Hospital cafeterias in Pittsburgh (to the best of my knowledge):
UPMC Presbyterian
UPMC Montefiore
Magee Women's Hospital
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Allegheny General (how many?)
West Penn Hospital (how many?)
I'll rank them using the NIH scoring system (given below, lifted directly from a presentation by Freeman and Friedman on Developing Competitive Grant Applications)
I'm a vegetarian. So I'm biasing my scores towards how vegetarian-friendly these cafeterias are. You may have different opinions about these places. Go write them on your blog, if you feel strongly enough about it.
Hospital
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Score
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Reasons
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Magee
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1
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Delicious, healthy food; plenty of
options of vegetarians and others with diet restrictions; creative in use of
ingredients.
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CHP
|
2
|
Great food. However, sometimes, only options for
vegetarians are pizza and burger. On good days, plenty of choice.
|
Presby
|
9
|
Absolute nightmare. Menu has not changed in 4 years. Terrible
choice of soups and desserts. Exactly 1 vegetarian entrée (“Mediterranean
Veggie Wrap”) per week.
|
Montefiore
|
?
|
Have only eaten here once. Greasy, overly salty food. But
I’ll give it the benefit of doubt and put it down to a bad day.
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Allegheny General
|
?
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Need to assess
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West Penn
|
?
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Need to assess
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So what brought this on? My new job is at Magee Women's Research Institute, a short walk away from the Magee cafeteria. I can't help comparing the quality of my noon meal at Magee to what I subjected myself last year, when the closest place to eat was the Presby cafeteria.
I lost about 10 pounds last year while subsisting on Presby food, because all I could eat was the salad- the sole dish that was not floating in oil. Compare that to yesterday's vegetarian entree at Magee (quinoa with baked butternut squash. Yummy!) and today's (vegetarian chili with succotash and rutabaga on brown rice. Lovely!)
So, I hope that the Presby chefs take some ideas from the Magee guys. Then again, who cares? I don't have to ever eat there again!
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