Tag: cafeteria

  • Audio Postcard: Open Mic at Cafeteria

    Audio Postcard: Open Mic at Cafeteria

    Mondays are normally regarded as a painful and exhausting start to the work and school week. However, at a small cafe located on Main Street in New Paltz, New York, the beginning of the week need not be draining. Cafeteria provides both SUNY New Paltz students and townies a chance to relax over a cup…

  • Fair Trade for Dummies

    Fair Trade for Dummies

      If you often find yourself in the organic foods section of your local grocery store or if you shop or eat at the majority of places in New Paltz and the Hudson Valley, you have probably come across the term “fair trade”. Many people associate the term strictly with organic food, but it can…

  • Music, Dance, and Laughs: Creativity Flourishes at Coffee Shop

    Music, Dance, and Laughs: Creativity Flourishes at Coffee Shop

    The open space of Cafeteria in New Paltz on Main Street is dim and warmly lit. The mellow atmosphere of the space is enhanced by a young man slowly dancing in front of the Cafeteria audience to a backing-track. It’s Monday which means it’s Open Mic Night at Cafeteria. Sign ups for artists start at…

  • Chew On This: Hit or Miss—Hasbrouck Dining Hall

    Chew On This: Hit or Miss—Hasbrouck Dining Hall

    On any given day on campus there are a few places to eat. You can eat at Jazzman’s, the Hawk’s Nest, the Hawk’s Street Station, or Hasbrouck Dining Hall. Of all of these places Hasbrouck is the only cafeteria-style location. Over the last four years, I have eaten there several times. However, Hasbrouck is not…

  • Sticky Fingers

    Sticky Fingers

    I stand in line waiting to order. The college cafeteria is booming with the voices of students and I see some familiar faces. Some are on cell phones, others talking to friends. I glance at the fridge to choose a beverage , but a girl with glasses, wearing a gray pea coat, is blocking the way. She…