{"id":135056,"date":"2021-09-29T14:55:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T20:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=135056"},"modified":"2021-09-29T15:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T21:11:19","slug":"roaring-fork-expands-hours-as-lodge-moves-to-grab-and-go-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=135056","title":{"rendered":"Roaring Fork expands hours as Lodge moves to grab-and-go service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/diningservices.uccs.edu\/locations-and-menus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCCS_NewHousingatDusk16GA-1-750x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCCS_NewHousingatDusk16GA-1-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCCS_NewHousingatDusk16GA-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCCS_NewHousingatDusk16GA-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCCS_NewHousingatDusk16GA-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCCS_NewHousingatDusk16GA-1-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/UCCS_NewHousingatDusk16GA-1-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Roaring Fork Dining Hall at dusk. Photo credit: Glenn Asakawa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to staffing shortages, The Lodge dining hall will temporarily transition its hours and services, and the Roaring Fork Dining Hall will expand its hours to accommodate the shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning&nbsp;Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, The Lodge will transition to grab-and-go service for breakfast and lunch, and will be closed for dinner.<s>&nbsp;<\/s>Grab-and-go meals will be available&nbsp;Monday\u2013Friday from 7:30 a.m.\u20132:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In turn, Roaring Fork will expand its hours. Beginning Oct. 2, Roaring Fork will be open Monday\u2013Friday 7 a.m.\u20138 p.m. and Saturday\u2013Sunday from 10 a.m.\u20138 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">Monday\u2013Friday at The Lodge:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Grab-and-go meals available 7:30 a.m.\u20132:30 p.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday\u2013Friday at Roaring Fork:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u200bBreakfast available 7 a.m.\u20139:30 a.m.<\/li><li>Lunch available 10:30 a.m.\u20132 p.m.<\/li><li>Dinner available 4:30 p.m.\u20138 p.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday\u2013Sunday at Roaring Fork:&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Brunch available 10 a.m.\u20132 p.m.<\/li><li>Dinner available 4:30 p.m.\u20138 p.m.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Alpine Express offers hot food for meal plan holders from 7 p.m.\u201311 p.m. from Sunday\u2013Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reflecting a nationwide trend in the dining and hospitality industries, UCCS Dining and Hospitality is operating with less than 50 percent of its staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This difficult decision was made to better serve students at one dining hall, as opposed to a low standard of service at two halls,&#8221; said Alfonso Quinones, <meta charset=\"utf-8\">Director of Dining and Hospitality Services. &#8220;We are working diligently to hire and train new employees so that we can return to normal business hours for The Lodge in&nbsp;November.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have questions or concerns, <a href=\"mailto:aquinon4@uccs.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact Alfonso Quinones<\/a>, Director of Dining and Hospitality Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Lodge dining hall will temporarily transition its hours and services, and the Roaring Fork Dining Hall will expand its hours to accommodate the shift. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=135056\" title=\"Roaring Fork expands hours as Lodge moves to grab-and-go service\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":135060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,49],"tags":[185,63],"class_list":["post-135056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-campus-announcements","tag-dining-and-hospitality-services","tag-student-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Communique-Banner-700x526-23.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-z8k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135056"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135067,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135056\/revisions\/135067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/135060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}