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Spectator, Columbia College Student Council host first Free Food Expo since 2019
By August Phillips | April 1, 2024 at 4:45 AM
By Esmeralda Paredes / Staff Photographer
Elena Zayas, BC ’25, a Spectator staffer in the engagement section, serves cupcakes from Baked by Melissa to expo attendees.
Photo by Esmeralda Paredes / Staff Photographer
Attendees enjoy plates of free food and Yerba Mates on a sunny spring Saturday.
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Esha Karam, CC ’25, Spectator’s 148th managing editor and Yvin Shin, CC ’25, Spectator’s 148th head copy editor, serve chicken, mozzarella sticks, onion rings, and fries from Tom’s Restaurant.
Photo by Esmeralda Paredes / Staff Photographer
A Fieldtrip representative serves a sample of the restaurant’s pineapple black fried rice, which Perez said is his favorite dish on the menu.
Photo by Esmeralda Paredes / Staff Photographer
Crowds gather around the vendors, several of whom sold out of food in the first 30 minutes of the expo.
Photo by Esmeralda Paredes / Staff Photographer
From left to right, Teji Vijayakumar, CC ’24, CCSC president, Chitnis, Ramírez, Vasily Tselioudis, Zhang, Barcelona, and Murat Gulcelik, CC ’25, CCSC class of 2025 representative and a staff composer for Spectator podcasting & audio.