With finals just around the corner, it’s safe to say most of us are scrambling to cram a semester’s worth of knowledge into our brains.
In order to stay at the top of our game, though, we need to make sure we’re still eating three balanced meals a day. Luckily, East Lansing is home to several different restaurants which not only offer an abundance of brain food, but which also deliver, so you can continue studying while you wait for your food to arrive.
“Nobody else has a wrap that tastes like pineapple pizza.” — human resources and labor relations master’s student Dana Grimm
Located at 101 E. Grand River Ave. and 1219 E. Grand River Ave., Conrad’s is popular among students for being a go-to spot after a night out.
However, their food is just as good when you’re spending the night cramming for a final.
Grimm said she loves the Skills Mills Wrap, which can be purchased for $7.25. She said it tastes like a pineapple pizza, which is a delicious, albeit unusual, flavor for a wrap.
Kinesiology sophomore Chris Kourtelidis said he loves Conrad’s and would definitely recommend it to other people.
“I usually get a cheeseburger and fries,” he said.
Conrad’s gives students the option to build their own burger for $5.50. Fries or tots can be added for $1.50, and onion rings can be added for $2.
Rice Kitchen
“(Rice Kitchen) is really good, they give you really good portion sizes, and they’re not super expensive.” — arts and humanities sophomore Rachel Goldman
Located at 551 E. Grand River Ave., Rice Kitchen offers delivery until 4 a.m. Wednesday through Saturday, which is perfect for students pulling an all-nighter.
Goldman said she always orders the orange chicken and fried rice.
An order of orange chicken costs $9.95, and a pint of fried rice varies from $4.25 to 4.45.
Goldman said she would also recommend students try the crab rangoons.
“I had their crab rangoons not too long ago, and that was pretty good,” she said. “I’d never had that before, but I really enjoyed it.”
An order of crab rangoons, which consists of four rangoons, costs $2.75.
“(The pokee stix) are cheesy breadsticks, and they’re really good. They come with a garlic butter sauce, which is delicious.” — landscape architecture junior Arianna Zannetti
Located at 311 W. Grand River Ave., GoombaS offers everything from wings to pizza at affordable prices.
Owner Gail Sutton said the most popular menu item for studying students are the pokee stix.
“They’re easy to eat with one hand, so you can keep working with the other, and they’re a delicious, buttery, cheesy comfort food,” she said. “The roni-rolls are also very popular for many of the same reasons.”
A medium-sized order of pokee stix, which is 12 inches, can be purchased for $12. Toppings, such as bacon or pepperoni, can also be added for an additional charge.
A roni-roll is a baked stick of pizza dough with pepperoni and mozzarella cheese rolled into it, coated with garlic butter and parmesan. Two rolls can be purchased for $3.
Zannetti said the pokee stix are her favorite item on GoombaS menu and that they’re perfect for a study session.
“They’re easy to eat,” she said.
“It’s like a nice aunt or uncle or grandparent that welcomes you in. That’s how I felt when I walked in.” — Detroit resident Michelle Nguyen
Located at 215 N. Clippert St. in Lansing, Sugar Shack isn’t your typical bakery. It offers delivery within a five-mile radius.
Nguyen said she and her boyfriend stumbled upon the bakery by simply taking a different way home after a trip to Lansing. She said the two of them were intrigued when they passed it, so they decided to check it out. Now, it’s a favorite of theirs.
Nguyen said she’s tried all different kinds of the bakery’s cookies and cupcakes, but her favorite is the white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies, which can be purchased for $1 per cookie.
Besides the food, she said she loves the customer service.
“You don’t get customer service like that nowadays,” she said. “They’re just really nice. They’re friendly.”
In addition to their cookies, Sugar Shack is well-known for their cupcakes, which are priced at $3.50. The cupcakes come in a variety of flavors, including banana butter rum, blueberry cinnamon toast crunch and chocolate with French buttercream.
