Monday - Friday
Breakfast 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Lunch 11:15 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Dinner 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday
Brunch 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Dinner 5:00 p.m. -6:30 p.m.
Sunday
Brunch 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Dinner 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Overall, I'm a pretty big McConnell fan (except on those nights where you hover from salad bar to exhibition 1 to the grill to the desserts to the frozen yogurt over and over without satisfaction). But I understood that it's not a real restaurant.
Until now...
The David Allen blog on InsideSocal.com named McConnell "Restaurant of the Week" back in November:
The best dining bargain in the Inland Valley may be the Claremont Colleges dining halls. Sure, they're for students and faculty, but the general public is allowed in. They have breakfast, lunch and dinner on weekdays, brunch and dinner on weekends. It's buffet style, all you can eat, and the cost is a mere $7, beverage and tax included. (You might be able to bluff your way in for the $6 student-faculty fee.)
The New Diner followed up and revealed some of the lowest culinary standards I've ever seen:
The mac and cheese was so creamy and rich. This isn't from some damn box. The cheese sauce was perfectly mixed into the perfectly cooked macaroni. Topped with bread crumbs, this is a winning combo.
A treat for me was the gourmet ice machine!!! The had two flavors, lime and mango. The lime was just OK. Nothing special. But the mango flavor was great. A ton of mango flavor, nice and refreshing even when it is 55 degrees outside. I also love the fact that they server Coke, not third rate cola.
I loved the oatmeal raisin cookie. Lots of raisins, cinnamon, not too sweet.
...
Of course it maybe a bit uncomfortable eating dinner with a bunch of snotty rich kids but I have no reason to talk to them. And they are so into their own world, they won't even notice somebody who isn't part of their small world.
Ewwwwwwwww.
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