Committee discusses K-ville food trucks

The Duke University Student Dining Advisory Committee met Wednesday to discuss recent updates and upcoming changes in the dining system.

While DUSDAC members sampled new appetizers and entrees from Plate and Pitchfork, they heard updates from Head Line Monitor John Reynolds and Director of Dining Services Jim Wulforst.

Reynolds, a senior, announced that food trucks have begun making nightly visits to K-ville and will continue to do so until personal checks.

One truck will be in K-ville each night, Tuesday through Saturday, said Reynolds, adding that the trucks—which all accept food points—will arrive late at night.

Although no statistics are yet available, Reynolds noted that OnlyBurger has been most successful so far.

“Every night they’ve been out there, there’s been a line all the way through,” Reynolds said. “They go until they run out of food.”

Wulforst also announced that the cafe in Smith Warehouse, an extension of the Saladelia Cafe, was recently closed. In its place, a “high-tech vending program” will be installed in the near future.

The University is planning to incorporate a new advertising program called Sidewalk that aims to use social networking and communication technology to increase sales during times of typically low demand, Wulforst added. Sidewalk would use text messages or Twitter to alert students of temporary specials and discounts at campus eateries.

Co-chairs Alex Klein and Andrew Schreiber, both seniors, discussed plans to write reviews of off-campus eateries, both those well-known and obscure.

Klein proposed a system that would rate restaurants in terms of how they are suited to specific situations. Examples suggested by Klein were “best place to go hungover on a Sunday morning” and “best place to go before you go out.”