexican food and ’50s diner fare will be served in the lawn area outside the Red Door.

“We look forward to seeing you in the newly remodeled Chandler in early June,”
Mallié wrote.
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