Purdue restaurant serves up cereal, oatmeal, fruit

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue’s student union now features a restaurant where customers can order oatmeal, Frosted Flakes and Lucky Charms.\nLoops is a cereal bar in the Purdue Memorial Union where patrons can order cold or hot cereal, then add fresh toppings and milk.\n“We provide all of the Kellogg’s and General Mills brands,” supervisor Misty Brummet said. “Our oatmeal has been selling really well, too.”\nCereals and oatmeal can be topped with favorites like bananas, strawberries or brown sugar – but there’s also less traditional alternatives including chocolate chips, crushed malt balls or rum extract.\nThe cereal bar, which is part of Urban Market, also features interesting mixes of cereals. The most popular combination, Brummet said, is called 24 Hours in a Candy Store. It’s a mix of Cocoa Puffs, Corn Pops and Fruit Loops with malt balls, chocolate chips and marshmallows.\nGary Goldberg, the director of Purdue Memorial Union’s dining services, said Loops has been a good addition to the union.\n“It’s colorful and bright and a good complement to the traditional eateries,” he said. “We’re having fun with it.”\nCereal restaurants have popped up around the country in recent years, including a chain called Cereality. Bloomington also has a restaurant for cereal lovers, the Cereal Barn and Peanut Butter Cafe, located at 408 E. Sixth St.