Food Around Campus

Food Around Campus

Sarah C., M1

Put aside all your preconceived notions about hospital food; the food on and around campus is some of my favorite in St. Louis, just for those rare days when there’s no lunch talk offering your favorite free foods, and when you still haven’t gotten into the groove of meal prep. Physicians, students, and patients alike enjoy the hospital cafeteria on the first floor, and many professors and TAs can be seen frequently in Shell Café, which provides soup and salad, a grill station, and a comfort station. Kaldi’s has a location right in the lobby of the FLTC, providing a quick and delicious option for a quick snack or a breakfast sandwich if you were running late to one of those oh-so-early 8:30 a.m. MFM lectures.

A fan favorite from our class has been the food trucks — there are 2-5 food trucks parked just outside the doors of the FLTC every day. They provide a range of options from Hawaiian (that surf plate tho) to Greek (amazing gyros with fries inside them!!) that rotates every day, and you can generally expect to spend around $8-12.

If you’re craving those old chain haunts, fear not: a few minutes’ walk away are Starbucks and Chick-Fil-A on the St. Louis College of Pharmacy campus, as well as a Panera Bread (even though it’s called St. Louis Bread Co., it’s the same Panera you know and love) across Forest Park Parkway.

WashU BakeOffs

WashU BakeOffs

Isabelle Z., M1

Our class has started a monthly bakeoff competition to enable a favorite pastime of medical students, “procrastibaking.” Anyone who wants to participate brings in a baked good for that month’s theme, and the whole class gets together to try all the baked goods and vote on a winner. It is a fun way to test your culinary skills, hang out with classmates over delicious food, and bake something without eating the whole thing yourself.