"If you’ve driven up Dean Keeton at any point in the past 15 to 20 years, you’ve probably noticed a small, bright blue building off the side of the road. That’s Aster’s, an Ethiopian restaurant that’s become almost as much of the campus-area landscape as the LBJ library down the street. At dinner, choose from a variety of meat dishes as a base, then load up with some side orders of stewed vegetables. Or show up at lunch to access the full menu plus a buffet, usually accompanied by a roomful of students packing in as many calories as they can between classes. " - nicolai mccrary, raphael brion