The Urban Legend

Get to know Chef David

Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Managing Editor • October 7, 2021

As Urban kicked off its 2021 fall term, students rushed to the Oak Street Campus awaiting servings of Flik food in a line that winded all the way through the Salkind Center Gym. Chef David Laboa and the...

Here’s the tea on Yerba Mates at Urban

Clementine Daniel, Managing Editor • November 29, 2019

A Yerba Mate craze has spread across Urban following Flik’s decision to sell them this fall. The bottled or canned refreshing drink is made from the naturally caffeinated leaves of a species...

Editorial: It’s time for Urban to boycott bottled water

Ellie Lerner, Staff Writer • May 30, 2019

As of this May, hundreds of VOSS water bottles can be seen strewn around Urban classrooms and knocked over next to recycling bins. While Flik recently replaced the sale of plastic LIFEWTR water bottles...

Humans of Flik Dining

Lola McAllister and Eli Gordon • May 1, 2019

In October, 2018, the Urban Legend called on the school community in an editorial to “work together to ensure that gratitude and human connection remain integral elements of our culture” by getting...

Flik combines financial security with sustainable, small batch cooking

Lily Daniel and Tikloh Bruno-Basaing • February 3, 2019

In the past four years, the Urban community has been served by three different food providers: Urban’s own cafeteria service, an outsourced company called Fare Resources and currently, Flik Independent...

Editorial: let’s do more than thank our crossing guards

Eli Gordon, Managing Editor • October 30, 2018

After ASM during the first week of school, students poured out of the Salkind Center gym and down the passageway along St. Agnes. Although the crowds crossing Page Street chattered boisterously, many of...