The food at the pub is satisfactory–it’s marginally better (and more expensive) than what we eat everyday at the hospital cafeteria. They have typical lunch/bar fare: burgers, wraps, paninis, and hot wings(!). The pub, being what it is, does serve beer at lunch, which is also a plus. But really, the pub, as a restaurant, doesn’t stand out too much. I wouldn’t go out of my way to eat there, normally.
But I do take the 10 minute detour to go to the pub every Friday for lunch. Why?
Because it’s so much more than just food. Overcup Oak is located on the undergrad campus, you see. Going there for lunch at the end of a grueling week is a vacation; it’s a breath of fresh air; it’s an escape from the dredges of medical school. Being among undergrads always brings back fond memories of undergrad at USC. Not being around our other peers is also a relief because we can be as rowdy and inappropriate as we want without threat of being overheard (we don’t really care what undergrads think anyways (actually, I can only speak for myself, I don’t represent “da group”)). Most importantly, the trek to and from the pub–especially on warm, sunny days–is worth the trip alone. The walk always yields a bounty of eye candy; the pub is located at the center of campus, where all the undergrads congregate for lunch. It would probably be a terrific place for a future surgeon to pick up girls. However, for some reason I think we’ve all been misled: I don’t know why my parents keep warning me about gold-diggers; even with my white coat and scrubs on, none of the undergrads I see would give me the time of day.
It’s still nice to get away from school at the end of the week.
Overcup Oak Sarratt Student Center Vanderbilt University
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