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Taylor’s Dining Room is definitely one of OSU’s hidden treasures.
It’s located on the second floor of Human Environmental Sciences West just around the corner from West Side Café.
OSU assistant professors Philippe Garmy and David Davis manage the restaurant.
The rest of the restaurant is student-run. Students in quantity food production and service management classes make the articulate and detailed dishes.
“We teach students to understand where a product comes from and to respect that product,” Garmy said.
Skeptics might doubt the quality of a student-run restaurant, but one visit to Taylor’s will immediately change their outlook. Dishes such as orecchiette and butternut squash, pappardelle with duck and bistro chicken will please any appetite while imparting the need to return for a second taste.
Students are taught to use ratios and proportions rather than recipes when creating dishes.
“Understanding ratios and proportions when creating dishes instead of recipes makes students think and actually teaches them how to cook, rather than just reading a recipe and not learning from it,” Garmy said.
Garmy said he believes in using all aspects of a product, which Taylor’s menu reflects.
The chickens used for the bistro chicken arrive whole and students remove bones and clean each chicken. The bones are then used to make stock for Taylor’s daily soups. The leg and wing meat are used in the soups while the breast meat is the main ingredient in the bistro chicken.
Davis said the job of manager rotates so every student has a chance to perform the tasks and responsibilities as the manager, such as controlling the atmosphere and lighting and ensuring communication among servers.
“The overall goal of Taylor’s is to balance education with running a business,” Davis said.
Students and Stillwater residents who have never tried or heard of Taylor’s Dining should drop by for their next outing.
With a unique dining experience the students and faculty provide and a menu that engages curiosity and adventure, Taylor’s is truly a rare find. Although it might be somewhat hidden, ask anyone in the HES building and they’ll happily point you in the direction of the best meal you’ll to have all month.
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