ThatWendyGirl11 t1_j8ias04 wrote on February 14, 2023 at 2:56 PM

As an MIT grad student, I can tell you the MIT situation. The Vassar Street cafeteria (in the Stata Center) at MIT isn’t great, agreed. Pre-pandemic the Broad Institute cafeteria across the street from the Stata Center was good. There also used to be a little lunch setup in one of the biotech buildings next to Stata, but I’m not sure it came back after the pandemic.I think Sloan also has a cafeteria? Finally, the MIT student center has a cafeteria-like set-up on the 2nd floor, but the whole building is inaccessible due to a burst water pipe.

If you want a nice corporate cafeteria, befriend someone at Google and have them invite you over for the free lunch. That is pretty nice.

IamUnamused t1_j8ilbje wrote on February 14, 2023 at 4:07 PM

Yep, the cafe at Sloan is pretty decent, plus a nice area outside on the Memorial Drive side to sit in the good weather. The buildings just recently opened back up to the public, so you should be able to get in via the Main Street entrance.

TheOriginalTerra t1_j8n9k7i wrote on February 15, 2023 at 3:47 PM

Yes, there's a cafeteria in the Koch building that's back up and running. I think all of the campus dining facilities are run by Sodexho or similar - "mediocre on quality and price point" would be their slogan if we required corporations to be honest about such things.