Downgrade Fall Semester Meal Plan by September 17th

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Desroches, Rebecca

If you are looking to downgrade your residential meal plan, you will need to do so by Friday, September 17th. Upgrade at any point during the semester. Use our change plan form for upgrading and downgrading https://dining.uconn.edu/meal-plan/change-your-plan/

Hours of Operation for Labor Day Weekend

Posted on September 2, 2021September 3, 2021 by Desroches, Rebecca

DINING HALLS

Saturday, Sept. 4: Normal Hours of Operation

Sunday, Sept. 5: Normal Hours of Operation

Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 6:

Breakfast: South open 7am-10:30am
Brunch: All dining units open: 10:30am-2:15pm
Dinner: All dining units open: 4:15pm-7:45pm

RETAIL LOCATIONS

Saturday, Sept. 4: USM, Market Cafe, C-Store, Dairy Bar – Normal Hours of Operation – all other locations closed

Sunday, Sept. 5: USM, Market Cafe, C-Store – Normal Hours of Operation — all other locations, including Bookworms Cafe, will be closed

Labor Day: Monday, Sept. 6:

Dairy Bar: Closed
Union Street Market (Student Union): 11am-9pm
One Plate, Two Plates: Closed
Market Cafe (Student Union): 10am-4pm
Earth, Wok & Fire: Closed
Union Exchange Convenience Store (Student Union): Noon-9pm
UC Cafes: Closed
Mango: Closed
Food for Thought Food Truck: Closed

Plant-based Café, CrossRoads, Opens in Wilbur Cross Building

Posted on September 2, 2021September 18, 2023 by Desroches, Rebecca

UConn Dining Services’ highly anticipated plant-based café, CrossRoads, opened for business on Monday, August 30^th, feeding students, faculty, and staff.

Located in the heart of campus on the main floor of the Wilbur Cross building, adjacent to the Information Center, CrossRoads offers a unique menu of plant-forward options that will satisfy meat-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans alike. Many items on the menu are also gluten-free. The casual café serves up ready-to-go salads and sandwiches that are made fresh every day on campus, desserts from the UConn Bakery, as well as build-your-own yogurt bowls.

The idea for CrossRoads started in October of 2020 when UConn undergraduate Madelyn Pickett ’23 (ENG) emailed Dining Services with her proposal for the plant-based café. To gauge the interest of the campus community, Dining Services sent out a survey and received thousands of responses in support of the café idea. Although vegan and vegetarian fare is available in all the campus dining facilities, Dining Services saw an opportunity with this cafe to bring additional exposure and availability of the great tasting plant-based products that are on the market to the flexitarians on campus, along with creating an education component on the health and sustainability aspects of a plant-forward diet. With full approval from the University, students then took part in a menu tasting in March of 2021 in the Dining Services Innovation Lab with Robert Landolphi, associate director for culinary development and residential dining.

When it came time to creating the branded look for CrossRoads, Dining Services continued with the idea of keeping elements of the Café centered around student involvement. Pickett turned to her friend and graphic designer Jared Beltz ‘23 (BUS). Beltz, a junior, is a digital media and design major at UConn and developed the logo, branding guide, and color palette for the Café.

The Café space was remodeled this summer with wood elements, plants from the UConn Horticulture Club, and campus photography to create a natural and welcoming feel. High top tables along with a lounge space are available for dining and studying.

In addition to making plant-based options more obtainable within the UConn community, the CrossRoads team strives to educate and spread awareness on the importance of sustainability. Through student leadership, the Crossroads Events Management Committee will coordinate and host events on a range of topics relating to the plant-forward movement. Such areas include sustainable farming, alternative proteins, nutritional topics, etc.

CrossRoads is open to the public; hours Monday through Friday from 7:30am-3pm | Husky Bucks, Credit/Debit, Points and Flex Passes accepted.

CrossRoads Café – website https://dining.uconn.edu/uc-cafes/

For press inquiries, please contact DDSmarketing@uconn.edu.

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Meals Served at Hillel House During Rosh Hashanah

Posted on September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 by Desroches, Rebecca

In observance of Rosh Hashanah, the NOSH Kosher Kitchen at Gelfenbien Dining Hall will be closed starting Monday, September 6th after lunch at 2:15pm. The NOSH Kosher Kitchen will re-open Thursday, September 9th for breakfast at 7:00am. During this time meals prepared by NOSH will be served at UConn Hillel. Please call Hillel at 429-9007 or check their website at www.uconnhillel.org.

Chem Cafe, Dairy Bar Too, Bistro to Permanently Close

Posted on August 16, 2021August 26, 2021 by Desroches, Rebecca

After a careful business review, Dining Services has made the determination to permanently close the Bistro On Union Street restaurant and Dairy Bar Too, both located in the Student Union, along with the Chem Café located in the Chemistry Building. To accommodate our Dairy Bar Too customers, please visit the Dairy Bar at 17 Manter Road. For our Chem Café customers, please visit the nearby Up and Atom Café located in the Biophysics building or our new plant-based cafe, CrossRoads, located in the Wilbur Cross building. Both cafes will be opening on Monday, August 30th. We thank our loyal customers for your patronage over the years.

Please send questions to DDSMarketing@uconn.edu.

What’s Open: August 15th-30th

Posted on August 16, 2021June 7, 2022 by Desroches, Rebecca

Summer Meal Plan – South Dining Hall

Hours of Operation (including weekends)

Breakfast: 7-9:30am
Lunch: 11:00am-2:30pm
Dinner: 4-7:15pm

Sunday, August 15th

Dining Hall (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner): South
Retail: Dairy Bar (11am-9pm)

Monday, August 16th

Dining Hall (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner): South
Retail: Student Union: C-Store (9am-3pm), One Plate, Two Plate (11am-2:30pm), Market Cafe (7:30am-3pm )

Tuesday, August 17th

Dining Hall (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner): South
Retail: Student Union: C-Store (9am-3pm), One Plate, Two Plate (11am-2:30pm), Market Cafe (7:30am-3pm ); Benton Museum: Beanery Cafe (7:30am-3pm)

Wednesday, August 18th
Dining Hall (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner): South
Retail: Dairy Bar (11am-8pm); Student Union: C-Store (9am-3pm), One Plate, Two Plate (11am-2:30pm), Market Cafe (7:30am-3pm ); Benton Museum: Beanery Cafe (7:30am-3pm)

Thursday, August 19th

Dining Hall (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner): South
Retail: Dairy Bar (11am-8pm), Student Union: C-Store (9am-3pm), One Plate, Two Plate (11am-2:30pm), Market Cafe (7:30am-3pm ); Benton Museum: Beanery Cafe (7:30am-3pm)

Friday, August 20th

Dining Hall (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner): South
Retail: Dairy Bar (11am-9pm), Student Union: C-Store (9am-3pm), One Plate, Two Plate (11am-2:30pm), Market Cafe (7:30am-3pm ); Benton Museum: Beanery Cafe (7:30am-3pm)

Saturday, August 21st
Dining Hall (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner): South
Retail: Dairy Bar (11am-9pm)

Sunday, August 22nd
Dining Hall: South
Retail: Dairy Bar (11am-9pm)

Monday, August 23rd

Tuesday, August 24th

Dining Hall (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner): South
Retail: Student Union: USM Food Court (10:30am-3pm), C-Store (9am-3pm), One Plate, Two Plate (11am-2:30pm), Market Cafe (7:30am-3pm ); Benton Museum: Beanery Cafe (7:30am-3pm)

Wednesday, August 25th

Dining Hall (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner): South
Retail: Dairy Bar (11am-8pm); Student Union: USM Food Court (10:30am-3pm), C-Store (9am-3pm), One Plate, Two Plate (11am-2:30pm), Market Cafe (7:30am-3pm ); Benton Museum: Beanery Cafe (7:30am-3pm)

Thursday, August 26th

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MOVE-IN WEEKEND

GUESTS AT DINING HALLS FOR FALL 2021: Please be advised that students will only be allowed to swipe in other UConn students. To dine with non-UConn guests, we welcome you to visit our retail eateries in the Student Union. For the fall semester, Flex Passes can also be used to get a value meal in the cafes on campus. In our retail cafes, one Flex Pass = one value meal. Value meals include any salad or sandwich plus any bottled drink plus any bag of chips. No substitutions are allowed. Only one Flex Pass is allowed per transaction at the register however there is no limit on the number of times you can use a Flex Pass during the day. Flex Passes are only valid at Bookworms (library), Beanery (Benton Museum), Market Cafe (Student Union), Up & Atom (BioPhysics Building), and CrossRoads (Wilbur Cross Building). If these guest guidelines change at any point during the semester, we will inform the campus community. Please make sure to follow UConn Dining on social media and through our opt-in channel on the myUConn app for updates.

Friday, August 27th

Dining Halls:

Breakfast: South 7am-9:30am
Lunch (Fall Meal Plans Begin): Putnam, North, South, Gelfenbien (11:30am-2:15pm)
Dinner: All dining units open 4-6pm (summer meal plans end after dinner)

Retail: Dairy Bar (11am-9pm); Student Union: USM Food Court (10:30am-9pm), C-Store (9am-3pm), One Plate, Two Plate (11am-2:30pm), Market Cafe (7:30am-3pm );
Benton Museum: Beanery Cafe (7:30am-3pm)

Saturday, August 28th

Dining Halls:

Breakfast: South, Putnam, North, Gelfenbien (7am-10:30am)
Brunch: All dining halls open except Buckley (10:30am-2:15pm)
Dinner: All dining halls open except Buckley (4:15-7:45pm)

Retail: Dairy Bar (11am-9pm); Student Union: USM Food Court (11am-9pm), C-Store (Noon-9pm), Market Cafe (10am-4pm)

Sunday, August, 29th

Dining Halls:

Breakfast: South, Putnam, North, Gelfenbien (7am-10:30am)
Brunch: All units open except Buckley (10:30am-2:15pm)
Dinner: All dining halls open except Buckley (4:15-7:45pm)
Late Night Begins: Northwest & McMahon open until 10pm

Retail: Dairy Bar (11am-9pm); Student Union: USM Food Court (11am-9pm), C-Store (Noon-9pm), Market Cafe (10am-4pm)

Monday, August 30th (First Day of Classes)

Dining Halls: All dining halls begin normal hours of operation

Retail: All retail locations open with normal hours (Dairy Bar open Wed-Sun)

See Fall Hours of Operation at https://dining.uconn.edu/hours/

Dining Services Going Cashless

Posted on August 12, 2021August 16, 2021 by Desroches, Rebecca

Beginning Tuesday, August 17th, Dining Services will be going cashless with transactions at our retail locations on the Storrs campus. Beginning August 27th, all dining halls will also be going cashless.

The cafes at Avery Point and the Law School will be going cashless when they reopen for the semester.

Debit & Credit Cards accepted (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express). Other forms of payment such as Husky Bucks, Points, and Flex Passes remain the same.