Tucked away in Village Park between the waterfall and the Boulevard Apartments, Osteria 100 offers a casual, fine dining experience on a budget. Point Park University welcomed the eatery, which is the sister restaurant of Osteria 2350 in the Strip District, onto campus this summer as an alternative dining option for students and faculty and an attraction to the public. “The restaurant is an amenity that offers students, the campus community and Downtown workers a beautiful place to enjoy fresh food using local ingredients at a reasonable price,” Terra McBride, Point Park’s Director of Social Media and Digital Public Relations, said in an email interview last Friday. Osteria 100 may boast a long list of wines and have place settings with cloth napkins, but the fancy atmosphere does not come with the fancy price tag. The highest menu item is priced at $12 and the most expensive bottle of wine is $36. “[The prices] are relatively good for a college setting,” Allie Stoddart a junior legal studies major, said Monday as she sat in the Village Park with her friends. When Stoddart and her friend Hannah Miller visited Osteria 100 this summer, they both enjoyed the $8 prosciutto sandwich with basil, tomato and fresh mozzarella. “It’s nice to have it on campus,” Miller, a junior psychology major, said. Both girls said they found the atmosphere and service enjoyable. The vibe of the restaurant is casual and rustic with rough wood and brick walls and a mixture between metal and wood furniture giving it a tavern-like feel. “I think it’s a beautiful place,” Amanda McGuire, one of the community directors at the Office of Campus Life, said. A comfortable looking area in the middle of the restaurant has a coffee table neatly lined with stacks of WHIRL Magazines surrounded by armchairs, making it clear that the staff wants people to feel comfortable spending time at the restaurant. Miller and Stoddart experienced the staff’s attitude first hand through their server, whom they said joked around with them and kept them happy during their visit. “He was very personable,” Miller said. A majority of the staff are Point Park University students, according to Franny Zehler, a junior photography major and former employee of Osteria. One reason for that is that Osteria 100 is one of the few places students can get a job on campus that’s not federal work-study or an apprenticeship. “It’s also a great place for students to find employment right on campus,” McBride said. The extensive menu of wines, beers and cocktails are another attraction that brings students and staff to Osteria. Nowhere else on campus can the over-21 crowd hang out and drink responsibly. The restaurant has discounted prices during their happy hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The upscale and adult feel of Osteria 100 is one reason McGuire sees it as a positive place for students to network. She said students are not going to catch their professors dining in the Lawrence Hall Dining Room. “I think it’s great because if you’re a student, you’re going to see professors … It’s more of a networking opportunity than stopping by their offices,” McGuire said while sitting in her office Friday. Osteria 100 food ranges from sandwiches to pasta. Everything is made fresh daily by the two head chefs of the restaurant, Matt McClelland and Joe Berlardi. According Zehler, the menu is seasonal and often changes or adjusts depending on what is in season locally or currently available, which is why a new menu is printed daily in house by the staff. One thing Zehler, Miller, Stoddart and McGuire all agreed upon is Osteria’s dishes are delicious. “They do have very good food,” McGuire said.