Welcome Back Denisonians

We are so excited to meet you and introduce a whole new level of dining at Denison!

Who We Are

At Denison Hospitality, we expect our food to taste good, but we want it to be much bigger than that. We want you to know where it comes from, how it’s made, who prepared it through endless storytelling. When you return to campus, you’ll notice that we share our culinary story with 100% transparency on the Denison Hospitality website, digital signage, and chalk signage highlighting our daily menus with nutritional info, local partners, and allergen information. We use fresh, vibrant, responsibly sourced ingredients to create exciting flavors from down the street and around the globe. We have engaged with nearly 25 local businesses to remind you of home right from our backyard!

Our world-class chefs, hospitality team, and food enthusiasts are ready to create dishes and experiences that meet every need with an option for everyone.

We bring fresh ingredients and new ideas together in a way that encourages personal growth, meaningful connections, and a strong sense of community. We are a team of chefs, hospitality experts, and food enthusiasts delivering a different kind of culinary experience. Quality is our commitment, and our chefs go beyond technique and flavor development to bring you a quality meal from sourcing to preparation.

We believe in preparing food that is safe for you and essential to a healthy life. So, our commitment is to help you power your activities on campus with good food and a dining program that makes it easy for you to eat right. It’s why we have healthy and wholesome choices available every day, and it’s why we have nutrition and wellness programs that help take some of the mystery out of healthy living.

Meet Your Dining Team

Meet the Director of Hospitality for Denison Hospitality, Wilkenson Pierre. Wilkenson is originally from Cape Cod MA, about an hour outside of Boston. He has been working in the hospitality industry since the age of 16. With a long history in the field, he has had the opportunity to work in many different hotels, resorts, convention centers, arenas and CCRCs. He is excited to create an authentic and memorable dining experience for all Denisonians.

We have some exciting new additions to our team and more on the way! Click here to meet your Denison Hospitality Leadership Team.

What’s New

allgood: The Table at Curtis Dining Hall will feature an allgood destination, which is curated without the Top 9 Allergens. Students with food allergies, athletes or folks just looking for wholesome dishes will all be satisfied dining at allgood.
The Table at Huffman Dining Hall will also feature an allgood pantry destination filled with snacks, mixed pastries and goods for those with dietary or nutritional restrictions that will be linked to their Denison ID card.

The Hive: Slayter Market will feature The Hive Culinary Studio, a culturally diverse dining destination that constantly evolves based on dining trends, Columbus and Granville area chef partners and yep, you guessed it, your feedback!

Just a few of The Hive concepts to be on the lookout for are:

• Hello Bowl—a variety of bowls that are nutritionally balanced and packed with flavor.
• Hickory—the best of traditional American BBQ.
• La Sabrosa—authentic favorites and new flavors from Latin America and Mexico.
• Nakiri—globally inspired dishes like sushi, pad thai and ramen.

Late Night Bites @ The Nest:

We will have a late-night kitchen available through Grubhub Mobile and pick-up from Slayter Market. A fresh, new menu with an emphasis on sharing savory and sweet charcuterie and dessert boards. Select a chef-designed board or create-your-own. Choosing your charcuterie board brings a whole new and exciting meaning to group think. And no worries, Denison Hospitality still has us covered with classics like mac and cheese and cool flatbreads.

Order up from Grubhub Mobile Campus!

Say hello to Grubhub Mobile campus ordering at Denison! This has already been introduced at Slayter Market and will be available at our on-campus restaurants in the fall. Save $3.00 off your first pick-up order of $7.00 or higher with the promo code ‘NOMS’ before checkout. You will be able to link your Denison ID card as one of your payment forms when the meal plans begin at the start of the fall semester.

In the meantime, if you’re on campus, cut your waiting time in half with Grubhub Mobile at Slayter Market and experience fresh smoothies, yogurt bowls, salads and grain bowls from Greens & Grains, or classic breakfast, lunch sandwiches and trendy sides from Broad Street Grill. Our guest associates on site are happy to help you get set up on the mobile app or direct you to a kiosk machine in the seating area to get started munching!

Download the “Grubhub” app on Google Play or the Apple Store to order food on the go!

Follow these step-by-step instructions to activate Campus Dining in the Grubhub app!

Stay Connected!

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @denisonhospitality for exclusive opportunities to sign up for upcoming Farm to Table dinners and to join us for weekly specials, pop-ups, features and more!

Looking to see what’s currently open on campus? Visit the ‘Menus & Hours’ tab on the Denison Hospitality website here.

Take it to-go with ReusePass

In line with Denison University’s waste reduction initiative, we are continuing our reusable to-go container program Greenies, now powered by ReusePass in partnership with Topanga. This program will be implemented at The Table at Huffman and The Table at Curtis dining halls at the start of the fall semester, followed by at Slayter Market this September. By participating in the Greenies to-go program, powered by ReusePass, you can help Denison Hospitality achieve its sustainability goals while also taking steps to protect the environment.

If you would like to participate in this sustainability program, compostable Greenies boxes will be available to all who choose to take part. You can sign up for the program at the Table at Huffman or Table at Curtis dining halls at the start of the fall semester, or stay tuned on our Instagram for pop-up events where you can also get signed on through the Reusepass academy.

Save money and support the chase to reduce waste one plate at the time!

Health & Wellbeing

Meet Rachel, the Health and Wellbeing Manager for Denison Hospitality. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and a Masters in Nutrition Science from the University at Buffalo, Buffalo New York. Rachel competed as a NCAA D1 track and cross-country athlete while at Buffalo and has a background in sports nutrition. Rachel went on to complete her dietetic internship in her home country at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Canada. Rachel is looking forward to helping Denisonians navigate dining on campus and supporting health and wellbeing.

Rachel works closely with the culinary team and management staff to ensure there is a variety of nutrient-dense choices available across campus every day. Healthy dining options are vital for overall wellbeing and nourishing the campus community is a top priority.

Rachel is available to provide guidance to ensure healthy eating as a lifestyle here on campus. Rachel can aid the campus with dietary allergies or preferences as well as provide individual and group nutrition tours to familiarize the campus community with the dining opportunities. Rachel will be providing specialized presentations and tabling events throughout the year to increase awareness between nutrition and healthy living.

You can contact Rachel directly via email: barichr@denison.edu

Eat Like A Denisonian

Denison University offers a variety of meal plans tailored to fit your busy schedule and tastes. Meal plans are convenient, flexible and loaded with options. They also give you easy access to dining restaurants all across campus with a range of hours as early as 7:00 am and late as 1:00 am when the fall semester starts.

First-year, sophomore/junior meal plans include a certain number of meal swipes to access The Table at Curtis and Huffman dining halls. Unused Meal Swipes do not roll over and reset weekly on Sunday morning.

First-year, sophomore/junior meal plans also include a portion of the meal swipes that can be used as meal exchanges that provide meal options at Slayter Market, Slivy’s or at The Nest. Unused Meal Exchange Swipes do not roll over and also reset weekly on Sunday morning.

Flex Dollars are declining balance that can be used at grab-and-go locations on campus, (such as Slayter Market, Slivy’s, and The Nest). Flex Dollars roll over from fall semester to spring semester, but do not roll over to a new academic year. So be sure to spend all your Flex Dollars by the end of spring semester. Also included in your meal plan are Big Red Bucks which can be used at partnering restaurants in Granville.

For more information about Denison Hospitality meal plan options and frequently asked questions click here!

Guest Feedback

We pride ourselves on evolving the program based on guest feedback; our mantra is “for students, by students,” meaning you are the spark that ignites daily changes to the food served or the events hosted. Here are just some of the ways you’ll be able to give feedback:

• Napkin talk wall will be installed inside various on campus restaurants.
• Your Feedback Matters surveys
• ‘Contact Us’ page on the Denison Hospitality website
• Focus group and Dining Committee Meetings
• Social media on Instagram or Facebook

We cannot wait to welcome you all back to Denison for another wonderful year! Be sure to visit denisonhospitality.com for all of your dining needs. Stay in the loop with upcoming events, specials, & highlights by following us on Instagram or Facebook If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us.