New residential dining facility features fresh, healthy food prepared to order

4:48 p.m., Aug. 13, 2015--The Rodney Dining Fresh Food Company, an all-new residential dining location, is coming to the University of Delaware campus this month, the UD Dining/Aramark team has announced. 

Featuring all-you-care-to-eat dining with restaurant-style service and food, the beautiful new facility is located on the first floor of the new Caesar Rodney Complex, across from the Perkins Student Center. 

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Guests of the Rodney Dining Fresh Food Company will have the ability to choose from a variety of freshly prepared and made-to-order meals from several action cooking stations. Every station is in clear view of the customers who will see every menu item being prepped, cooked and served in front of them. 

A total of 13 points of service will be available including a Mongolian station, a gluten-free station, a vegan station, and an OU supervised kosher dining station. Other favorites will include a full-service bakery and two separate fresh produce markets.

The Rodney Dining Fresh Food Company has a total of 1,180 seats, with a variety of seating options available throughout the facility, including high top tables, booths, banquettes and window seating overlooking the Grove and Academy Street.  

“The Rodney Dining Fresh Food Company will offer a restaurant-style experience right on campus,” said Sue Bogan, director of Dining Services.  “Customers will enjoy a variety of fresh, healthy food choices served in a fun, comfortable dining environment.”

The Fresh Food Company will offer healthy food options, as well as regional and traditional favorites.  Menus will feature items such as:  

• Seared farm-raised tilapia with cucumber slaw and spicy grilled Cajun potatoes;

• Tender shaved roast beef with cheddar cheese on caramelized onion flatbread;

• Local Kennett Square portobello mushroom sloppy Joe with housemade chipotle barbecue sauce; and

• Crisp golden Asiago crusted chicken with pasta marinara and roasted garlic broccolini.

The University of Delaware Dining team has been preparing for the opening of the semester with ongoing planning and training activities. All summer residential dining service will be shifted from the Pencader Residential Dining facility to the Rodney Dining Fresh Food Company as of Sunday, Aug. 16.

The Rodney Dining Fresh Food Company is one of the largest residential dining locations on the East Coast. At over 55,000 square feet, it has been designed and equipped to meet the needs and preferences of today’s students who are looking for dining options that support their desire to balance their health, wellness and lifestyle goals while enjoying delicious food in a vibrant dining environment.

Photos by Doug Baker