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jpallan t1_j8hiyl1 wrote
Right. Like, a corporate cafeteria requires that you work there. It's kind of the point of the whole thing! I'm not kink shaming here, I'm kink asking why.
OP, get invited to someone's office. Kendall Square's Google office has some pretty good food, though honestly all corporate cafeterias have minimised their offerings since the pandemic began.
some1saveusnow t1_j8imu57 wrote
I think they’re looking for a situation where they can go independently, take their time, possibly do work at etc. Not necessarily even be social..
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sckuzzle t1_j8hxv7t wrote
The cheap and good (subsidized) corporate cafeterias you are looking for are for employees only. They don't allow members of the public in. If it were public, they wouldn't subsidize it.
vhalros t1_j8iezo0 wrote
Some of them allow employees to bring guests a limited number of times per month. I suppose one could schmooze their way in that way.
FewTemperature8599 t1_j8i0vcn wrote
Education First building in East Cambridge has a wonderful patio in the spring/summer that's open to the public. Not sure if they do lunch, but after work they sell cheap pitchers of beer and bar food like nachos
FNILife t1_j8is7m3 wrote
Can confirm, used to work at EF! Lingo is open to the public and has great food at very reasonable prices. Also it turns into a full bar at 4pm M-F, again open to the public
ThatWendyGirl11 t1_j8ias04 wrote
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
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
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.
cptninc t1_j8jvqmy wrote
> mediocre on quality and price point
If that's a negative for you, then you should probably stop looking for corporate cafeterias.
ghostly-smoke t1_j8i1gw0 wrote
There are cafeterias in some biotech buildings in Alewfie where there are multiple tenants (as in, the building isn’t just one large pharma). The one at Discovery park isn’t good, but there’s another down the street from the station that is!
Ioseb_Hates_Money t1_j8mk2sw wrote
I’m very familiar with the cafeteria at 200 Chambers Park Dr., and I agreed that that was not that good. I’m also familiar with revival Coffee Shop, and that is a great place, but pricey, and not so many food options for lunch. What is this other place that you were referring to?
Quiet-Ad8905 t1_j8kaz2a wrote
The Cambridge park drive one is decent. It’s open to the public. At 200 Cambridge park drive but the revival for fried chicken Friday is where you want to go
Rachellie242 t1_j8n2m57 wrote
Hospitals have cafeterias open to the public. I used to work in the Longwood area, and liked the one at Dana Farber? I know it’s weird if you don’t work in healthcare, but it’s there.
guimontag t1_j8h4tzc wrote
Harvard campus has a couple kind of like that but not 100% cafeteria. Northwest Science building has something.
akanefive t1_j8i0jcv wrote
There are some public spaces in Harvard with good food: Clover in the Science Center and a bunch of stuff in the Smith Campus Center, but all of the "cafeterias" are for Harvard affiliates. I imagine the same is true for MIT.
tamirabeth t1_j8jhxbk wrote
The Law School has the best, hands down.
tamirabeth t1_j8jhxv0 wrote
The Law School has the best, hands down.
guimontag t1_j8jo99p wrote
yeah the law school isn't very cafeteria-y though I guess? I remember it was open to the public pre-pandemic and took cash/cc. IDK you can get into the law school student center without a swipe anymore though, I believe harvard policy is still affiliates only in the buildings, but if you're like a contractor/construction guy on campus for something and go to one of the cash places they have (something that isn't specifically a student/faculty dining hall) no one cares.
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