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‘Woody’ provides great food, great education to students

Published: Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Updated: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 10:03

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The Penn/ Brock Fleeger

Allenwood Restaurant began as a cafeteria for school children and evolved into a restaurant and lab course for students interested in hospitality management


"Where's woody?" This phrase is posted on flyers hanging up in academic buildings.

"Woody" stands for the Allenwood Restaurant in Ackerman Hall.

The hospitality management department is currently serving light, refreshing dishes such as salads, soups and pastas for prices that won't break the bank.

"[Allenwood Restaurant opened] in 1965, and we pre­pared the lunches for school children," said Tom Vandyke, current chairperson for the hospitality management depart­ment. "It just evolved from that point of time."

The restaurant not only offers great deals for food and enjoy­ment to students, but serves as an educational tool for students who are in the hospitality management department.

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