Oxford Circle Dining Commons

Phone

(530)752-6658

Established

Unknown

Prices

http://www.sodexho.ucdavis.edu/jointheclub.html

The Oxford Circle Dining Commons has quite decent food. It seems to make some people's clothes smell awful, but few in the 2005-6 school year noticed this effect. Old theories about the smell reflected on the fact that the building was not intended to be a food facility when it was built, so the ventilation was less than adequate. Perhaps some of those issues were resolved.

The OCDC, as it's sometimes called, serves the Cuarto Residence Halls, but anyone with a meal plan may eat there. Typically, however, it is only used by Emersonians, Websterites, and Thoru, as the OCDC is roughly in the center of those three halls on Oxford Circle. Castilianians will also occasionally make the long trek down from their northern enclave when they seek more variety as well as on the weekend when their D.C. shuts down. Few other students head there, due to its remote location.

Of the four working D.C.s it is the median in terms of size. Dwarfing Castilian's D.C., it in turn is dwarfed by the acclaimed Segundo DC. Although it lacks the food islands of Segundo, the centralized food locations can be useful if one doesn't feel like walking across a huge areas just to get a second entree.

It has extra dining space upstairs, which is sometimes used for group lectures/discussions. The bathrooms are also located on that floor.

This dining commons is currently closed and the Castilian Dining Commons is open full-time as a result.

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2007-01-18 11:07:36   This DC also has the most diverse taste in music. I was buying vitiman water and heard "amish paradise" the other day. I've also heard, funk, the who, terrible hip hop, indian music and my favorite, ELO —EmilyKleber

2007-02-03 13:32:24   Can't forget the Disney music for dinner or hardcore gangsta rap to go with breakfast. —JonathanWiles

2007-05-02 11:30:25   you know, you could request songs to be put on the ipod playlist for the DC! —CalvinCheng

2008-07-26 21:48:18   I hate this DC. My freshman year there was a girl that looked like a rat, and she acted like a female dog. They thought I was stealing silverware but I wasn't so I got caught. They didn't care that I was innocent and told me since I put myself in that situation I should be punished. The head guy at the time said I would be fine cuz he put a good word in for me, but he didn't and therefore I got in trouble. Food is ok. Workers are mean, except for Kevin, if he still works there. —N1fighter

2009-03-15 04:24:17   it lacks the initial awe of the larger DCs but it quickly makes up for that in terms of convenience when people figure out that the food is the same as in other DCs and that the menu is cycled

it's also much closer to its surrounding residence halls than segundo or tercero, which makes a meal even more convenient since you dont have to make a trip out of it —fredchen

2009-04-20 00:05:07   I really hate eating at the OCDC. The service here is pretty bad, once foods are gone, it would take at least 5 to 10 minutes before they bring out more. However, do I enjoy the centralize food area in contrast to Segundo and Tercero Dining Commons, where you would have to walk across the building to get food. —KevinC