Although many of our retail operations have been open during the quarantine period, as of August 31st all of our locations will be open and some will have expanded hours. View all retail location hours here. Make sure to visit Mango (formerly Freshens) in the Rec Center and try out their healthy and fresh menu of sandwiches, salads and smoothies.

Retail changes for the fall include the ability to use points at some additional locations and the use of flex passes at the UC Cafes.

Retail Locations That Accept Points for Fall 2020:

All UC Cafes (Beanery, Bookworms, Up & Atom, Wilbur’s, Chem Cafe)
Mango (formerly Freshens in the Rec Center)
Union Street Market
Earth, Wok & Fire
One Plate, Two Plates
Dairy Bar Too
Bistro on Union Street
Market Cafe

Using Flex Passes at the Cafes for Fall 2020: Flex Passes will be taken in all of our open cafes (Beanery, Bookworms, Up & Atom, Wilbur’s, Chem Cafe) with the exception of Market Cafe, located in the Student Union. The meal equivalency of a Flex Pass is $7.00 and can only be used once in a transaction. If you go over you will need to pay with cash (credit card or debit card) or points. There is no limit on the number of times you use a Flex Pass during the day.

Locations that Do Not Accept Points:

Dairy Bar
Dairy Bar Truck (not in operation this semester)
Union Central Exchange Convenience Store
Please also note that points are not accepted at Subway and Dunkin Donuts in the Student Union as they are not run by Dining Services.

Beginning Monday, August 24th students from hotspot/travel advisory states that were previously dining at North Dining Hall will now need to get all their to-go meals at Buckley Dining Hall.  Students identified by the University through contact tracing will also need to get all their meals at Buckley. Buckley will be to-go meals for the entire semester. North will open for all other students on August 24th.

Buckley will ONLY be open for those students identified by the University from hotspot states and/or contact tracing. If you live in Buckley or a nearby residence hall and are not in one of these categories, please visit one of our other open dining halls: North, Northwest, Putnam, South, McMahon.

Thank you for your patience.

 

Buckley Dining Hall Hours

Monday – Friday

• Breakfast: 7:00am-10:45am
• Lunch: 11:00am-4:00pm
• Dinner: 4:15pm-7:15pm

Saturday

• Breakfast: 7:00am-9:30am
• Brunch: 9:30am-4:00pm
• Dinner: 4:15pm-7:15pm

Sunday

• Breakfast: 8:00am-9:30am
• Brunch: 9:30am-4:00pm
• Dinner: 4:15pm-7:15pm

 

Retail locations that are open during the quarantine period (Aug 14th-30th) are as follows:

UC Cafes:

Beanery (Benton Museum)
Chem Cafe (Chemistry Building)
Up & Atom (BioPhysics Building)
Wilbur’s (Wilbur Building)

Hours During Quarantine Period: 7:30am-3pm Monday-Friday; Weekends – Closed

Forms of payment at UC Cafes: Cash, credit card, Husky Bucks, points and flex passes. The meal equivalency of a Flex Pass is $7.00 and can only be used once in a transaction. If you go over you will need to pay with cash (credit card or debit card) or points. There is no limit on the number of times you use a Flex Pass during the day.

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Food for Thought Food Truck (located on Mansfied Way near the library)

Hours During Quarantine Period: Monday-Friday 11am-4pm; Weekends: Closed

Forms of payment at Food Truck: Cash, credit card, Husky Bucks, points

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Student Union: 

Union Street Market food court
Market Cafe*
Earth, Wok & Fire
One Plate, Two Plates
Bistro On Union Street Call 860-486-5633 for to-go orders
Dairy Bar Too

Hours During Quarantine Period: See hours for all locations here

Forms of payment at Student Union locations: Cash, credit card, Husky Bucks, points
*Flex passes are not accepted at the Market Cafe

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Dairy Bar – Click here for details on ordering online for curbside pick up.

 

Please note: from August 14th-30th North Dining Hall will only be accessible to students that have to self-quarantine from hotspot states. Beginning August 31st, North will be accessible to all students with a dining plan.

Got questions? Visit our Fall semester FAQ page.

Whitey Dining Hall is featured on the cover of the July 2020 issue of Foodservice Equipment & Supplies magazine. Click here to read the full article on Whitney’s remodel during the summer of 2019.

 

 

The summer 2020 issue of the UConn Magazine featured new smoothies from UConn Dining that will be served in the rec center this fall. Check out the recipes to try one at home!

 

We are excited to announce that Dairy Bar will be reopening on Wednesday, June 24th for limited curbside service through online ordering. We ask that you please review all our ordering guidelines below so that we are able to keep our staff and customers healthy and safe as we adjust to this new service. These guidelines will also be available on the Dairy Bar ordering site when it launches.

Our limited service will include scooping small, medium, and pint cups (no toppings) and selling half gallons. At this time we are not able to serve walk-up customers. The Dairy Bar building will be closed to the public. Outdoor seating and public restrooms will not be available.

A link to our online ordering will be live on June 24^th at dining.uconn.edu/uconn-dairy-bar

Days We Will Be Open –  Wednesday-Sunday
Place Online Orders between 8am-4:30pm for same-day pick-up (orders placed after 4:30pm will not be prepared that day)
Curbside Pick-Up – 12pm-6:30pm (ends at 6:30pm sharp)
Advanced Orders – Customers are welcome to place an order early for pick-up on a different day that we are open. Upon check out, there is a box for you to tell us your approximate date of pick-up.

Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and July 3rd-7th, 2020.

How to order: We can only accept orders and payments through our online form. We are not able to take payments or orders onsite, through email or through phone calls. Once your order is placed, please allow up to 2 hours for it to be fulfilled. Once your order is ready you’ll receive a call from our staff (860 area code) to let you know your order is ready. Please wait for this phone call or voicemail before coming to the Dairy Bar.

When you arrive: We ask that customers wear masks and stay in their vehicles. Parking spots for pick-up will have a designated sign with a number. Please park in any of these available spots. If a spot is not available, please wait your turn. When you are in a designated spot, please call 860-486-1021 and let the staff know the name that the order is under and what parking spot you are in. We ask that you please leave the designated parking spot once you receive your order so that we may serve additional customers. Thank you for your patience with this process.

Payment will be taken once you complete your online order, not upon pick-up.

UConn IDs & Tax: Unfortunately at this time we are not able to validate UConn IDs through the online ordering system to remove tax.

If you have issues during the ordering process or questions, please email dairybar@uconn.edu. Staff will be monitoring this email address during our hours of operation.

As we work through this new service model we may make adjustments to our hours/days, menu offerings and ordering process. We will keep you informed along the way and thank you in advance for your patience.

May term begins Monday, May 11th and meals require purchasing a meal plan.

Students living in traditional housing are required to have a meal plan.

Students living in apartments are not required to have a meal plan. Meal plans for students living in apartments are optional.

Community meal plans will not be accepted until restrictions are lifted.

Meals will continue to be limited to take out and social distancing measures will be in place.

Summer meal plans can be purchased when registering for housing. All others please call 860.486.3128 and leave a message with a call back number:

Summer housing info from Res Life (https://reslife.uconn.edu/summer-housing/),

There will only be two plans offered this summer. They include 3 meals/ day ( Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) and are limited to one meal per meal period, no flex and no points.  They are:

–          7-day plan (Sunday thru Saturday)

–          5-day plan (Monday thru Friday – NO Weekend meals)

South will continue to be the only dining unit open. On Sunday, May 31^st, meals will transition to McMahon dining hall. McMahon will be the only dining hall open from May 31st until the end of the summer. McMahon will not be open on Saturday, July 4th.

Breakfast: 7:30am-9:30am

Lunch 11:30am-2:15pm

Dinner 4:15pm-7:15pm

The Dean of Students Office and Dining Services would like you to participate in a virtual Husky Swipes event. The UConn Swipes Program aims to provide students who are food insecure, and/or who are experiencing an emergency situation, access to healthy and well-balanced meals in our campus dining halls.

As in the past, while students were on campus, Dining would work collaboratively with the Dean of Students Office and other Departments within Student Affairs to encourage students to donate one swipe from their meal plan so that funds would be available for those that are facing food insecurity.  We now encourage you to take this opportunity virtually so we can continue with this important cause.

Students with a traditional dining plan interested in helping another student fight hunger insecurity can do so at the virtual Give A Meal event:

• WHEN: Monday, April 20, 2020 through Friday, April 24, 2020.
• WHAT YOU DO: Log into your account at the One Card website.
• Select Donations on the left-hand side
• All proceeds will go to the UConn Swipes initiative.
• Since its inception, the UConn Swipes initiative has donated $9,815!

If you need additional information regarding this initiative and how to apply you may find it on the Dean’s website at www.dos.uconn.edu.

Thank you in advance for your donation which will help a fellow Husky in the future.

Sincerely

Maureen Armstrong
Associate Dean of Students/Director, Dean of Students Office

Dennis Pierce
Executive Director, Dining Services