Campus Edge brings huge selection to Kearney |
| Posted by Administrator (admin) on Mar 05 2008 at 3:42 PM |
Photo by Eric Korth
Cook Paul Evalt flips some burgers March 4 in the kitchen of the recently opened Campus Edge.
By Lisa Becker
Antelope Staff
"Our goal with Campus Edge is to provide a clean, friendly and relaxed atmosphere to the students of UNK," said Mike Hendrickson of Kearney and new owner of Campus Edge, previously University Grill.
Hendrickson is also the owner of the Cellar Bar and Grill of Kearney. He wanted to incorporate some of the home cooked goods from the Cellar with the idea of a convenience store while providing the students at UNK with a great service.
He and his co-owner thought that students need to have a facility close to the college with more selection and good quality hot food.
Hendrickson purchased the store in January of this year. He made the purchase with the idea of giving it a thorough cleaning. As it turns out, they have completed an extensive remodel. The coolers and fountain machines are all brand new.
The main difference between the new store and the previous is the huge selection. Hendrickson wants to bring the things that are happening on the west and east coast to the students at UNK. The huge selection starts with beverages. Anything that you have ever though of drinking is at Campus Edge.
First, there are at least 25 different types of energy drinks ranging from So Be and Full Throttle to Amp and NOS. Not only does the store offer the energy drinks, but they will also be featuring 4 different flavors of energy drink slushies straight from the east coast.
Energy drink slushies aren't the end however, Campus Edge will also be featuring an additional 2 slushies with flavors that will change each month.
Energy drinks and slushies not your thing? Don't worry. Campus Edge has both Coke and Pepsi fountain machines. Not just your average fountain machines however, each have 12 drinks making a total of 24 fountain drinks available. 'I don't think that anywhere else in town offers this big of a selection," Hendrickson said.
For the coffee drinkers on campus, Campus Edge will offer 6 flavored coffees, one regular coffee and 5 types of cappuccino. Also available are the cold Starbucks drinks.
In addition to the caffeine selection at Campus Edge, the new store will also offer a huge selection of Gatorade, PowerAde, iced tea, bottled water, juices, So Be and Tava.
Campus Edge has also brought a "mostly new menu with a wider variety," Hendrickson said. The grill will be featuring home made steak phillies and gyros for lunch and dinner and home made breakfast burritos for breakfast. These three items will be made from scratch each day.
The new store is located across from the Fine Arts building by Solar Eclipse and Subway and will be open from 6am-11pm 7 days a week. The opening day is Thursday, February 28th.
For breakfast, Campus Edge will offer breakfast burritos, country fried steak and egg sandwiches, egg and cheese croissants with ham or sausage, hash browns and jumbo glazed cinnamon rolls.
The store will also be offering warm snacks like cheese balls, onion petals, sweet corn nuggets and southwest munhcers.
For lunch and dinner the steak philly and the gyro will be available along with hamburger or cheeseburger, chicken fried steak sandwich, the crispy chicken wrap and French fries. They will also be offering fresh cut salads with the option of grilled or crispy chicken on top.
For students who want or need a break from campus, Campus Edge will have the "Loper Den" which will have wireless internet and a T.V. They will also be bringing Sinclair gas back to the store.
One thing that Campus Edge will not be offering is beer and liquor. "We wanted to be campus friendly and we know that students have other options for purchasing alcohol. We just want to give them a good environment and hot food," Hendrickson said.
Currently Campus Edge employs six employees; two cooks, three cashiers and the general manager, Cindy Brandt.
"We are definitely looking for part time help and would like to keep the cashiers strictly UNK students," Hendrickson said. If you would like to apply to work at Campus Edge simply go to the store and fill out an application.
