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Dining

Dining Plan for 2023-2024

Please review the below information for dining cost, details, hours, and locations. You can also check out Bon Appetit’s website for more specifics!

For specific Dining concerns not addressed below please connect with Bon Appetit General Manager Amy Tomes at [email protected]

Cost

Cost for Dining Plans A, B, and C is  $3,544 per semester; and $7,088 per academic year.

Cash/credit card prices: Breakfast: $7.50, Lunch: $10.35   Dinner: $10.85

Looking for Fall 2023 meal plan start dates? We’ll have an update for you soon!

For questions about individual dining plan use, meals remaining, etc, contact MacPass.

Plan Details Per Semester

Meal swipes can be used to access Cafe Mac and at each of the other foodservice locations.

Dining Plan A – 19 meals per week, 100 flex points, 5 guest meals
Dining Plan B –  14 meals per week, 225 flex points, 5 guest meals,
Dining Plan C –  10 meals per week, 300 flex points, 5 guest meals

Dining Plan A, B, or C  is required for students living in George Draper Dayton, Wallace, 30 Mac, Culture House, Bigelow, Doty, Turck, Dupre and Kirk Halls.

New first-year students are assigned to Dining Plan A for fall semester.  At spring semester, all students may change their dining plan to A, B, or C.

  • Meal counts reset early Sunday morning before breakfast.
  • Unused meal counts each week are lost.
  • Additional flex dollars cannot be purchased.
  • Flex dollars must be used by the end of the semester. They do not carry over to the next semester or into January.
  • Dining Plan A, B and C includes 5 Guest meals each semester that can be used at all times and all locations. Tell checker you want to use a guest meal to avoid a second weekly meal taken by mistake. The Commuter dining plan does not have guest meals.
  • Double Swipes: Students may use two meals during one period at two different Satellite locations. The exception is that Cafe Mac can not be used for the second swipe during the same meal period. Two swipes in the same location are not permitted except for the use of a guest meal. The Commuter dining plan does not have guest meals.
  • Want to take your meal from Café Mac outside/another location on campus? Ozzi is your answer and can fit the equivalent of (2) meals. Re-entry to the café is not an option during the same meal period.
  • Each students will receive (1) Ozzi container at the beginning of the semester. Please go to the grill to redeem your token OR first container, you will swipe your ID card for this one time transaction.
  • We politely ask that no Café Mac plates/mugs/cups/silverware leave Café Mac.

Dining Location Information

Please review the below information for information about each dining location.

Café Mac – Campus Center

Accepts: Meal swipe, Flex points, Mac Money, Credit Card. Mac Money/Credit card prices:

Breakfast: $8.25
Lunch: $11.40
Dinner: $11.90

Monday-Friday:
Breakfast 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Lunch 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Dinner 5:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday:
Brunch 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Dinner 5:00-7:00 pm

Grille – Campus Center

Monday – Friday: 7:30 am – 10:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday:  10:00 am -10:00 pm

Accepts: Meal Swipe, Flex points, Mac Money, Credit Card

Meal Swipe options at the Grille:

Breakfast:  Monday – Friday: 7:30 am – 10:30 am
An item from the bakery display, a bagel, oatmeal or a yogurt w/beverage & piece of fruit

Dinner: Monday – Friday: 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
Limited Cafe Selections

Bag Lunch: Monday – Sunday: 7:30 am – 10:00 pm
Choice of sandwich (ham, turkey or peanut butter & jelly) w/chips and a beverage;
Beverages –Minute Maid  juice, Small Coffee, Tea or Coke product

Nessie’s Mediterranean –  Lower level of Campus Center

Monday – Friday: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Accepts: Meal Swipe, Flex points, Mac Money, Credit Card. Credit card/Mac money price: $8.80

Meal Swipe Options

Lunch – Halal menu featuring flavors of Morocco, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and surrounding Middle Eastern cultures. Build your own bowl and beverage.
Beverages –Minute Maid juice or Coke products

Noodle + Bowl 2nd Floor of Campus Center

Build your own Ramen Station.

Monday – Friday:  11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Accepts Meal Swipe, Flex points, Mac Money, Credit Card. Credit card/Mac money price: $6.15

Meal Swipe Option at Noodle + Bowl

Lunch – Build your own Ramen, including beverage, cookie, choice of chips or fresh fruit. Beverages – Minute Maid juice,  or Coke product

Bread + Pickles in the Leonard Center Athletic Building


Monday – Friday: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Meal Swipe Option
Build your own sandwich OR wrap

Coffee Cart in Janet Wallace Atrium

Monday – Friday:  8:00 am to 1:00 pm

Meal Swipe Options

Specialty coffee drinks + grab and go items

Summer Hours

Summer Meal plans will begin on May 23rd until July 28th 2023 for students in summer housing

 Dining Plans are declining balance:

  • 50 meals for $591.00
  • 100 meals for $1,183.00
  • 150 meals for $1,776.00

Meal Plan Changes

The default dining plan is A. Returning students may change their Fall Semester meal plan from Plan A to B, or  C anytime after roomdraw in the spring through the first two weeks of the fall semester. Plans A, B, and C all cost $3,544 per semester; and $7,088 per academic year.

New first-year students are assigned to Plan A for fall semester.  They may change to Plan B or C, spring semester.

All students may make meal plan changes through the first two weeks of the the academic semester. (This include refunds.)

Instructions:

  1. Log into 1600grand
  2. Locate the Student Life tab, select Housing and Dining Self-Service.
  3. At Housing and Dining Self Service, select Dining from the menu square at the top of the page.

Options for Off-Campus or Off-Board Students

Students living off-campus or in an off-board space may purchase a commuter plan or dining plan A-C.

Dining plans A, B, C are optional in the Grand Cambridge Apartments, Veggie Co-op, Dietary Intentional Affirming Community (Kirk 8), Language Houses, Eco House, Summit House, and Arabic House. These spaces have a full kitchen for the residents’ exclusive use.  Students living in these spaces will not be assigned a meal plan but may purchase a commuter or full residence hall dining plan.

Commuter Meal Plan –  75 Meals (declining balance)  and 75 flex points per semester – cost is $930.00

Dining Plan A, B, or C cost $3,544 per semester; and $7,088 per academic year.

To add an optional Commuter Plan or Dining Plans A-C

  1. go to 1600Grand/Student Life/ Housing and Dining Self Service.
  2. Select Dining from the menu square at the top of the page.

Commuter Meal Plans and Plans A, B,  or C, added after the semester payment due date must be paid for at the time of purchase by contacting Student Accounts.

Please note, you can only make changes to your meal plan (including refunds) prior to validation day of each academic year. Continue to check your 1600grand account for specific information about dates.