More diner than dining hall
When Schuyler Daum ’12 came to Harvard, she expected to concentrate in classics and spend most of her time in the library. It turns out she was only half right. Daum is indeed a classics concentrator, but she can most often be found at the Quincy House Grille. “I do all my homework here,” she said from a seat in one of the grille’s booths. “It’s different than being in a dining hall or at a ‘brain break.’ I like having the buzz of people around me, and there’s always something going on here.” Daum’s affection for the Quincy Grille is shared by many of her classmates. Part of 57,000 square feet of social space renovated or constructed by Harvard College over the past five years, the grille is a popular spot for undergraduates in Quincy and the surrounding river Houses. Students crowd in nightly (Sunday-Wednesday and Friday from 10 p.m. to...