Forget Wag! Let’s Hit Up the Nest!....or Dub’s

Oh Wagoner Hall. It’s that heavenly place that we’re first introduced to the moment we come to this wonderful campus here at Wilmington. We gather there during orientation, experience the delicious, fulfilling foods that we are supposed to believe will be provided throughout the semesters (false), and eventually leave with happy faces and stomachs. Then we come back in the Fall for the new semester and it all goes south. Wag might become gross, repetitive, or just not as good as the first time we had it. Then we venture over to Hawk’s Nest and see what they have to offer, or maybe take a look at that new place in the Warwick Center called Dub’s Cafe. I have my quarrels and qualms when I think of these different dining options on our campus that I’ve been experiencing for some time now. But I’ve come to appreciate certain aspects of them all that I hope you’ve noticed as well.

Okay, okay. I’ve always thought that Wag was a pretty chill place to eat. I love the sense of community that it brings and the variety of foods that it at least attempts to present to us students day in and day out. At some point, it’s going to get repetitive. You can only have so much variety. But one thing that I just can’t understand is why they keep doing the Chinese Day at Wag. I’m sorry, but that is just a failed attempt at Chinese food. Already Chinese food is ridiculously misconstrued in America from what it actually is in China, but when Wag tries, it’s just a turnoff. I’m no food critic or anything but that sh!@ is nasty.

Now, if you’re really craving yourself some Chick-fil-A or some sushi, then you can make your way over to The Hawk’s Nest. Over here, you know what you’re going to get. There are no surprises or changes to anybody’s menu throughout the entire year……ever. Now, this can be a turnoff, or a turn on, whichever way you want to look at it. I look at it as a turnoff. All of the same foods, all the time, everyday, 5 days a week, yaddayadda. I need some variety in my foods. I can’t have the same foods all the time. Hawk’s Nest is alright, but only when you need it.

Now onto the mecca of all the dining locations. Dub’s Café. If you haven’t been here yet, you gotta hit this place UP. It’s new to this year and it’s located in the Warwick Center. Now, Dub’s Café is unique because of what it has to offer. First off, they have the usuals like the salad bar, and the drink station, and snacks. But the staple of it all is the pasta bar. Fresh pasta made everyday right in front of you. Variety is the key word here. Different pastas. Everyday. They even throw in certain days when they work with rice or orzo type pasta. Not only does Dub’s offer a pasta bar, but they have a hot bar section where different types of meals are served. I like to view it as a type of “mini-wag” because it offers hot meals like Wag does, but it pays much more attention to detail and quality, rather than quantity.

Of all of these different places to eat, I can easily say that Dub’s is my most frequent client. Wag will always remain my first true love, but Dub’s has recently been creating its own special place in my heart. Hawk’s Nest will never be able to compete simply because it just doesn’t offer variety. No surprises there. So, yeah, let’s hit up Dub’s today.