I have been studying at the College of Wooster for three years, and there is one thing that makes me regret my choice. Food has always been something I took for granted back at home. Coming to Wooster and obtaining all this freedom in food choice also meant having me carefully inform myself about what I am eating. However, this vlog will ignore nutrition and the best places for a balanced meal and focus on my top two favorite meal locations in my three years of studying here.

To start things off, the first restaurant I always dine at whenever I return and depart from Wooster is El Campesino. This specific location provides a variety of foods ranging to three dozen different meal options. Starting from something simple like steak and rice to some delicious complexities like flautas and chilaquiles. Furthermore, El Campesino also provides its customers with a dozen specialties like Pollo Loco to Chile Colorado. Also, their beverage options contain a range in variety, from Margaritas and beer to your everyday soft drinks. What makes this place so exciting and preferable to me is that I can never finish my food. This place defiantly earns there spot as number two.

In the first place, Buffalo Wild Wings is always the must-go-to spot when I want something mouthwatering to eat. It is definitely the farthest place to reach, but the food is worth it. Starting with the burgers they provide always appear to satisfy your pallet. But I can’t place Buffalo wild wings without talking about the main course. The traditional or boneless wings are what make this place my favorite location. Whether you order mild wings like honey barbeque or something somewhat spicy like mango habanero (my favorite), wild buffalo wings will always be one of the best places to eat in Wooster. On top of the wings, their fries are second to none. To top it all off, Buffalo wild wings always has a special offer where you receive a second order of traditional wings for free every Tuesday, making this location even more satisfactory.

Starting with the Asiago Italian sub sandwich as my primary source of calories. The sandwich itself contains wheat bread, ham, asiago cheese, and pepperoni. In the nutrition facts, the sandwich contains 400 calories per serving. POPs also appear to offer a variety of different types of sub sandwiches. Furthermore, POP’s meal options also include Caesar salades if sandwiches are not what catches your eye.

For the side option, I decided on Vitamin water paired up with blueberry yogurt. While those were my options, POP’s meal plan also offers Powerade, Coca Cola, strawberry yogurt, Lay’s, Doritos, etc.

I also decided to add on to my meal option and grabbed Takis chips paired up with a Coke. I ended up regretting picking these snacks, but it served as a reminder not to pair these options together. Overall, POP’s meal plan ended up being a decent option that serves as a break from Lowry’s meal options. I do plan on trying the different options POPs offer in the future. Maybe even trying the Ceaser salads that they offer. I personally am not fond of salads, but this might end up changing my mind. I will never know till I try it out.

Living in Wooster, students who are not initially from here have to adapt to a different dietary meal plan. I come from Chicago, IL, which has all sorts of food options everywhere you look. From the ordinary fast food industries to family-owned restaurants. It does not matter what you are looking to eat. You would always find some restaurant that would satisfy your palette. However, arriving at Wooster limited the variety of options available for me to pick. So what exactly is available to eat when living on the college of Wooster campus?

The primary source of nutrition comes from Lowry Dining Center. Although Lowry does provide a somewhat diverse serving of food, it dramatically lacks what other colleges offer. Lawry offers fast food meals like burgers to the all-day egg section. Lawry also includes international foods that alternate throughout the week and a section specifically for soup. Also, Lowry offers all kinds of cereal and an area dedicated to making bagels or sandwiches. If Lowry does not have what you need, the POP’s meals always exist. This meal option includes a variety of sandwiches or salads accompanied by a drink and a side option like apples, yogurt, or chips. Other areas around the Wooster campus also provided drinks like coffee for the students to enjoy.

The second source of nutrition comes from the fast-food restaurants available around the area. Students studying and living at the college of Wooster have a small number of options for outside food selection. It includes pizza locations like Dominos, Pizza Hut, and Gionino’s Pizza. Furthermore, fast food restaurants like McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Subway, etc., are also available. With all these food options, students are allowed to change their meal plans whenever they choose. Still, the college of Wooster does not fill in the gap of food one enjoy back in their home. Cultural foods are something that I clearly cannot obtain. Although the restaurant “El Campesino” includes the cultural foods I love, like tacos, carne asada, and frijoles, it still does not have that authentic taste one can taste back home. Overall, even though Wooster lacks food options inside the school and out, the food available is enough to survive the year.

As a college student, fast food meal options seem to be the best idea for the weekend every now and then. Having such a mindset convinced me to order myself a pizza from Domino’s. I got myself a large Pepperoni pizza for me and my roommate to enjoy. Sadly, the pizza took a whole two hours to arrive. Having to wait such a significant amount of time, I wondered two things. First, why am I always so unlucky. Second, how many calories are even in my pizza. Since I wrote an article last week about nutrition, I thought about the nutrition facts Domino’s provides for their consumers.

The Domino’s industry, located in Wooster, OH, provides a variety of dietary meal plans options. To begin, on the Domino’s website, you would be able to find the “Domino’s Nutrition Guide,” which informs you of all the nutrition facts of all their pre-build food options and the nutrition facts to build your own pizza. This sort of guide allows college students to stay aware of what they are consuming if they decide to step away from their college meal plan.

Overall, Domino’s provides a variety of meal plans for its consumers. They are beginning their meal plan from their large regular pizzas having around 280 calories per slice to their veggie pizza with 190 calories per slice. Having Dominos near the College of Wooster campus definitely adds to the variety of meal plans for students. It is pleasant knowing students have satisfactory nutrition information regarding available meal options, not only in Lawry dining hall.