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The Café is set up in stations, including a deli bar, salad bar, wok station, grill, brick oven—where pizzas, calzones and breads are baked—and a carvery station for meats and other comfort foods. The café also offers grab-and-go items. Display cooking is used at the wok station, at the carvery, in the grill area and at the deli/salad bar area where Sizzling Salads are featured as a special every day. The foodservice department also changed from a traditional trayline to room service. The foodservice production kitchen is located on the ground floor below the first floor retail foodservice and dining room. A dedicated elevator links the two spaces. The kitchen produces meals for 250 patients using room service methodology. The retail cafeteria serves 850-1,000 customers at lunch. The retail space includes a finishing kitchen to support production for the remote space.
Scope of work included planning and programming for the patient service, non-patient services and food production systems. Services included; schematic design, equipment selection, design development documents including MEP connection information; architectural, engineering and interior design coordination; complete equipment contract documents; bid review and construction administration.
“frk has had the good fortune to with Rippe Associates for more than 20 years on many projects together. Our focus is the K-12 market and we have always appreciated the deep knowledge base, attention to detail, and extensive experience the team at Rippe Associate provides for educational design. We have also greatly valued the professional, yet personal approach, their designers take with our clients. When working with Rippe, we are always confident the project will be a success!”
Thomas C. Wollan, AIA, LEED AP
Partner at frk architects + engineers
“When it comes to dietary planning, Rippe is always first on my list when team building. They have a strong understanding of all the issues, are creative problem solvers, and are consistent with their execution.”
Daniel J. Rectenwald, AIA, ACHA, NCARB
Vice President, Principal at HGA
"The development of Elmhurst Hospital’s replacement campus was complex. The Rippe team supported our vision to transform healthcare foodservice. The result was exceptional reviews from our patients and staff, along with a facility that supported efficient operations."
David E. Reeves
Past President of the Association for Healthcare Foodservice (AHF)
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