A new hall will widen the choices for food on campus

Change is coming to Missouri Western’s campus with the addition of Remington Hall. One change that has been up in the air for sometime is the Einstein Bagel, which is to be put in the new atrium, and the existence of the hot dog cart in downstairs Agenstein.

In charge of the Einstein Bagel addition is a company on campus called Aramark. Aramark is in charge of handling the schools catering and food sources. Jim Maides, head of Missouri Western’s Aramark, has been seeing out the entire operation.

The choice to go with Einstein Bagel was one that Maides felt would be both fun and beneficial to our campus in the new Remington Hall.

“Einstein offers food for every meal, you get breakfast through dinner items there which is convenient for the students,” Maides said.

One other option for a food venue was Chic-Fil-A which to Maides didn’t seem as good due to the more lunch and dinner oriented menu.

“Besides, the idea of an Einstein Bagel in a science hall is a fun idea,” Maides said.

The plans for the Einstein Bagel have been coming along well. The school has already received its store number from Einstein Bagel and the franchising fees, which cost Aramark about $10,000, will be paid for in full this month.

“With bringing a restaurant to a college campus you have to weigh out your cost benefit, sure you have franchising but your students are busy and on campus monday through friday where they can use these establishments,” Maides said, “for a college campus your worst time for business is on the weekend when students are eating out. Now for a business off campus your slow time is the weekdays till the weekend, these are all things we have to consider when bring an establishment to our campus.”

Besides the questions arising about the new Einstein Bagel, the other question is what about the hot dog cart? Students in Agenstein Hall have grown accustomed to the hot dog cart and the friendly face of Linda Gentry, who runs the hot dog cart. While no one really knows where the hot dog cart will end up after Einstein Bagel is up and running, they do know the hot dog cart will just be relocated to a different area of Agenstein for now. Linda Gentry has created many great relationships with students over the years and with the new addition to the building, she doesn’t want that to stop her from creating the lasting relationships she is known so well for.

“If they move me to Einstein, it will be a big step for me, but I’m going to do my best to grow and use it to meet new kids and build these relationships,” Gentry said.

Maides and the rest of the staff in charge of this renovation understand that keeping students happy and helping the campus grow is very important. Maides is very confident that Einstein Bagel will bring nothing but good things to this campus.

As for the hot dog cart, he assures us that it’s not going anywhere and neither is Linda Gentry.