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I lived in Cochrane Hall one year. They liked to grill outside there.

Food at Cochrane was not bad. Owen's Food Court opened by my senior year and that was good. But Dietrick kept us pretty regular the rest of the time.
Posted: 09/18/2024 at 09:02 AM ET
(In response to this post by squarerootofone)

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vt video.....better grub than when you were here?:**
squarerootofone • 09/18/24 08:25 AM ET
Man, that's light years above the 80s grub at ****z Dining Hall.**
Hokieman1987 • 09/18/24 01:10 PM ET
Not grub but loved the regional Santiba ginger ale with a twist of lemon**
TomTurkey • 09/18/24 12:16 PM ET
Ah, rib night at Owens--pork fat in in seasoned tomato sauce...
vthhhi • 09/18/24 10:45 AM ET
I recall the transition starting to happen from awful to awesome during my
Tafkam Hokie • 09/18/24 10:11 AM ET
For all you pre-1992 VT students, we survived 1970s menus.
TomTurkey • 09/18/24 12:39 PM ET
The Owens Burger Bar was a gamechanger (for the time)**
MAHokie69 • 09/18/24 10:37 AM ET
The irony that "Steak Night" was the worst night of all for dinner
Vienna_Hokie • 09/18/24 09:54 AM ET
The unrefrigerated boxes on the Owens loading dock were stamped Grade C
DoYouLiftHokies • 09/18/24 12:55 PM ET
Beef-a-roni was a treat like no other. **
RhinoVT • 09/18/24 11:21 AM ET
Food was horrible when I was there ('66-'70). The low point was plantation
Galenahokie • 09/18/24 09:26 AM ET
Welsh rarebit and occasional 'mystery meat'
TomTurkey • 09/18/24 10:22 AM ET
That was better than the vegetable soup. So greasy we could light on fire**
VT72 • 09/18/24 06:57 PM ET
Why VT is at the top of the meals at college lists. Outstanding.**
UTPr0sim • 09/18/24 09:21 AM ET
It should be based on the dining plan bill. **
GreenvilleVT • 09/18/24 10:01 AM ET
That would be complicated. So the cheapest would be the best? hmmm
UTPr0sim • 09/18/24 10:27 AM ET
When I was there, parents took their kids to town restaurants. When my kids
RhinoVT • 09/18/24 09:17 AM ET
I lived in Cochrane Hall one year. They liked to grill outside there. ◄
Hokie CPA • 09/18/24 09:02 AM ET
Cochrane wasn't bad at all...
vthokieq • 09/18/24 09:07 AM ET
Wait - John Price?? He was at Dietrick the two years I worked there
HokieMacDaddy • 09/18/24 10:33 AM ET
The namesake for *drum roll* Prices Fork?**
TomTurkey • 09/18/24 01:54 PM ET
When I lived off campus, there was no way I would have bought a meal pass
EDGEMAN • 09/18/24 08:54 AM ET
The fact they have places to eat on the academic side of campus is
hoosnowahokie • 09/18/24 08:53 AM ET
We compared it to other institutional prepared foods, like prison...lol**
EDGEMAN • 09/18/24 08:54 AM ET
We used to kid when I was a freshman in Vawter that each Qtr, as the year->
HOKIERIT • 09/18/24 09:07 AM ET
We did that going from Dietrick to West A-J. **
Hokie CPA • 09/18/24 11:06 AM ET
Owens on move in day was the best thing I ever did
Vienna_Hokie • 09/18/24 09:50 AM ET
That is hilarious!**
HOKIERIT • 09/18/24 09:13 PM ET
Ft Benning chow was so much better than VT
Vienna_Hokie • 09/18/24 09:05 AM ET
No it wasn't - you only thought that because
HokieMacDaddy • 09/18/24 10:35 AM ET
The tailless rats were awesome
Vienna_Hokie • 09/18/24 01:08 PM ET
Navy chow on ships was far superior to VT food too...lol**
EDGEMAN • 09/18/24 09:08 AM ET
I have scoured the earth and never found a better SCROD cake than in Owens
dolph • 09/18/24 08:47 AM ET
It was decent enough in '90
JoesterVT • 09/18/24 10:32 AM ET
Roast Beef, aw geez**
Brown Water • 09/18/24 09:36 AM ET