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spector, leave the new Amigos restaurant in the Nebraska Union this week after checking some
wiring.
Union fast breaks to fast foods
By Rebecca Kruse
Staff Reporter
It’s the end of an era.
Cafeteria-style food service, which
has been a part of the Nebraska Union
since 1968, has become a thing of the
past.
But as the fall semester begins, so
will business for Imperial Palace
Express, which offers Chinese food,
and Amigos, which offers Mexican
food.
Frank Kuhn, assistant director of
operations for the Nebraska Union,
said the new restaurants would give
customers a wider range of choices.
“Now we think we have a nice
variety of fast-food restaurants,” he
said.
Smaller tables have been added to
the new food court to allow for more
seating, Kuhn said, butotherwise, the
seating arrangement is expected to
stay the same.
Dick Williams, director of food
services for the Nebraska Union, said
the first cafeteria opened its doors in
the Union in 1968. The cafeteria was
called the Harvest Room until 1989
when its name was changed to Fast
Break.
Kuhn said an economic crunch
and changing limes prompted the
closing of Fast Break cafeteria and
the opening of the two new restau
rants.
“We were losing money in the
Harvest Room, and students wanted
something different,” he said.
Although 4()0 to 500 customers,
including students, faculty and staff,
stopped by Fast Break each day, the
cafeteria reportedly lost $100,000
during each of the last three years,
Kuhn said..
A Union Board survey taken in
1991 and 1992 indicated that respon
dents wanted Mexican and Chinese
food restaurants. Bids from food
vendors were taken, and the board
made its selections. Final approval
came from the NU Board of Regents.
Kuhn said he thought customers’
tastes had moved in different direc
tions, with people opting for more
than just the basic meat and potatoes
offered at traditional cafeterias.
“I think students, faculty and eve
rybody in general arc more health
conscious,” he said.
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