Mt. SAC - Mountie Café — Restaurant in Walnut

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It's about as good as Sysco can get. Meaning you shouldn't expect anything that requires actual still to cook. The sandwich and pizza portions of the cafe are only open at lunch time, so unless you are here at that short time period, pretend those sections don't exist.

That leaves you with two choices. There is a basic grill that offers hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, grilled portabella (vegan burger?). In the past they had cheese steak, but they have been out for the past few weeks.

There is also a rice restaurant. I call it a rice restaurant because it tries to be Japanese, Korean, and Thai all at once, which naturally means that it is neither. They sell sushi and rice bowls with mixed sauces and vegetable offerings. I guess if you called their sushi Kimbap and their rice bowl Bibimbap, you could call them Korean.

The secret is that the rice place is their best option, but they are much less popular than the grill because people love unhealthy food. It's a shame because they have some very good pickled vegetable options that make for a crunchy and...

They rip ppl off. They're not clear on pricing and will charge you more if they don't like you. It happened to me a couple of times. They also forget to give receipts. Professionally other restaurants will give you a free meal if they forget to give you one. It just seems like college students are taken advantage of because we're not...