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Monet Ota | Senior Graphic Artist

My thoughts on Raising Cane’s: It’s really mid

Nicole Lee November 7, 2023
Fried chicken. A topic of hot commodity. It sparks controversies, grandiose emotions, and heated debates. Remember September 2021? Popeye’s versus KFC? People seem to go crazy for the delicacy that lies beneath a shell of crispy battered coating.
Analise Bruno | Senior Graphic Artist

A perfect manual on preparing for 4/20

Katie Harmon April 20, 2023
You might be wondering — especially if this is your first 4/20 celebration — what should I do to commemorate the occasion? How do you prepare for this magical day? It’s critical to be fully prepared so all you have to do is sit back, relax, and smoke a nice joint with your buds.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: The cost of convenience

Bailey Salimes November 9, 2021
When it comes to ease of living in the United States, our health — and the earth’s — can often pay the price. Convenience shops, big box stores and drive-thrus seem to etch themselves into our lives as we become too absorbed in the more major matters at hand. 
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Why is the United States so weird?

Veronica Thompson April 6, 2021
My international roommate caused me to revisit my disillusionment with life in the United States.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: We shouldn’t celebrate a Chick-fil-A food truck

Editors January 29, 2021

If you’re on campus this semester and have walked past Boston University’s College of Communication, you might have seen a big, red food truck. At the beginning of the year, Chick-fil-A began parking...

Chick-Fil-A will operate a food truck in front of the College of Communication every Wednesday until 6 p.m. during the Spring semester. THALIA LAUZON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Chick-fil-A truck comes to Charles River Campus

Juncheng Quan January 28, 2021
The brightly-painted red Chick-fil-A truck will park in front of the College of Communication every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the duration of this semester.
OTTO Pizza on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston University’s West Campus. SARAH SILBIGER/ DFP FILE

Boston restaurants to look forward to this Fall

Madeline Humphrey June 12, 2020
As Boston University gears up to reopen campus this Fall, many restaurants on and around campus also hope to resume regular business. We’ve compiled a few to keep in mind when planning weekend outings or relaxation time between classes.
Shake Shack employees cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Downtown Crossing location, the burger chain’s third Boston storefront. ALYSSA FIGUEROA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Shake Shack opens new location in Boston’s Downtown Crossing

Alyssa Figueroa November 4, 2019
The new store is Boston's third Shake Shack and can be found at 322 Washington Street.
A new Taco Bell location opened on Friday in Boston’s Downtown Crossing. DAPHNE ANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

New Taco Bell opens in Downtown Crossing, first location in downtown

Anna Facciola September 19, 2019
Previously, Boston residents were forced to travel to Cambridge or West Roxbury to get their fill of the iconic fast food.
A McDonald’s hamburger, fries and drink. Fast food chains have been expanding across the country, adding more nutrient-lacking and calorie-dense food into American diets. COURTESY OF MCDONALD’S/ FLICKR

New study shows changes in fast food menus in past 30 years

Amelia Murray-Cooper March 7, 2019
Fast food chains have expanded across the United States in recent decades, putting more nutrient-lacking and calorie-dense food into American diets. To help explain the nation’s growing dependence on this “junk food,” researchers at Boston University and Tufts University examined how fast food menus have changed over the past 30 years.
EDITORIAL: Food ATMs are the future

EDITORIAL: Food ATMs are the future

Editors January 27, 2017

Die-hard fast food fans, and even those who only indulge occasionally, are familiar with the process of ordering, waiting for your food and heading to your table with a red tray and soft drink in hand....

JOHNSTON: What food says about the 2016 political environment

JOHNSTON: What food says about the 2016 political environment

Andrew Johnston September 21, 2016

It’s not often that food consumption becomes a major topic of a tightly fought political race, but when you’re really stuck between two ridiculous candidates, it might be helpful to acknowledge their...

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