Lunch time at UConn as the new school year begins offers something new: a food truck called Food for Thought, open for business near the library.
"I ordered the Baja Taco," said junior Mira Theodore, a junior. "I think it was fish with like some lime sauce, red onions and lettuce. I'm hungry, I just got out of class."
She and her friends took their tacos to go.
"We're just trying to add some value to students, give them another option on campus. As you know we keep getting busier and busier with the students," said Chuck Couture, who is in charge of retail for Dining Services at UConn.
As an alternative to dining halls, the food truck takes only cash, credit cards or Husky Bucks – not meal cards. But it's not serving burgers and fries either. How about Thai tacos?
"It's got a bunch of beef and onions and red peppers, and it sounds pretty good," said Jeff Faulkner, as he awaited his order.
The menu is exotic, with items priced at less than $7.
Nearby, a group of graduate students lined up at the Blue Cow, the UConn Dairy Bar's mobile unit.
"I'm coming right from class. I have a little break right between classes, so all I have to do is find these trucks. I've been going here for a while, and this is much more convenient than it used to be," said graduate student Sean Walsh.
The plan is to serve UConn students at dorms and apartments at dinner time and late at night, and also to roll out the trucks for special events.
