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37-516: Cloverfields Dairy Farm was a model dairy farm located in Olympia, Washington . Built by former Washington state pioneer Hazard Stevens after he returned to Olympia in 1914, today the farmhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . After long careers in politics and the military, Hazard Stevens returned to Olympia from Boston, Massachusetts in 1914, determined to develop

74-504: A refectory . Modern-day British cathedrals and abbeys , notably in the Church of England , often use the phrase refectory to describe a cafeteria open to the public. Historically, the refectory was generally only used by monks and priests. For example, although the original 800-year-old refectory at Gloucester Cathedral (the stage setting for dining scenes in the Harry Potter movies)

111-488: A "tray line" to the self-service format, introduced in 1898 at their 130 Broadway location. Childs did not change its format of sit-down dining, however. This was soon the standard design for most Childs Restaurants, and, ultimately, the dominant method for succeeding cafeterias. It has been conjectured that the 'cafeteria craze' started in May 1905, when Helen Mosher opened a downtown L.A. restaurant where people chose their food at

148-559: A demonstration farm in which students take active participation in their classes. There has also been an expanding number of demonstration farms which are used to test various forms of renewable energy, primarily wind turbines and solar panels. Model farms became popular during the Industrial Age , providing education to urbanized populations and encouraging improved welfare standards for agricultural workers. Farm buildings were designed to be beautiful as well as utilitarian, inspired by

185-485: A food court could equally be styled as a type of restaurant as well, being more aligned with the public, rather than institutionalized, dining. Some institutions, especially schools, have food courts with stations offering different types of food served by the institution itself (self-operation) or a single contract management company, rather than leasing space to numerous businesses. Some monasteries , boarding schools , and older universities refer to their cafeteria as

222-952: A food service management company or lease space to independent businesses to operate food service facilities. The three largest food service management companies servicing institutions are Aramark , Compass Group , and Sodexo . At one time, upscale cafeteria-style restaurants dominated the culture of the Southern United States , and to a lesser extent the Midwest . There were numerous prominent chains of them: Bickford's , Morrison's Cafeteria , Piccadilly Cafeteria , S&W Cafeteria , Apple House, Luby's , K&W , Britling , Wyatt's Cafeteria, and Blue Boar among them. Currently, two Midwestern chains still exist, Sloppy Jo's Lunchroom and Manny's , which are both located in Illinois . There were also several smaller chains, usually located in and around

259-635: A large tract of land his father purchased in the 1850s. The first commission in Olympia for architect Joseph Wohleb , the Cloverfields farmhouse still stands today at 1100 Carlyon Avenue SE. It was built in the Dutch Colonial Revival Style and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition to the house, Cloverfields originally included a large barn and two silos . As

296-419: A larger institution, catering to the employees or clientele of that institution. For example, schools , colleges and their residence halls , department stores , hospitals , museums , places of worship , amusement parks , military bases , prisons , factories , and office buildings often have cafeterias. Although some of such institutions self-operate their cafeterias, many outsource their cafeterias to

333-583: A long counter and carried their trays to their tables. California has a long history in the cafeteria format - notably the Boos Brothers Cafeterias, and the Clifton's and Schaber's. The earliest cafeterias in California were opened at least 12 years after Kruger's Cafeteria, and Childs already had many locations around the country. Horn & Hardart , an automat format chain (different from cafeterias),

370-450: A meal plan. The method of payment for college cafeterias is commonly in the form of a meal plan, whereby the patron pays a certain amount at the start of the semester and details of the plan are stored on a computer system. Student ID cards are then used to access the meal plan. Meal plans can vary widely in their details and are often not necessary to eat at a college cafeteria. Typically, the college tracks students' plan usage by counting

407-678: A moral reformer at heart, he sought to establish agricultural educational institutions dedicated to both scientific approach to agriculture and reconnecting individuals of all social classes to the land. His two most celebrated schools, the Scientific Educational Institution for the Higher Social Classes (1806) and the Poor School (1810) garnered attention and visitors from all over Europe and the United States. Through

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444-433: A rolling partition outside non-meal hours. Newer rooms which also act as the school's grand entrance hall for crowd control and are used for multiple purposes are often called the commons . Cafeterias serving university dormitories are sometimes called dining halls or dining commons . A food court is a type of cafeteria found in many shopping malls and airports featuring multiple food vendors or concessions. However,

481-451: A single city. These institutions, except K&W, went into a decline in the 1960s with the rise of fast food and were largely finished off in the 1980s by the rise of all-you-can-eat buffets and other casual dining establishments. A few chains—particularly Luby's and Piccadilly Cafeterias (which took over the Morrison's chain in 1998)—continue to fill some of the gap left by the decline of

518-583: A type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether in a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school ; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or lunchroom (in American English ). Cafeterias are different from coffeehouses , although the English term came from the Spanish term cafetería , which carries

555-401: Is now mostly used as a choir practice area, the relatively modern 300-year-old extension, now used as a cafeteria by staff and public alike, is today referred to as the refectory. A cafeteria located within a movie or TV studio complex is often called a commissary . In American English, a college cafeteria is a cafeteria intended for college students. In British English, it is often called

592-448: The refectory . These cafeterias can be a part of a residence hall or in a separate building. Many of these colleges employ their students to work in the cafeteria. The number of meals served to students varies from school to school but is normally around 21 meals per week. Like normal cafeterias, a person will have a tray to select the food that they want, but (at some campuses) instead of paying money, pays beforehand by purchasing

629-488: The 1916 novel Seventeen , which takes place in a small city in the Midwestern United States (probably Indiana ), a group of perhaps 15 teenagers takes a trolley ride to a model farm. There, they take a guided tour, then adjourn for a huge farm-style luncheon served by farm staff and made from the farm's produce. A dance follows. In this scenario, the model farm was adjacent to the city. The farm served meals to

666-468: The Higher Social Classes provided rigorous academic and practical training in scientific disciplines deemed useful in agricultural studies, such as mathematics, chemistry, and natural history, while the Poor school sought to instill its less fortunate students with skills and manual training necessary for agricultural operations. The former group followed a rigorous schedule from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., covering not only

703-457: The U.S. population at the time) in six months, and it was because of Kruger's operation that the United States first heard the term and experienced the self-service dining format. Meanwhile, the chain of Childs Restaurants quickly grew from about 10 locations in New York City in 1890 to hundreds across the U.S. and Canada by 1920. Childs is credited with the innovation of adding trays and

740-403: The United States often refer to cafeterias as lunchrooms , which also often serve school breakfast . Some school cafeterias in the U.S. and Canada have stages and movable seating that allow use as auditoriums. These rooms are known as cafetoriums or All Purpose Rooms. In some older facilities, a school's gymnasium is also often used as a cafeteria, with the kitchen facility being hidden behind

777-408: The United States. Customers are either charged a flat rate for admission (as in a buffet ) or pay at check-out for each item. Some self-service cafeterias charge by the weight of items on a patron's plate. In universities and colleges, some students pay for three meals a day by making a single large payment for the entire semester . As cafeterias require few employees, they are often found within

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814-400: The establishment of an institution dedicated to the discipline of agricultural experimentation, improvement, and innovation, Fellenberg hoped to elevate his students’ minds and improve society in general. He divided his pupils between two aforementioned institutions: the sons of rich gentlemen and affluent landowners, and those of the poor and vagrants. The Scientific Educational Institution for

851-400: The general public, and functioned as an entertainment destination. During and episode of Kid Food Nation, the cast and the viewers see the processes it takes to grow, package and ship fresh food by getting a look inside Nature Fresh Farms greenhouse and packaging facilities. Cafeteria#College cafeteria A cafeteria , sometimes called a canteen outside the U.S. and Canada , is

888-671: The government also encouraged schools to provide meals for students in need, thus resulting in the conception of cafeterias or cantine (in French). According to Abramson, before the creation of cafeterias, only some students could bring home-cooked meals and be properly fed in schools. As cafeterias in France became more popular, their use spread beyond schools and into the workforce. Thus, due to pressure from workers and eventually new labor laws, sizable businesses had to, at minimum, provide established eating areas for their workers. Support for this practice

925-522: The ideals of the enlightenment . In the nineteenth century, a combined effect of population pressure and the scientific revolution drove Western Europe to consider a fundamental revolution in agricultural training and practice. A number of prominent European agricultural experts, including the agricultural secretary of Scotland and famous agriculturalist Arthur Young , argued for the creation of institutions dedicated to agricultural experimentation. One attempt to introduce scientific approach to agriculture

962-490: The number of predefined meal servings, points, dollars, or buffet dinners. The plan may give the student a certain number of any of the above per week or semester and they may or may not roll over to the next week or semester. Many schools offer several different options for using their meal plans. The main cafeteria is usually where most of the meal plan is used but smaller cafeterias, cafés, restaurants, bars , or even fast food chains located on campus, on nearby streets, or in

999-530: The older chains. Some of the smaller Midwestern chains, such as MCL Cafeterias centered in Indianapolis , are still in business. Perhaps the first self-service restaurant (not necessarily a cafeteria) in the U.S. was the Exchange Buffet in New York City , which opened September 4, 1885, and catered to an exclusively male clientele. Food was purchased at a counter and patrons ate standing up. This represents

1036-428: The patron is given a number and the item is brought to their table. For some food items and drinks, such as sodas, water, or the like, customers collect an empty container, pay at check-out, and fill the container after check-out. Free unlimited-second servings are often allowed under this system. For legal purposes (and the consumption patterns of customers), this system is rarely, if at all, used for alcoholic drinks in

1073-512: The predecessor of two formats: the cafeteria, described below, and the automat . During the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago , entrepreneur John Kruger built an American version of the smörgåsbords he had seen while traveling in Sweden. Emphasizing the simplicity and light fare, he called it the 'Cafeteria' - Spanish for 'coffee shop'. The exposition attracted over 27 million visitors (half

1110-584: The president of the Olympia Light and Power Company , Stevens utilized electricity extensively throughout Cloverfields, particularly in the electrified barn and milking machines . The Holstein cows he used were anomaly in the area, and were complemented by Stevens' extensive orchard and angora goats . In 1949, 40 acres (160,000 m) of the Cloverfields Dairy Farm in Southeast Olympia

1147-444: The same meaning. Instead of table service, there are food-serving counters/stalls or booths, either in a line or allowing arbitrary walking paths. Customers take the food that they desire as they walk along, placing it on a tray . In addition, there are often stations where customers order food, particularly items such as hamburgers or tacos which must be served hot and can be immediately prepared with little waiting. Alternatively,

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1184-465: The surrounding town or city may accept meal plans. A college cafeteria system often has a virtual monopoly on the students due to an isolated location or a requirement that residence contracts include a full meal plan. There are many self-service bento shops in Taiwan . The store puts the dishes in the self-service area for the customers to pick them up by themselves. After the customers choose, they go to

1221-577: The theoretical aspects of studies, but also training in practical gardening and husbandry techniques and immersive work with local peasantry. The elite students were encouraged to undertake self-activities such as student government, and also shouldered the responsibility of experimenting with and maintaining their land plots. Campus farms are common in the United States and other countries. They are used in some cases as part of educational curricula. They also sometimes help produce food for campus dining halls , but generally have low agricultural output. In

1258-425: Was also reinforced by the effects of World War II when the importance of national health and nutrition came under great attention. A cafeteria in a U.S. military installation is known as a chow hall , a mess hall , a galley , a mess deck , or, more formally, a dining facility , often abbreviated to DF , whereas in common British Armed Forces parlance, it is known as a cookhouse or mess . Students in

1295-795: Was purchased by the Olympia School District . Today it is the location of the current Olympia High School . [REDACTED] Media related to Cloverfields at Wikimedia Commons This article about a property in Washington on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Model farm Many demonstration farms not only have crops, but may also have various types of livestock. Various techniques for feeding and bedding are tested on these farms. Demonstration farms run by universities are not only used for research, but are also used for teaching purposes. The Ontario Agricultural College operates

1332-531: Was the formation of ‘model farms’ across Europe. These farms served as experimental models, in which to develop and experiment with husbandry practices and technology. One of the most well-reputed and long-lasting model farms was Hofwyl, an estate near the Swiss city of Bern . In 1799, Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg purchased 250 acres of land and over the next forty years, created five establishments on his model farm, which he named Hofwyl. An agriculturist by trade and

1369-472: Was well established in the mid-Atlantic region before 1900. Between 1960 and 1981, the popularity of cafeterias was overcome by fast food restaurants and fast casual restaurant formats. Outside the United States, the development of cafeterias can be observed in France as early as 1881 with the passing of the Ferry Law . This law mandated that public school education be available to all children. Accordingly,

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