Lincoln Park has always striven to offer nutritious breakfast and lunch options, but recently students have reported being largely dissatisfied with the quality of their meals, stating that they are “weird” and even in some extreme cases “yucky.”
“If it tastes good, the texture is weird. If the texture is good, the taste is weird,” says Emma Korrick, a freshman musical theatre major from Beaver Falls. “There’s no middle ground. No ‘oh, that’s okay.’ It’s always one or the other.”
Even among the students who don’t regularly eat the school provided meals, their reputation is telling.
“I think it isn’t very good, but that’s why I usually pack my own lunch. It’s been a while since I’ve actually had lunch here,” says Kiley Morrow, a sophomore fine arts and design major from Hookstown. “I eat breakfast sometimes, and that’s not bad, but I always get a bagel, and they’re kind of hard to mess up.”
“Consistency is another big thing for me,” said Morrow. “I like routine, and you don’t exactly get that with the regular lunch options.”
In comparison to the food students enjoy at home, the options offered on campus are less than appealing.
“I used to get lunch here, but now I bring my own,” said sophomore writing and publishing major Gina Novic. “It was kind of convenient but just not worth it. What I can make myself is better than what they offer, even if it’s kind of a hassle.”
“My dad makes his own jerky, and it’s incredible,” said Jacob McGulley, a junior film and broadcast journalism major from Aliquippa. “Why can’t we do something like that here? I’d totally eat it every day if I could. I think we’re just not willing to put in the work. We used to be a country.”
“I think it’s definitely lacking something at best,” said Korrick. “At worst, [school lunch] can be downright yucky.”
