Cowpie Cafe: Labor of Love

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Oct 22

Vivian Bryan | October 22, 2024

Cowpie Cafe has remained a student-led, vegetarian and vegan/gluten-free conscious cafe for 24 years. A popular alternative to Gladfelter Dining Hall, Cowpie has curated its own culture and flavor, serving students twice a day for lunch and dinner Monday through Friday. The space provides alternate comfortable dining areas like Cowpie Lawn. Though the line is long, students willingly wait because local, sustainable, and from-scratch food makes a difference.

Students of the crew do more than whip up tasty and healthy meals, the real work is in the details: writing and sharing recipes, sourcing ingredients from upstairs, partnering with WWC garden and farm, writing out the menu/ingredients, washing dishes, serving on the food line, following kitchen health/safety guidelines, and plenty of cleaning!

“We are always trying to cut down on our serving sizes so our “CORE” compost bin is lighter.” - Supervisor Mia Adelman

Senior Colter Conway and freshman Connor O’Leary work in the dish room.

O’Leary and Adelman perfect the flavor of the hummus.

Freshman Greta Ostergaard writes out ingredients of meals on board.

4 year member of Cowpie Crew, Conway transfers veggies onto pans to bake in the oven.

Sophomore Hannah Johnson and Adelman prep a Jicama for a side dish.

“I’ve worked in a lot of different restaurants, I feel like Cowpie is the best place to learn and try new things. The work we do feeds people, I try and take a lot of pride in that.” - Senior Jaden McLean.