The best food on campus: What’s for breakfast?

For students with early schedules, a filling breakfast is essential to getting through the school day. Whether your preference is savory, sweet or somewhere in between, Utah State Dining has a considerable selection of breakfast items all across campus.

Savory: Marv N’ Joe, The Hub

At $2.55, the Marv N’ Joe is ideal for the typical broke college student. It starts with your choice of bread, topped with garlic butter, thinly-sliced tomatoes, and a layer or provolone cheese. Then, it goes into a toaster until the cheese is lightly melted and the garlic butter sinks into the bread. After it emerges in golden-brown perfection, it’s finished with a splash of olive oil and vinegar and a sprinkling of salt and pepper and parmesan cheese. The result is a savory blend of a buttery and tangy flavors, perfect for a heavier breakfast or a light lunch. Order it on an asiago bagel for breakfast or sourdough break for lunch. For a truly well-rounded college breakfast, you can pair it with a 16-ounce cappuccino for a total cost of only $5.50.

Sweet: Doughnuts, The Quadside Cafe

While they’re possibly the newest and least healthy food items on this list, the doughnuts on campus are nonetheless well worth trying. Available in a variety of flavors, they share a doughy, cake-like texture, soft enough to be enjoyable but solid enough to avoid crumbling. The flavored glaze, too, hits the right mark, striking the right balance between a thin glaze and a heavy frosting. Try the glazed chocolate doughnut for an especially sweet pick-me-up or the blueberry-frosted doughnut for a hint of fruit. Doughnuts are also occasionally available in the Hub or the Quick Stop if a trek to the library is out of the question.

Somewhere in between: Yogurt Parfait and Croissant, The Hub

For a meal-plan shopper, the combination of a large yogurt parfait and a croissant cashes in at $6.22, just under the $6.50 limit. The croissants are among the best food items that Utah State University has to offer, with a delicately flaky crust and buttery layers of pastry. The yogurt parfait adds a delightful contrast in texture. Filled with vanilla yogurt, raspberries and blueberries and garnished with crushed Nature Valley granola bars, it almost tastes more like a dessert than breakfast food. Although it’s most readily available on weekday mornings in the Hub, this particular combination can also be purchased at the Quadside Cafe in the library or at Luke’s Cafe in the Agricultural Science building.

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