Findlay, Ohio, Jan. 24, 2005 – The University of Findlay’s Village Café will open for the spring semester with a Comfort Food theme lunch on Feb. 1.
The Village Café, located at 424 Frazer St. in Findlay, is open Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $7.50.
The facility utilizes students from three classes to create a dining experience for patrons. The freshmen, learning the fundamentals of dining room management, will be the servers. The juniors have mastered cooking basics and are now learning to cook in large quantities. The seniors, as managers of the facility, have devised the menu. The dining room serves as a living classroom for those in the University’s hospitality management program.
Different themes will be featured each time the Village Café is open, including Ottawa’s Finest, All American, A Little Corner of Italy, Classic French, Elegant and Hearty, Hearty Ohio Meal, West Coast Delight, Lunch by the Fire, Mama Mia’s Italian Feast, Caribbean Style and the Irish Jig.
Reservations are required and can be made by calling 419-434-4097 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Those calling are asked to leave a name, phone number, number in the party and any special requests. Reservations can also be made online at www.findlay.edu/village café.
Menus can be accessed via the Web site.
UF’s Hospitality Management Program offers a four-year baccalaureate degree, a minor and an emphasis in the MBA curriculum. The rigorous program, which is housed in the University’s College of Business, prepares graduates for careers in the lodging, food service, travel, tourism and recreation industries. Students take classes such as food production management, lodging operations and hospitality financial management along with marketing, business management and accounting classes.
Students get hands-on experience through service hours, working in the program’s Village Café where meals are entirely planned, prepared and served by students, and through internships at places like Walt Disney Resorts at Disney World in Florida and the Westin Hotel on Hilton Head Island.
