I went to college in Salem, MA – aka The Witch City or Halloween Town. During my first year there, I mostly ate in the cafeteria/food court, utilizing the meal plan included with tuition. As I got to know the city more I branched out and started eating at local dives and pizza joints. Since Salem is on the ocean, sea food was always fresh and amazing. But salmon gets pretty steep for a college student, so I usually got cheap meals at dive bars – my favorite kind of bars. I like the feeling that I might get stabbed at any moment. That’s my kind of bar.
Lucky for me, I guess, I’m not much of a foodie. I can stomach fries and burgers every night of the week. But the world is filled with picky people and to accommodate those folks, the website CHOW recently posted a list of the “10 College Towns With the Worst Food.” Lists are always subjective of course, and one person’s garbage is another man’s favorite food. Here’s some excerpts:
• Muncie, Indiana: Ball State University: The city’s official website lists Walmart as a shopping attraction. The same website also lists Baskin-Robbins under its grand total of four spotlighted restaurants, including “Muncie’s first Indian Restaurant.”
• Ruston, Louisiana: Louisiana Tech: Not only is Ruston a minuscule town with little to do, it’s also semidry: Only restaurants can serve booze. Plus, one of the most popular student restaurants appears to be named Dawghouse.
• Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida
This tiny backwater, home to your reporter’s alma mater, is a snarl of generic sports bars with greasy wings and two-for-one pitchers of Bud. Florida’s bugs and humidity are horrifying, but at least you can usually console yourself with excellent Cuban, Jamaican, and Puerto Rican food and decent barbecue. Except you won’t find good versions of any of that here. More ammunition: The town’s longtime popular Chinese joint, located directly across from the university, was named Chinee Takee Outee.
Ouch! To read the rest of the college towns with the worst food, clickee here.
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