Inside a new college dining facility seeking to shine despite COVID-19
Earlier this school year, Cal Poly debuted a new foodservice venue on its San Luis Obispo, Calif., campus. Through the 35,400-square-foor Vista Grande Dining Complex, was designed to foster interaction and collaboration, some of those elements have been on hold amid...
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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo opens major dining complex despite coronavirus
The new Vista Grande Dining Complex at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo is now open to serve students despite the school being in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Following guidance from local health officials, the facility—a project of...
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New Three Story, 35,000 Square Foot Dining Complex Opens At Central Coast University
A Central Coast university has opened a new $39-million-dollar dining complex which includes seven dining venues and a neighborhood market. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Vista Grande Dining Complex is a three story, 35,000 square foot building. It features an on-site...
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Cal Poly’s new $39M dining complex now open
Cal Poly’s new dining complex is open with seven different dining venues and a neighborhood market. The $39 million Vista Grande Dining Complex is located within steps of student housing. The 35,400 square foot building is designed to be energy efficient. It has...
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Cal Poly Corporation Partners With Grubhub, Pays Student Transaction Fees
Cal Poly Campus Dining partnered with Grubhub to combat the spread of COVID-19, according to the Campus Dining Website. With this partnership, Cal Poly Corporation is paying for the transaction fee, which was also reduced. Students order on their phone and then choose...
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New Vista Grande Dining Facility Now Open
The new Cal Poly dining facility offers students a wide range of meal choices and outdoor seating. Vista Grande is set up to follow social distancing protocols. The new dining complex houses six separate dining...
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Cal Poly chef brings gleaming resume to campus catering
Russell Thomas recalls a night at Lumière, an award-winning Boston restaurant he worked at in the middle of his career. His colleagues had cold-called Julia Child, who had her phone number listed in the Cambridge, Massachusetts phone book. “They called her just to...
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Will shoplifters be prosecuted? Campus Dining rolls out new theft policy
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – Signs warning that shoplifters will be prosecuted were recently added to many Campus Dining locations after Cal Poly Corporation updated their loss prevention policy at the start of Winter 2020. The updates were made to address an...
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New Vista Grande dining complex opening pushed back a fourth time
The long-awaited Vista Dining Complex opening has been pushed back again after continuous delays. Communication Specialist Aaron Lambert said Campus Dining is expected to gain access and move into the building this spring. There is a planned soft opening for summer....
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Top athletes compete for spot on national pentathlon Olympic team in day 2 of qualifier at Cal Poly
Top athletes from across the country are in our Central Coast backyard this weekend vying for a spot at this summer’s Olympic Games. Over the past two days, Cal Poly has hosted the final national qualifying event for athletes competing in the modern pentathlon....
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Cal Poly hosting pentathlon Olympic team hopefuls this weekend
Cal Poly is hosting some of the most promising Olympic hopefuls this weekend. Today and tomorrow, the university is the location for the final national qualifying event for the USA Pentathlon 2020 Olympic team. The pentathlon puts athletes through five different...
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Cal Poly hosting Olympic 2020 qualifying event
Cal Poly is hosting the U.S.A. Pentathlon National Qualifying Event on Jan.18 and 19 where top athletes from around the country will compete for the chance to represent Team U.S.A. in the 2020 Olympics. “We are very excited to have the opportunity to host an event of...
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Campus Starbucks locations will serve straws only by request
The three Starbucks locations on campus will serve plastic straws only by request starting Winter 2020, according to Cal Poly Corporation Communications Specialist Aaron Lambert. Starbucks was the last on-campus dining facility to still give out plastic straws. Cold...
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Chick-fil-A will stop donating to anti LGBTQ+ organizations
Chick-Fil-A announced it will no longer donate to two organizations that have been branded as anti-LGBTQ+. The fast-food chain received criticism nationally and on campus for donating to organizations with anti-LGBTQ+ stances. “There’s no question we know that, as we...
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Low income students can now pay for groceries at Campus Market using CalFresh
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA -Campus Market is now accepting CalFresh payment on approved items. CalFresh, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a federal program that provides low-income individuals with an Electronic Benefits Transfer...
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Here are the restaurants opening in the new Vista Grande dining complex
Campus Dining will offer six new dining venues in the Vista Grande Dining Complex, set to open March 2020, as announced at a Cal Poly Corporation meeting Oct. 25. Students will find six dining venues unique to Cal Poly on the second story, including Balance Café,...
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