Forbes Café: A New Pricing Scam? Op Ed June 25, 2015 11 Comments The situation at Forbes signals a broader concern: The interests of students are deliberately left out of the decision-making process in favor of market analyses to generate profit. Read More »
Forbes Cafe changes food pricing system Catherine Zaw June 24, 2015 0 Comments Last week, Forbes Family Cafe, located in the Huang Engineering Center, implemented changes to the pricing of its hot food and salad bar items. Rather than having a flat price of $7.25 for a hot food... Read More »
Ike’s Place to come to Palo Alto Nitish Kulkarni June 13, 2015 3 Comments Popular sandwich shop Ike’s Place, which closed at the end of spring quarter last year amid student protests, is returning to the Stanford area. In a post on the popular photo sharing app... Read More »
Forbes Family Café quietly opens at start of winter quarter Sarah Moore February 3, 2015 0 Comments Since opening on Jan. 5, R&DE’s Forbes Family Café in the Huang Engineering Center has met a generally positive yet mild reception from the Stanford community. The eatery is located in the space... Read More »
Ike’s places bid on Lathrop Library cafe space Catherine Zaw October 14, 2014 5 Comments In a public tweet earlier this week, Ike Shehadeh, owner of sandwich shop Ike's Place, announced that he had placed a bid for his eatery on the Lathrop Library cafe space. Read More »
Forbes Family Cafe to announce its opening date in coming weeks Katie Zingheim October 6, 2014 11 Comments The Forbes Family Cafe will announce its opening date after inspections are completed in the next week or two. Read More »
Ike’s Place sacked: RFP cites survey, but students angry with process Edward Ngai May 19, 2014 25 Comments On April 25, the University announced that Ike’s Place will be replaced by an eatery operated by Stanford Residential and Dining Enterprises (R&DE) in September. R&DE has not yet announced the... Read More »
Ike’s Place to close, R&DE outlet to replace it Marshall Watkins April 28, 2014 32 Comments Ike’s Place, the popular sandwich eatery located in the Huang Engineering Center, will leave campus at the end of this academic year at the expiration of its current contract. Read More »