{"id":23384,"date":"2016-06-06T12:50:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T18:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23384"},"modified":"2016-06-07T08:40:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T14:40:17","slug":"2-million-renovation-underway-at-lodge-dining-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23384","title":{"rendered":"$2 million renovation underway at Lodge dining facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23392\" style=\"width: 1644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13268117_1704072303174828_5697673024105527817_o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23392 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13268117_1704072303174828_5697673024105527817_o.jpg\" alt=\"13268117_1704072303174828_5697673024105527817_o\" width=\"1644\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13268117_1704072303174828_5697673024105527817_o.jpg 1644w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13268117_1704072303174828_5697673024105527817_o-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13268117_1704072303174828_5697673024105527817_o-768x221.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13268117_1704072303174828_5697673024105527817_o-750x216.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13268117_1704072303174828_5697673024105527817_o-150x43.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1644px) 100vw, 1644px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renovations are underway in The Lodge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Work is underway on a renovation of the kitchen and food areas of The Lodge to allow for better flow of diners as they check in and get their meals, additional menu options and better equipment in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>The $2 million renovation incorporates what Mark Hayes, director, Dining and Hospitality Services, calls a \u201cmicro restaurant\u201d concept, similar to that of Roaring Fork, the dining facility in Alpine Village.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/160408_UCCS_Lodge_24x36-fp-elev-final.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23377\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/160408_UCCS_Lodge_24x36-fp-elev-final-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"160408_UCCS_Lodge_24x36-fp-elev-final\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/160408_UCCS_Lodge_24x36-fp-elev-final-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/160408_UCCS_Lodge_24x36-fp-elev-final-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/160408_UCCS_Lodge_24x36-fp-elev-final-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/160408_UCCS_Lodge_24x36-fp-elev-final-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/160408_UCCS_Lodge_24x36-fp-elev-final.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Renovation work on The Lodge, in Summit Village, includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remodeling the entryway to create a more open area<\/li>\n<li>Creating and expanding food areas, including a larger salad bar, a separate area for allergy- and gluten-free foods and a new ice cream bar<\/li>\n<li>Building and expanding stations for an international grill, a bigger pizza area and a Mediterranean food area<\/li>\n<li>Creating better locations for such things as beverages and utensils<\/li>\n<li>Installing new kitchen equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s updated equipment, the flow is going to be better, and it\u2019s going to be a little bigger because we\u2019re pushing the walls back,\u201d Hayes said of the renovation.<\/p>\n<p>The dining area will not be renovated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-23394\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The renovation will be complete by mid-July, and the first meal served will be dinner on the day the residence halls open for move-in. The Lodge serves about 1,600 meals daily when school is in session.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt worked when we built it, but it didn\u2019t keep up with the growth of the campus,\u201d Hayes said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos courtesy UCCS Dining and Hospitality Services<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A $2 million renovation of the kitchen and food areas of The Lodge is underway to allow for better flow of diners as they check in and get their meals, additional menu options and better kitchen equipment. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23384\" title=\"$2 million renovation underway at Lodge dining facility\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":23394,"comment_status":"open","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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/13244197_1704404043141654_4723362277440685969_o.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-65a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23384","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23384"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23396,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23384\/revisions\/23396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}