At Lehigh, orders are placed through the university\u2019s Grubhub partnership. Students will see the location listed on the Grubhub app, where it appears alongside other campus dining locations. The pickup locker is located to the left of Clutch and Go on the first floor of the UC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marquise Walker, the executive chef of Clayton\u2019s Kitchen, said the restaurant will use existing equipment in the UC. The kitchen will have frequent menu changes without the need to redesign a storefront, change signage or rebrand.<\/p>\n
He also said Lehigh Dining plans to collaborate with local restaurants and franchises to bring new options to campus.<\/p>\n
Walker said one example is having Sizzling Bites Halal Grill, a restaurant in South Bethlehem, take over Clayton\u2019s Kitchen to serve its signature dishes to students. He also said the kitchen may invite local food trucks to use the space during the winter when business tends to slow down.<\/p>\n
In addition to local partners, Clayton\u2019s Kitchen hopes to host guest chefs unaffiliated with the university to introduce a wider range of cuisines and cooking styles not typically found in other campus dining options.<\/p>\n
Walker said because Clayton\u2019s Kitchen is designed to encourage on-campus dining, he aims to offer prices lower than nearby off-campus restaurants to attract students while maintaining quality.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also said while a delivery option through the Grubhub app is not offered and was not initially planned as a feature of the kitchen, it\u2019s something he will discuss with his supervisor, as it could help drive sales especially for students who study at Mountaintop campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Walker said each menu is expected to run for about a week, with typical hours of Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. If a dish proves popular, it could return later in the semester or expand into dinner hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One upcoming menu will feature a pineapple fried rice concept, which Walker said he is excited about.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love fried rice because you can add different things to it and it gives you a whole, totally different meal by adding spices, sauces, fruits and proteins,\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n
Sous Chef Evelyn Romero is responsible for preparing and cooking certain items from Clayton\u2019s Kitchen. So far, Romero has helped create dining options featuring empanadas. Other concepts from the kitchen include baked potatoes and fresh-baked goods.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Romero said her years of experience working in kitchens have given her confidence in her ability to prepare and cook meals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom years of experience doing the same preparation, I know the cooking,\u201d Romero said. \u201cI know the temperature. I know the process. I know what each dish requires.\u201d<\/p>\n
(\u201cPor experiencia de a\u00f1os de hacer lo mismo, de preparaci\u00f3n, yo s\u00e9 la cocci\u00f3n, s\u00e9 la temperatura, s\u00e9 el proceso y s\u00e9 que es lo que lleva cada plato\u201d).<\/p>\n
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Food pickup lockers for Clayton\u2019s Kitchen are located on the first floor of the Clayton University Center. Orders can be placed through Lehigh\u2019s Grubhub app and retrieved from the lockers once ready. (Oliver Hazen\/ B&W Staff)<\/p>\n
Walker said he hopes the kitchen will gain popularity through word of mouth, and he and the Lehigh Dining team are open to hearing student feedback and ideas for future menus.<\/p>\n
Carolina Hernandez, the assistant dean of students and director of community service, has worked at Lehigh for 24 years. She has a meal plan and said she often visits the UC for meals.<\/p>\n
Though she has never ordered from a ghost kitchen before, Hernandez said she would love to try cultural dishes, rotating menus and items Lehigh Dining previously offered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hernandez said strong menu descriptions and better advertising could make her a regular customer at Clayton\u2019s Kitchen. She said she would be willing to pay $10-12 for a dish she\u2019s never tried before.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt sounds super exciting,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cI love the opportunity of trying different foods and not knowing what\u2019s going to come up. Sounds like a fun adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lehigh Dining and the Clayton University Center have introduced Clayton\u2019s Kitchen, a new ghost kitchen located inside the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[5877,119,121,120,7118,7119],"class_list":["post-8296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-4-minute-read","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-campus-services","tag-dining"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}