A crime against my stomach

So we're in one of the great culinary cities of the world (allegedly, it has more restaurants per capita than any city in North America bar New York), so there are plenty of great options within two blocks of the hotel.

What does the conference do? Have the hotel provide catered meals for lunch so that some CEO can blather on about how forward-looking their company is. I guess the students here appreciate the "free" food, but I'm against anything that keeps people inside a hotel complex when there's a whole world to explore.