University of Buffalo grants Bonner Center’s Mobile Oasis funding for local food research
Kathryn Hurst, Features Editor
November 6, 2019
Guilford’s Bonner Center for Community Service and Learning’s Mobile Oasis program recently announced that they have received $50,000 in funding from the University of Buffalo’s Veggie Van project. “(Mobile Oasis is a) mobile farmers market bringing local produce to local food deserts,” e...
Food truck festival brings community together with international cuisine
Alesha Garcia, Guest Writer
September 16, 2019
On Sunday, Aug. 25, the Greensboro Food Truck Festival was held downtown on Green, Market and Elm Streets, bringing the community out to enjoy various food choices, live music and craft vendors. The food trucks offered many international choices including German, Asian and Mexican cuisine. The fes...
Growing season on Guilford College Farm
Mei Lander, Staff Writer
May 3, 2019
The Guilford College Farm is home to healthy foods served in the cafeteria, including kale, lettuce and beets. It’s also a place where a wide range of students are able to experience growing and maintaining fruits and veggies for the College. Once the food is harvested, it is washed, weighed and...
Boba House offers great vegetarian food
Peter Zhang, Staff Writer
December 7, 2018
Boba House is a Vietnamese and Thai-inspired restaurant that caters pretty exclusively toward vegetarians. Despite not being a vegetarian, I still wanted to try the place out. One of the first issues is the lack of parking. The place is rather popular, so finding a spot is tough The décor was inte...
Kickback and relax at Kickback Jack’s
Navya Belavadi, Staff Writer
November 9, 2018
The tangy Buffalo sauce dripped from the golden brown chicken tender patties onto the brioche bun. Upon the first bite, the crunch of the lettuce was audible. The rich and creamy ranch drizzle sat atop the juicy tomato. Are you hungry yet? The Buffalo tender sandwich can be found at Kickback Jacks’s...
Fresh. Local. Good.
Sofia Pavrone, Staff Writer
November 2, 2018
It was a sunny afternoon when I passed a sign that read: Fresh. Local. Good. I was meeting my best friend from high school for lunch at Iron Hen Cafe, located right across from Latham Park in Greensboro. I was welcomed by a warm smile from our server, which never faded during the remainder of my time i...
Quick local bites at Homeslice
Ryan, Brown
October 26, 2018
It was a beautiful afternoon on the Guilford College campus. My friends and I had just finished a great game of ultimate frisbee and were looking for somewhere to eat. Someone suggested Homeslice Pizza & Subs, a local pizza joint I had heard of, but not been to before. That suggestion got a unani...
Mad Hatter revamps and returns to old menu
Amber Dubois, Staff Writer
October 5, 2018
The Mad Hatter restaurant off West Friendly Avenue has returned to their original 2013 menu. This change happened over a period of two days, with the bar and grill reopening Sept. 20. The Mad Hatter was a bar and grill that had amazing food. I remember getting their PB&J burger one of the first...
Community comes together for Chinese New Year
Hannah Shoemaker, News Editor
February 23, 2018
Red decorations lined the walls of the Leak Room of Duke Hall for Guilford’s Chinese New Year celebration. “Red in Chinese is (a) really lucky color,” said sophomore Xinxin Zhou, who taught attendees how to make dumplings and performed poetry during the event. “It can bring you lots of good...
