The Blue Line Deli and Market, located on the first floor in the new section of the Tanner Building is the newest addition to the unique and varied dining options on BYU campus.

"It is taken after the tradition of a New York-style restaurant," said Doug Patterson, manager of Blue Line.

The name is taken from the blue line track of the New York subway, which stops in the financial district of the city. The idea was to tie in the name of the restaurant with the business school at the Tanner Building.

The deli offers a New York inspired menu, with fresh sandwiches and pie, bratwursts, hot entrees, soups, soft-serve ice cream and grab-and-go items. The market section features a quick-stop grocery store with items like fresh fruit, yogurt and pizza. Additional items include cough drops and business school T-Shirts. The Wi-Fi seating area offers a convenient and classy place to eat and study.

The Blue Line Deli and Market adds to a long list of dining options on BYU campus. Students and faculty can also eat at The Pendulum Court, in the Eyring Science Center, which opened Monday for Fall Semester.

The court is operated by junior level dietetics students who learn food production management on a large scale. They rotate through positions of managers, cooks and bakers.

"You can't learn to cook unless you're doing hands on things in the kitchen," said Kimi Matsuura, 21, a dietetics major from Blackfoot, Idaho, currently enrolled in the NDFS 375 lab that runs the Pendulum Court.

The food is served at a lower cost because the students are not paid. However, reservations must be made at pencourt.byu.edu/reservation.asp to eat at the Pendulum Court.

"I like it because it's a healthy homemade meal," said Cristina Christenson, 24, an exercise science major from Los Angeles, Calif.

The Museum Café in the Museum of Art offers another dining choice on campus. John McDonald, executive chef of BYU dining, said the cafe makes everything on site with fresh ingredients. Desserts are one of the cafe's top selling items.

The atmosphere of the museum adds to the bistro feel of the cafe. Even the dishes are in an array of colors, sizes and irregular shapes, which incorporate the artistic and cultural environment.

The Skyroom, a restaurant on the sixth floor of the Wilkinson Student Center offers views of Timpanogos, Y Mountain and Provo city through big open windows that border the restaurant. During lunch, the Skyroom serves a buffet, but to-go and take-out items are no longer available. On evenings and weekends, the Skyroom can be scheduled for wedding luncheons and breakfasts, business meetings and other catered events.



Copyright Brigham Young University 24 Sep 2008