The project
FDP designed the food service for Eagle Mountain-Saginaw High School as two complementary venues under one roof. The EMHS Bistro is a true coffee-shop-and-café experience for students: an espresso and specialty-drink bar, curved refrigerated bakery and grab-and-go cases, a smoothie station, and digital menu boards — more like a neighborhood café than a school snack bar.
Alongside it, the main cafeteria serving line is built for volume: long stone-topped lines with LED-lit fronts, refrigerated grab-and-go, snack and beverage merchandising, and overhead menu screens that keep a large student body moving quickly through breakfast and lunch. Both venues open onto a daylit commons wrapped in the building’s glass-and-stone architecture.
Behind the service areas, FDP specified the production kitchen and equipment package that supplies both the bistro and the cafeteria throughout the day.
The outcome
The result gives EMHS students real choice — a café to linger in and a fast, high-capacity line when time is short — in a dining space that feels current, social, and built to last.
