BY EMILY COLEMAN //  Everyone has an opinion on food; it is as simple as that. Someone is always going to complain about the taste, the quality, and if there is service involved. Anyone who has lived on a college campus before realizes that the complaints are
usually accurate on the quality of the food.

Students at Hood are no different. Hood has two areas for meal time. Students can either go to the dining hall, the main place for meal time or they can go to the Blazer, now known as Grilleworks. There are students that think that Grilleworks is a good alternative to the dining hall and then there are students who completely disagree with that fact.

Eric Reed, a junior here at Hood College is one of the students that do not mind Grilleworks. He likes that there is a big variety of choice in beverages and recommends the chicken strips. A complaint he has about Grilleworks is the staff. “They are always busy.” Reed said other Hood College students have said the same thing over the years. Since that is the only other location
for meal time for students, it is understandable that they are always busy; however maybe there should be some solutions around that. Reed says there should be more variety with the menu. “They should change up the menu, not just one special meal a month.”  Reed also continued to say that Grilleworks is not the cheapest of places. If you have Blazer Bucks, Reed highly recommends that you go there, but if you can go out and find better and cheaper options, than you should go there instead of Grilleworks.

Like how Reed feels, other Hood students would not be against having a little more options when it comes to the menu. Not all the complaints were focused only on menu option. Some complaints were focused entirely on how the new system is for
Grille Works.

A Recent graduate of Hood College, Catherine Meushaw was always on campus, so she utilized the services of Grilleworks often. In the beginning she really liked going there, however after they changed the way they were doing things,the service there was not the best anymore. “I don’t think they should of changed everything they did when they switched,” Meushaw said. Meushaw went on
to say they had better choices for food before the change, for instance she liked the fries before they switched.

“Right after they changed, I had issues with them telling me I couldn’t have a burger the way I wanted it,” Meushaw said. “They told me I had to get it with everything on it. Which is a terrible system,” She continued. Meushaw
did say however that even with the changes, Grilleworks still a better option than the dining hall is.

I spoke with Jason Shultz, Operation manager at Hood College to see what he had to say. Shultz had a positive take on the matter.

“We try to accommodate suggestion that student have as best we can, however Grille Works is a proprietary national brand, therefore we must follow the guidelines that Grilleworks sets,” says Shultz.

Shultz did say that most of the students like the changes.

Shultz has a positive attitude for Grilleworks’ future.  Shultz says that he plans “To keep making the best tasting food possible, and create excitement with our specials on campus.”

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