Little Cub Eats: The Corner Room

The Corner Room 100 W College Ave.

Ease of Access: 7/10

The Corner Room is located directly across the street from Hammond building, which takes me about ten minutes to walk to from Pollock.

Lioncash+: Accepted

Bank Account Happiness: 90%

I mean, technically, it's 100% if you take into account that my parents paid for it. The prices at The Corner Room are actually very decent, and I did not find anything on the menu I believed to be too overpriced. My veggie wrap was $6.99, but I did not finish it, so you could think of it as $3.50 for dinner and $3.50 for lunch the next day, which is a cheaper dinner and the same price as lunch at the dining commons.

Big Group or Study spot?

This was quite the typical restaurant set up, with booths and tables and a normal amount of noise, so I wouldn't recommend studying here, but it also wouldn't be impossible if you absolutely needed to.

The Food

From the top, my mom ordered the Shepard's Pie, on the left is my Veggie Wrap, and the bottom is my dad's Greek Salad.

The Shepard's Pie, by my mom's evaluation, was a typical Shepard's Pie with beef gravy. She seemed satisfied and I had a single kernel of corn that made me want to try more, though I did not eat anymore.

The Greek salad seemed a fairly typical salad, with tomatoes, black olives, green and red peppers, an egg, and feta cheese. Though not what I would typically think of in a Greek salad, my dad seemed to enjoy it. I did not try his salad because I hate peppers.

Which brings me to my Veggie Wrap. For starters, the wrap does not come with the (seemingly randomly placed exactly four) olives pictured to the left, as my dad hates olives, so he gave his to me. The wrap also comes with zucchini, squash, onions, cheese, and red and green peppers. This is my struggle with becoming a vegetarian is that most "veggie" entrees typically include some form of Pepper, who is my Arch Nemesis. I do love some good zucchini and squash, however, so I braved being that picky person and asked for no peppers. It was very obvious that they make a big batch of these veggies at once because even without peppers in my wrap, it still tasted like peppers!!

If you are someone who likes the overwhelming taste of green peppers lingering in your food, then this wrap I imagine would be perfect for you. The wrap was not awful-- I ate the whole thing, but I have been trained throughout my life to suck it up and it your food because "this is dinner," as my mom used to say-- but by the time I had finished the other half the next day, I did not want to taste anymore peppers for the foreseeable future.

I was very happy with my small fruit cup, though, and the atmosphere in The Corner Room was enjoyable. It gives off an old timey vibe (since it appears to have been around for awhile) with all the memorabilia hanging around, so please do not be turned away with my blatant dislike for peppers.