Renovations to both the Sherman Dining Hall and Einstein Bros. Bagels were completed over the summer, opening on time for new student move-in on Aug. 21. The redesign of both locations was first announced in a campus-wide email last March and confirmed by former University President Frederick Lawrence in a March 30 email to the student body.

Sherman Dining Hall was fully renovated between May and August, with new seating arrangements and serving stations on both the kosher and non-kosher sides of the dining hall.

“Sherman was a very dated facility. Changes will allow us to serve the students more efficiently, have a bit more flexibility in menu offerings and in general, provide a much more pleasant environment for the community to enjoy,” Sodexo General Manager Steve Canario told the Justice via email.

Executive Director for Integrated Media Bill Schaller wrote that the renovations to Sherman have “resulted in a space that is more aesthetically pleasing and significantly more functional.”

The renovations will also expand the dining hall’s seating capacity, as well as add an outdoor seating area outside the Stein, though those adjustments will not be completed until late October, according to Schaller.

Lawrence’s email also announced plans to build a deck outside Sherman and adjacent to the Stein on the upper level of the dining hall, though it has yet to be completed.

Canario noted that progress on the deck is advancing and should be completed with the expanded seating.

Canario wrote that construction is still being completed on “punch-list items, finishing cosmetic work over the next couple of weeks.”

Einstein’s, located in the Shapiro Campus Center, saw significant change, rotating the serving area 90 degrees to face the interior of the SCC’s Atrium.

In addition to the layout change, the facility also expanded its menu, now offering egg sandwiches, hot and cold deli sandwiches, soups and salads, in addition to bagels. The restaurant also now offers an expanded menu of available beverages.

The renovations to Einstein’s were part of a larger renovation to the SCC, which included an update of the University bookstore.

The bookstore was expanded over the summer to include a new facade, and the Einstein’s seating area in the SCC Atrium has bookstore items available for purchase.

“The new facility [and] layout has allowed us to expand the menu, more in line with what you would see in a full ‘on the street’ store,” Canario wrote.

—Hannah Wulkan contributed reporting.