LSU Dining

Fall 2011 unspent Paw Points will roll over for students that have a spring 2012 meal plan after the 14th class day, February 3, 2012.

We want you to have the plan that works best for YOU and it should be easier to decide now that you have walked your schedule for a few weeks and visited the dining locations on campus.  Meal Plan participants have until the 14th class day to make any changes to their Meal Plans which is Friday, February 3, 2012. 

Spring Meal Plans will be activated on Monday, January 9.  Meal Transfers will also be available at Einstein Bros Bagels Monday through Friday ANYTIME 7am - 5:30 pm, 11 am to 7:30 pm Saturday & Sunday and 7 am to 7:30 pm on Monday January 16. You may swap a Meal Plan Meal for a Meal Transfer Combo and it will deduct from your Meal balance instead of your Paw Point balance. 

The week of January 9-13; Subway in Foster Hall is open 7 am to 4 pm, Middleton CC's Coffee House is open 8 am - 4 PM, Chick-N-Grill @ Pierre's Landing is open 7:30 am to 3:30 pm and Smoothie King at the UREC is open 9 am to 11 pm, (closes at 9 pm on (Friday)

Our two dining halls - The 459 Commons and The 5 - will be open for the first day of classes at 7am.  459 Outtakes, Take 5 and our other retail dining outlets will also open for the spring semester on Tuesday January 17. 

Remember, you may search locations, menus and hours of operation on our home page at www.lsudining.com!

• Choose their House Plan and cancel their LSU Dining Meal Plan
• Alter the LSU Dining Meal Plan for the Greek Plan which is $505 in Paw Points
• Keep the original LSU Dining Meal Plan 

New for Fall...Meal Transfers will be limited to ONE MEAL TRANSFER per MEAL PERIOD which is potentially up to 4-per-day.  This applies to all LSU Dining locations accepting Meal Transfers and Meal Periods are as follows:

BREAKFAST  7:00am - 10:30am
LUNCH  10:30am - 4:30pm
DINNER  4:30pm - 8:00pm
LATE NIGHT  8:00pm - 3:00am

Click here for MEAL TRANSFER LOCATIONS and AVAILABILITY!

EINSTEIN BROS BAGELS                             TIGER LAIR FOOD COURT

OUTTAKES @ THE 459                                 TAKE 5 @ THE 5

You can still share your Meal Plan in the dining halls.  You may swipe friends in at The 459 Commons or The 5 anytime!

There are some great pictures of happy students at the Chancellor's Late Night Pancake Breakfast on our Facebook page.  Click below!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150171365411299.299970.94312041298&saved#!/media/set/?set=a.10150171365411299.299970.94312041298

LSU Dining is promoting Project Clean Plate at The 459 Commons and The 5 in an effort to raise awareness about wasting less.  It definitely adds up and if we meet a goal of 20% reduction in waste, LSU Dining will make a donation to the GBR Food Bank.  It's part of our Sustainability initiative and we encourage students to bring back Clean Plates! 

View our progress as we track our weekly waste at each location relative to the first benchmark week before the initiative was announced.

Also see the article featured in the Reveille on Wednesday, February 23!

http://www.lsureveille.com/news/lsu-dining-saves-food-with-project-clean-plate-1.2478009

Check out this article regarding the Balanced U nutrition initiative in the dining halls.  Ms. Briggitte Mosely is the registered dietitian for LSU Dining and works with students on living a healthier lifestyle.

http://www.lsureveille.com/news/lsu-dining-to-launch-healthier-balanced-you-program-1.2460431

Enjoy restaurant-style dining in the LSU Student Union on the third floor!!  Magnolia Room Meal Plans are great for commuters or upper classmen who are looking for a convenient lunch option.  Open to eveyrone Monday through Friday 11:00am-1:30pm featuring all-you-care-to-eat salad, bread, two entrees, three side items and dessert.  Menus are available online and popular items include Fried Catfish, Seafood Gumbo and carved specialty meats.

Save money with a Magnolia Room Meal Plan!

30-Meal Plan - $219
50-Meal Plan - $358

Sign up on your PAWS account or contact the Tiger Card Office for more detials at 578-4300.

Tiger Commuter Meal Plans are accepted at the Magnolia Room.  Paw Points, TigerCASH and Credit Cards may also be used. 

Magnolia Room Meal Plans are available to upper class, off-campus students and faculty and staff and are only valid at the Magnolia Room.  Magnolia Room Meal Plans are not available as a selection if you are required to have a meal plan.  Please note that sharing Meals and Meal Transfers do not apply to Magnolia Room Meal Plans!

Meal Transfers will be available to all Tiger Max Meal Plan students beginning Monday, January 10 until the dining halls open on the first day of classes.  Swap a Meal Plan Meal for any eligible Meal Transfer Combo. 

The 459 Commons and The 5 will open at 7:00am beginning on Tuesday, January 18.  After that, Tiger Max Meal Plan students will have Meal Transfers available as listed below:

• One Meal Transfer on Friday after 4:30pm at Outtakes, Take 5 or Einstein Bros Bagels.
• Two Meal Transfers on Saturday at Outtakes, Take 5 or Einstein Bros Bagels. 
• Two Meal Transfers on Sunday at Outtakes, Take 5 or Einstein Bros Bagels.

It was great to see 2,313 excited and hungry students at the Chancellor's Pancake Breakfast!  That is only 36 shy from beating the record last May and exceeds last Fall by quite a few.  Thanks for coming and good luck on Finals! 

Click on this link to view pictures!
https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3309377/1/Chancellor%27s%20Pancake%20Breakfast%2011.30.10?h=a9234c

Now that the Magnolia Room has reopened, Commuter Meal Plan students are encouraged to take advantage of this great option for Lunch.  Enjoy all-you-are-to-eat entrees, side items and desserts conveniently located on the 3rd Floor of the Student Union!  Salad, bread and beverage included.  Open Monday thru Friday 11:00am - 1:30pm. 

Commuter Meal Plans accepted in additon to Paw Points, TigerCASH and Credit Cards. 

Please click on the links below for the current Meal Transfer offers at Outtakes, Take 5 and Einstein Bros. Bagels.  Meal Plan students may swap a Meal for one of the specificed combos. 

Outtakes and Take 5 accept Meal Transfers anytime for any Meal Plan except the Tiger Max.  The Tiger Max Unlimited Meal Plan includes (5) Meal Transfers valid on weekends only beginning at 4:30pm on Fridays.  

Einstein Bros. Bagels accepts Meal Transfers after 8pm Monday thru Thursday, after 4:30pm on Friday and ALL DAY Saturday and Sunday.   

The following locations are the only ones that accept Meal Transfers.  

Outtakes Meal Transfers

Take 5 Meal Transfers

Einstein Bros. Bagels Meal Transfers

Meal Transfers are great for on-the-geaux, late night or weekend dining!  More options will be available once the Tiger Lair reopens in the Student Union. 

Remember - Paw Points are also part of a Meal Plan and may be used like "dining dollars" at any LSU Dining location anytime for anything.

Students who belong to a Greek organization can choose to keep an LSU Dining Meal Plan!  We also offer a Greek Paw Point only Meal Plan to supplement a Greek house plan.  The process to make any changes to LSU Dining Meal Plans is completed in early September and selections are locked in for one year. 

Below are links to the letter sent to the parents of all students involved with Greek recruitment as well as a copy of the form that was distributed to all participants at the Greek Meeting held on Wednesday, September 8, 2010.

Greek Meal Plan Letter 2010               Greek Meal Plan Form 2010

For those students who have the Tiger Max Unlimited Meal Plan, please note we have made a Meal Transfer available to you after the dining halls close at 4:30pm on Fridays.  We understand there were limited options at that time.  This additional Meal Transfer for Friday nights will be effective beginning September 24. 

The Tiger Max Unlimited Meal Plan will now have a total of FIVE Meal Transfers available every weekend.    

• ONE on Friday after 4:30pm
• TWO on Saturday anytime
• TWO on Sunday anytime

Just swap a Meal Plan Meal for any of the applicable Meal Transfer Combos at Outtakes, Take 5 and Einstein Bros Bagel.  See locations for details and hours of operation.  Unlimited Meal service still applies at The 459 Commons and The 5 Monday thru Friday at 4:30pm. 

For those students who are living off-campus, we suggest you still consider getting an LSU Dining Meal Plan.  The Tiger Commuter is great for those students who are looking for about one Meal a day plus some Paw Points to use all over campus.  However, ANY Meal Plan is available for off-campus or upper class students if you want even more! 

Now that The 5 is open in addition to The 459 Commons, Meal Plans have become the most convenient and best value for dining on campus!  Keep in mind, options are more limited with the Tiger Lair Food Court still under construction, too.

You can easily select a Meal Plan on your PAWS account.  Just go to Registration Services, then Additional Services and enter the corresponding Meal Plan code.  Fees will be assessed from the Bursar's Office.  If you have any questions, you can contact LSU Dining at 578-6642 or call the Tiger Card Office for any questions regarding your account at 578-4300. 

Good luck getting back-to-school!  We look forward to serving you!!

Check out our newest dining location - The 5 - with this great video courtesy of University Relations.  Click on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azaMIUG9jm8

We are so glad to have it open on the Northwest side of campus!  Chef Ryan has a wonderful staff, some of whom have been there for decades, and they sure know how to cook!

Click on the links below to view a slideshow of images from the RHA / LSU Dining  Crawfish Boil.  You can even save the ones you like!  Thanks for coming and we hope you have fun!!

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3309377/1/RHA%20Crawfish%20Boil%202010?h=aff94c  Photos by Jay High with Res Life

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3309377/1/RHA%20Crawfish%20Boil%204.21.10?h=4d33bd  Photos by Jeri McCullough with LSU Dining

We can really say the Saints are SUPER with their spectacular Super Bowl WIN!  It is amazing to see what a football team can do for a city and its fans!!  What a proud moment for everyone in Louisiana and the Who Dat Nation!!  We hope you had fun showing some spirit at our Super Saints Party last Wednesday night!

Thanks to Chef Mike for cooking up some awesome New Orleans favorites including chicken and andouille gumbo, fried catfish, boudin, crawfish etouffee, shrimp poboys and bananas foster!  We gave away a lot of Saints stuff, too.  Congrats to all of our winners and congrats to the New Orleans Saints, of course!

Below are two links of photos from the festive evening.  You can view the pictures as a slide show and save any that you would like. 

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3309377/1/Saints%20Party%202.03.10?h=3ca6c7

Check out all the pictures on LSU Dining's Facebook page or follow the link below!  We had a fun night despite the bad weather.  Good luck on Finals!!

You can view the actual photos taken and save any you would like to keep by clicking on the link below.  Very cool!  Just right click any image to enlarge it, view the slide show or save it to your computer.

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3309377/1/Chancellor%27s%20Pancake%20Breakfast%2012.01.09?h=b1e7bf

The Faculty Club is a campus favorite, but a secret to much of the "outside" world.  Click on the link below to read an outstanding review in the Advocate Fun Section on Friday, November 6.  This was a total surprise to everyone and recognition well deserved! 

Congratulations to Chef Jon Jackson, Charlie Casrill, Jonathan Miller, Sue Keller and the rest of the Faculty Club staff!!  You are the pride of LSU Dining and serve this campus well! 

If you haven't tried the Faculty Club yet, please join them for lunch Monday through Friday from 11:00am - 1:30pm.  The Faculty Club will also be hosting their popular Thanksgiving and Christmas Buffets in November and December.  Students, Faculty and Staff are welcome!  Paw Points and TigerCASH accepted!

http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/fun/69307432.html

Great news for Project Clean Plate at The 459 Commons.  You can click here to see our goal with Project Clean Plate which is to reduce our waste by 20%.  For every 5% reduction we achieve, LSU Dining will make a donation to the Baton Rouge Food Bank just in time for Thanksgiving!

Basically the goal is to reduce waste by bringing back clean plates!  Students can still eat as much as they want, but they are encouraged to take only what they will eat.  That is all there is to it! 

Our first week's benchmark (10/5) was 768 pounds.  Students have already stepped up to the challenge judging by our second week! 

10/12 Week - Total waste was 719 pounds.  That is already a 6.4% reduction!!  We are well on our way to reaching 614 pounds!!

10/19 Week - Total waste was 659 pounds.  Only 45 more pounds to go to reach our goal!!

10/26 Week - Total waste was 628 pounds.  Almost there!!  Down by 140 total pounds so far.

11/2 Week - Total waste was 615 pounds.  So close!!  We only have ONE more pound to go to reach our goal of 20%!

11/9 Week - Total waste was 597 pounds.  WE DID IT!  Food waste was reduced by 22.3%!  Because of your efforts, LSU Dining is proud to make a Thanksving Donation to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.  Click here for more details!

Sustainability matters!  Click here for ways you can help.  Watch our progress and look for ways YOU can assist with our campus sustainability efforts!  Thanks for your help in making this a continuous effort at LSU! 

LOVE FOOD, HATE WASTE!!

Here are some things you can do:

• Exercise portion control.
• Ask for a sample if you are unsure.
• Eat with your stomach, not with your eyes.  You may always go back!
• The correct protein portion size for one meal is 3oz.  That is the size of a deck of cards.
• For added taste, use condiments found around the servery.
• Don't get dessert until you have finished.
• It takes 20 minutes for your brain to know you are full, so let your food digest before you get more.

According to the USDA, Americans waste almost 25% of all food produced in the US each year.

We have already gone trayless to conserve water and energy and reduce chemicals.  We also recycle our used cooking oil into biodiesel fuel.  Not to mention the fact that The 459 Commons was renovated with "green" initiatives in place.  We all need to do our part!!

LSU Dining and Residential Life are pleased to announce we collected 1953 pounds of food for the Baton Rouge Food Bank.  Thanks to our generous students who donated while they were moving out!  This is an annual event and we encourage everyone to participate!  Have a great summer!!   

LSU Dining is working hard every day to be socially responsible!  See all the things we are doing to make a difference in the community and with the guests we serve! 

Go to the following link and see the Advoate article featuring The 459 Commons at LSU on June 26, 2008!

 http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/food/21582409.html

Spend Saturday Nights in Tiger Stadium!

LSU Concessions is now hiring energetic full-time and part-time workers and supervisors! Starting pay over $8.00 per hour with great benefits! Food service experience a plus but not required. Job requires a broad range of duties including stocking, cleaning, supervising groups of stands, fork lift operation, setting up and operating concession stands, light painting, etc.

Schedule includes some days and nights.  Flexible for students and a fun and casual environment! Contact Nathan Carter ncarter@lsu.edu or call 413-2444 / 578-6991.  EOE M/F/V/D.

Energetic individuals needed for on-campus Catering events.  Flexible scheduling and convenient location!  Positions also available in the Magnolia Room Restaurant located on the 3rd Floor of the LSU Student Union. 

Please contact Cheramie Gosnell, LSU Union Catering Director for more information at catering@lsu.edu or call 578-5952.