{"id":1970363,"date":"2025-08-20T13:05:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1970363"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:05:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:05:05","slug":"bama-dining-serving-up-new-food-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bama-dining-serving-up-new-food-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Bama Dining Serving Up New Food, Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Foodies on campus are in for a treat this fall as Bama Dining unveils several new dining options along with other exciting changes, like a brand-new entertainment space next to the newest late-night snack spot.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s Hungry? New Food Options<\/strong><\/h2>\n

SocialBites to Open in Lakeside Dining Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

SocialBites opened in the Lakeside Dining Hall\u00a0Aug. 14 with a grand opening planned for Sept. 18. The concept features four restaurants \u2013 The Original Hot Chicken, Inked Tacos, Flametown Burgers and Pinsa Pizza. This serves as Bama Dining\u2019s late-night option on campus with\u00a0regular hours 5 p.m.-1 a.m. starting Aug. 20.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Choolaah Opens in the Student Center<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Choolaah is bringing ancient tandoor cooking methods and Indian comfort food to The University of Alabama Student Center. They serve up fresh ingredients in authentic, high-quality dishes. They also offer vegetarian-friendly meals and Halal-certified food options.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coach Bus \u2013 Built by Students for Students<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be on the lookout this fall for The COACH Bus, a food truck operated by Bama Dining. This double-decker bus will serve up traditional favorites easily taken on-the-go like grilled cheese, smashburgers and fish and chips.<\/p>\n

New Vegetarian Friendly VIP Options<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bama Dining worked with student Swastee Regmi to introduce vegetarian-friendly VIP meal options at retail dining locations like Chick-fil-A and Raising Cane\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Collaboration with the Common Market<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

This summer, Bama Dining committed to working with The Common Market<\/a> to support local farmers and growers in the Southeast. All rice, sweet potatoes, collard greens, frozen blueberries and some apples will be supplied to the dining halls from local growers in Alabama, Georgia and Arkansas. These ingredients can be found in the dining hall marked with new \u201cLocally Grown\u201d identifiers.<\/p>\n

Familiar Favorites<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Low Tide Poke at Alston Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Low Tide Poke replaces the Bistro in Alston Hall with a permanent location.\u00a0The same poke bowls that you know and love are now located closer to the Quad.<\/p>\n

La Mexicana Returns to the Flip Kitchen<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

La Mexicana, the ever-popular taco truck, will return to the Flip Kitchen as the local restaurant feature in the UA Student Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Visit the Bama Dining website<\/a> to see hours and locations for these and other dining options.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

But Wait, There\u2019s More!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

New Gaming & Entertainment Area in Lakeside Benefitting the Food Pantry<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Adjacent to SocialBites,\u00a0a dedicated space for gaming and entertainment\u00a0will be in the mezzanine of Lakeside and will house arcade games, video games, a pool table, a self-playing piano and numerous other entertainment options. Proceeds from game rentals and gameplay will be donated directly to the Student Care & Well-Being on-campus food pantry.<\/p>\n

Raising Cane\u2019s Renovation<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Raising Cane\u2019s location inside Paty Hall is currently undergoing renovations and will reopen this fall with a fresh new look.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New Executive Chefs<\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bama Dining is introducing two new executive chefs \u2013 Stanley Harris and Darvin McDaniel. Harris is the new executive chef for Lakeside Dining Hall and McDaniel is the executive chef for all of Bama Dining.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.ua.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Foodies on campus are in for a treat this fall as Bama Dining unveils several new dining options along with other exciting changes, like a brand-new entertainment space next to the newest late-night snack spot. Who\u2019s Hungry? New Food Options SocialBites to Open in Lakeside Dining Hall SocialBites opened in the Lakeside Dining Hall\u00a0Aug. 14 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1970364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bama-Dining-Serving-Up-New-Food-Entertainment.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}