Ponderosa Pantry
located in the Student Center, Ponderosa Building
Visit the Ponderosa Pantry page for more details.
Lakeside Cafe
located in lower Manzanita
Fall hours at Lakeside Café are 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Monday – Thursday, and 7:30 am – 3:00 pm on Fridays.
Made to order sandwiches during lunch as well as grab and go items, snacks and drinks.
Visit the Lakeside Cafe page to read about our mission.
Cellar Bistro
located in lower Manzanita
The Cellar Bistro is a laboratory learning site for Columbia College’s Hospitality Management students. Most of our students first experience with being a server is in their first semester in college here in the Bistro. We do appreciate constructive feedback, but please keep in mind maintaining a safe learning environment for our students.
Spring Semester Services: Wednesday nights from January 25th to April 19th. We will offer 3 seatings per night, take out meals will not be available. The seating times will be 5:30, 6:00, and 6:30, by reservation only.
A large part of our Contemporary International Cuisine class is exploring different cuisines and flavor profiles. Our dinners will each be themed to a specific region (listed below by week). In order for the students to have an emersion in these regions we will be offering Prix Fixe menus. This service style will have a 5-6 course meal each week with a set progression of dishes. Generally most of the courses will be fixed but the entree and one other course will have options. Menu's will typically be available the Wednesday prior.
Menu Themes:
- Feb 1 - Central & Eastern Europe
- Feb 8 th - Italy & France
- Feb 15 th - Spain (Tapas)
- Feb 22 nd - Greece, Middle East, North Africa
- Mar 1 st - Sub-Saharan Africa
- Mar 8 th - India
- Mar 15 th - Southeast Asia
- Mar 22 nd - China & Korea
- Mar 29 th - Japan
- Apr 5 th - South America & the Caribbean
- Apr 12 th - Central America & Mexico
- Apr 19 th - Canada & the USA
Lawrence Bezaitis bezaitisl@yosemite.edu is the reservation compiler. If you would like weekly menus and communication, please let Larry bezaitisl@yosemite.edu know that you would like to opt in on the Cellar Bistro email list.
Chef Instructors : Lawrence Bezaitis, Marcus D. Whisenant Instructional Support Specialist: Jason Romano
Offered by CTE Division Hospitality Management
