It may be the fact that I have been here so many times that this place really doesn't have any mystique left. The ice cream is alright; the "restaurant" (cafeteria) that hopefully still isn't here was where I decided to have standards when it came to my burgers; and the terrace just isn't my place.
The Union has all of those things but drinking pints of beer, listening to a random band and taking home the containers might be your thing.