Devil’s Greens, a new eatery located along Taylor Street at Taylor Place, opened its doors to students at the Downtown campus Saturday morning.
The restaurant will join the ranks of City Café, Hsin, El Portal, Domino’s and Starbucks in accepting Maroon and Gold dollars.
“Devil’s Greens is a vegetable fan’s sanctuary that offers flexibility in menu design, sustainable options, organics and more,” Aramark Marketing Manager Krystal Nelson said in an e-mail.
Devil’s Greens is owned and operated by Aramark, ASU’s food service provider, and is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The restaurant has a full salad bar and will offer hot menu items such as “Mega Nachos,” rotisserie chicken, lasagna, pizza and hot wings.
In addition to accepting M&G dollars, the restaurant will participate in a meal exchange program. Once the Taylor Place dining hall closes for the night, Devil’s Greens will accept meal swipes from students with meal plans.
“The meal exchange program will allow students, faculty and staff to use their meal swipes from their dining plans for a rotating daily special, which will include a hot food option as well as a specialty salad,” Nelson said.
The full salad bar is priced per ounce, while hot menu options and pre-packaged deserts and salads can be purchased for a flat rate.
Students have the option of purchasing a to-go container for $3 that can be returned for a clean container, a token for a new container at a future visit or a refund. All to-go containers must be returned by the end of the semester.
The restaurant’s first 200 customers were given a free to-go container to use for the rest of the semester.
Devil’s Greens opening was met with mixed reviews from students.
“I didn’t like how they (charge) by weight,” health sciences freshman Madison Chimerofsky said. “It’s confusing. I didn’t want to get anything because I was afraid it would be a gazillion dollars … or ten.”
Emilie Eaton, a journalism freshman, said she was excited about the new dining option.
Dining choices “get sort of boring and repetitive,” Eaton said. “It’s nice to have another option.”
Contact the reporter at danielle.a.chavez@asu.edu
