Central Dining Hall

480 Rivers St, Boone
(828) 262-2012

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The dining room in Central offers a wide variety of food options, including pizza, pasta, salad, and multiple rotating entree stations. There are also a few restaurants across from the dining room that accept campus card as well as debit and credit.
I have only been here a couple weeks, but the food has been pretty good so far. You just need to know what to get as some items are really good and other are not. Pizza, burgers, chicken tenders are hit or miss. The salad bar is always fresh and good. Usually they serve an international dish, and that is always good. The pasta station is also always pretty good. When they have roasted chicken breast with mashed potatoes, vegetables, and Mac n cheese, that is also usually good....
Lower Central/Sanford Commons (I'm not going to be commenting on the quality of Upper/Rivers Street Cafe since I don't have a meal plan and haven't been up there) tends to be incredibly hit or miss depending on what you get. Here's my thoughts on all the options I've had there:
The Carving Board's sandwiches and wraps are consistently really good. Everything from there tastes super fresh. The tomatoes they use specifically are extremely flavorful...

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