Brody Hall will remain open with shortened hours, because of the large following it has attracted since it reopened in 2010, according to Haskell.

“Brody is viewed as a destination place to dine,” said Haskell.

Riverwalk Market at Owen Hall will remain open on weekdays, as well as the Gallery at Snyder and Phillips halls, however, both will have shortened hours according to eatatstate.msu.edu.

“It’s nice that SnyPhi and Brody are open in the summer,” said accounting junior John Kure.

The website also has locations and hours for Sparty’s Convenience Stores and the food truck that changes specials and locations every day.

Not all of the Sparty’s locations will remain open throughout the summer ­— only the high-profile and high-traffic Sparty’s locations are open, Haskell said.

The slower summer also offers an opportunity to play around and test new ideas with the menu, said Eric Batten, executive chef at the Gallery.

“We like to try to find some lighter soups, lighter salads, maybe more (made) to order since our customer flow is a little less,” said Batten. “We’ll add new ideas or new concepts or new menu ideas, and play with them in the summer and put them on our menu. Then that way we can figure out the logistics and the production style, things like that for the fall term.”

However, that doesn’t mean new concepts can’t be tested in the fall and spring as well, Batten said.

“One exciting menu item is authentic Japanese ramen bowls with authentic ramen noodles,” he said. “We played around with this late in the spring, and we probably served 50 servings in like 10 minutes.”

While the culinary services business dictates a balance between outsourcing and keeping things in-house, MSU tries to do as much in-house as possible.

“Anything we can do in-house is better,” Batten said.