For the Spring semester, the Food for Thought Food Truck will be located Whitney Dining Hall offering an expanded menu, including daily specials, and accepting meal plan swipes.
Hours: Monday-Friday; 11am-6pm (weather permitting); open January 19th-April 9th
Points, cash, Husky Bucks, and credit/debit cards will also be accepted.
More details and menu at https://dining.uconn.edu/foodforthought/
Spring Semester
Updates & Important Reminders
Stay informed throughout the semester and review our updates and COVID FAQs here.
Flex Passes
Flex Passes will be taken in all of our open cafes, with the exception of Market Cafe – located in the Student Union. The meal equivalency of a Flex Pass is $7.00. When you are at that cafe, multiple, separate Flex Passes can be used. If you choose to only use one Flex Pass and your order is over $7.00 you will need to pay the balance with cash, credit/debit card, Husky Bucks or points. There is no limit on the number of times you use a Flex Pass during the day. SWIPING IN GUESTS: Please note that during COVID-19 swiping in guests to the dining hall with your Flex Passes is limited to UConn students (that have been tested for COVID-19). You are not able to swipe in another UConn student during campus-wide quarantine periods or at any point in a quarantine-only dining unit.
Points
Points can be used during all hours of operation at our retail locations: Union Street Market Food Court outlets, Market Cafe, Mango, The Beanery Cafe, Up & Atom Cafe, Bookworms, Dairy Bar Too, One Plate, Two Plates, Earth, Wok & Fire, and the Food for Thought Food Truck. Points may also be used to purchase guest meals in the dining units.
Just Ask
If you have a dietary request –“Just Ask”
If you are looking for a particular item, and don’t see it-“Just Ask”
If you are vegan or vegetarian and are looking for a different menu option –“Just Ask”
If you are looking for a slight modification to a menu item, “Just Ask: if it is possible, we will do our best to accommodate your request.
If there is anything else, “Just Ask” for a manager and we will be happy to assist.
Let Catering do the cooking for your weeknight or holiday meals!
New items have been added to the store
https://bit.ly/CateringCurbside
Hot Hors d’oeuvres
Scallop Wrapped Bacon with Maple Pepper Glaze
Petite Beef Wellington
Chicken & Asiago Cheese Blossoms
Hot Hors d’oeuvres assortment tray
Jumbo Buffalo Chicken Wings
Baked Sliced Honey Ham Complete Meal for 6
Chocolate-Dipped Peppermint Brownie Bars
Assorted Chocolate Truffles
Four-Cheese Macaroni & Cheese
Buffalo Chicken Macaroni & Cheese
Place your order today! 72 hours notice required; pick up 7 days a week
McMahon Dining Hall will be closed on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26th so that our staff can enjoy the holiday with their families.
On Wednesday evening (11/25/20), McMahon will have stations for those on the winter meal plan to pick up breakfast, lunch, and a complete Thanksgiving dinner to have for Thursday.
McMahon will reopen on Friday, November 27th, normal operating hours.
TAKE OUT ONLY
Regular Winter Break Students
Quarantine Students (Nov 22-Dec 5)
Eric Merkle, bakery manager in the department of dining services, spoke about the Thanksgiving bake sale held by the University of Connecticut in preparation for the upcoming holiday.
Merkle said they held the sale through a completely online format. In particular, he said they used the dining marketplace on their official website.
“We did the bake sale 100% online this year through the dining marketplace on our dining.uconn.edu page,” Merkle said.
Merkle said the results of the bake sale were surprising to him as they were better than he expected them to be. He believes this is due to the fact that people are becoming more comfortable with buying food online.
Read the full article from The Daily Campus here.
With Fall semester meal plans ending after dinner on Saturday, November 21st, please review the link below for our hours of operation at McMahon and retail locations through the end of January 2021.
https://dining.uconn.edu/hours/
Spring semester meal plans are slated to begin on January 15th, 2021.
All dining halls (North, Northwest, South, McMahon, Buckley, Putnam) will be open to all students, except those that have been placed in medical isolation, and have converted to take-out only as of 5 p.m. on Friday, November 13.
Students can continue to access Gelfenbien take-out window and retail* locations. All locations, dining halls and retail, will maintain normal operating hours. Flex passes and points can still be used. Flex passes can be used to swipe in off-campus students.
Fall semester meal plans will end after dinner on Saturday, November 21st.
*Mango, Up & Atom Cafe, Bookworms Cafe, and Dairy Bar Too will be closed and reopening on February 1, 2021.
If you become ill and cannot make it to a dining unit for a meal, you may call the dining facility you normally eat in, ask for the manager on duty, and request a meal “to go.” Please provide the manager with your PeopleSoft number as well as the name of the individual who will be picking up your meal. When the designated person picks up the meal for you, they must swipe in their own card, swipe in the requesting student’s card, and ask for the unit manager to assist with the take-out.
If you were on campus this semester and went to the dining halls and/or our retail locations, check your email for our biannual survey. We appreciate your time and feedback. This brief survey will help us make adjustments for the spring semester.
Read the full article from The Daily Campus here.
The annual UConn Bakery Thanksgiving Pie & Baked Goods sale is coming to a close in one week.
The bakery has many Thanksgiving staples such as apple pie, pumpkin pie, Southern pecan pie, cheesecake, pumpkin cheesecake, rolls, breads and much more.
Orders must be in by 4pm on November 11th. No orders will be accepted after this date. The items offered on this store are available only for the Thanksgiving Pie & Baked Goods sale for pick up on Wednesday, November 25th. Pick up will be at the Bakery (located in the Commissary building on Gurleyville Road) from 8:30am-2:30pm.
The sale is open to the campus community and the public.
If you have questions about these items or pick up, please contact us before placing your order at 860-486-3128
Visit the Bakery Thanksgiving online store here.
