2021 Dining Services Employee of the Year Awards
Congratulations to the following University of Connecticut Department of Dining Services staff nominated for Employee of the Year! We couldn’t do it without all of you!
David Therrien, Union Street Market
Yvonne Saucier, UC Cafes
Julissa Casiano, Whitney Dining Hall
Rosemary Alvarado, Gelfenbien Dining Hall
Carmelo Ramos, McMahon Dining Hall
Cindy Dancosse, North Dining Hall
Jing Yang, Northwest Dining Hall
Nanette Lutsky, Putnam Dining Hall
Carlos Libran-Sanchez, South Dining Hall
Lora Wasilefsky, Buckley Dining Hall
Angel Soto, also from Buckley Dining Hall, celebrates 40 years at UConn Dining!
Paul Sheran, UConn Catering
Kevin Ostrowski, Dining Administrative Office
Diane LaChappelle, Commissary Warehouse
Carlos Libran-Sanchez, South Dining Hall, is UConn Dining’s 2021 Employee of the Year!
Spring Semester 2022 Updates
Visit the link below for spring information:
https://dining.uconn.edu/covid-updates-faq/
Finals Week/End of Semester: What’s Open
Dining Halls
Open normal hours through Friday, Dec. 17.
Saturday, Dec. 18th – Breakfast, Brunch & Dinner
South, McMahon, & Northwest open:
Hot Breakfast: 7-10am
Cold Breakfast: 10am-10:30am
Brunch: 10:30am-2:15pm
Between Meals Menu: 2:15-4:15pm
Dinner: 4:15-7:45pm
Sunday, Dec. 19th – South open
Same hours as above except that dinner ends at 7:15pm
Semester meal plans end with dinner at 7:15pm
Need a winter break meal plan? (Dec 20-Jan 14)
Retail Locations
Friday, Dec. 10 – Last Day of Classes
USM – 10:30am-9pm
Market Cafe – 7am-4pm
One Plate, Two Plates – 11am-3pm
Earth, Wok & Fire – 11am-5pm
C-Store – 9am-9pm
Food Truck – 11am-4pm
Beanery Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Bookworms Cafe -7:30am-9pm
CrossRoads -7:30am-3pm
Up & Atom Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Mango – 8am-3pm
Dairy Bar – 11am-6pm
Saturday, Dec 11 – Reading Day
USM – 11am-9pm
Market Cafe – 9am-4pm
C-Store – 12-9pm
Bookworms Cafe – 9:30am-9pm
Mango – Noon-7pm
Dairy Bar – 11am-6pm
Sunday, Dec 12 – Reading Day
USM – Noon-9pm
Market Cafe – 9am-4pm
C-Store – 12-9pm
Bookworms Cafe – 9:30am-11pm
Mango – Noon-7pm
Dairy Bar – 11am-6pm
Monday, Dec. 13 – Exam Day
USM – 10:30am-9pm
Market Cafe – 7:30am-4pm
One Plate, Two Plates – 11:30am-7pm
Earth, Wok & Fire – 11:30am-7pm
C-Store – 9am-9pm
Food Truck – 11am-4pm* (tentative)
Beanery Cafe – 7:30am-7pm
Bookworms Cafe -7:30am-11pm
CrossRoads -7:30am-3pm
Up & Atom Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Mango – 8am-8pm
Tuesday, Dec. 14 – Exam Day
USM – 10:30am-9pm
Market Cafe – 7:30am-4pm
One Plate, Two Plates – 11:30am-7pm
Earth, Wok & Fire – 11:30am-7pm
C-Store – 9am-9pm
Food Truck – 11am-4pm* (tentative)
Beanery Cafe – 7:30am-7pm
Bookworms Cafe -7:30am-11pm
CrossRoads -7:30am-3pm
Up & Atom Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Mango – 8am-8pm
Wednesday, Dec. 15 – Exam Day
USM – 10:30am-9pm
Market Cafe – 7:30am-4pm
One Plate, Two Plates – 11:30am-7pm
Earth, Wok & Fire – 11:30am-7pm
C-Store – 9am-9pm
Food Truck – 11am-4pm* (tentative)
Beanery Cafe – 7:30am-7pm
Bookworms Cafe -7:30am-11pm
CrossRoads -7:30am-3pm
Up & Atom Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Mango – 8am-8pm
Dairy Bar – 11am-6pm
Thursday, Dec. 16 – Reading Day
USM – 10:30am-9pm
Market Cafe – 7:30am-4pm
One Plate, Two Plates – 11:30am-7pm
Earth, Wok & Fire – 11:30am-7pm
C-Store – 9am-9pm
Food Truck – 11am-4pm* (tentative)
Beanery Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Bookworms Cafe -7:30am-9pm
CrossRoads -7:30am-3pm
Up & Atom Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Mango – 8am-8pm
Dairy Bar – 11am-6pm
Friday, Dec. 17 – Exam Day
USM – 10:30am-9pm
Market Cafe – 7:30am-4pm
One Plate, Two Plates – 11:o0am-3pm
Earth, Wok & Fire – 11:o0am-5pm
C-Store – 9am-9pm
Food Truck – 11am-4pm* (tentative)
Beanery Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Bookworms Cafe -7:30am-5pm
CrossRoads -7:30am-3pm
Up & Atom Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Mango – 7:30am-2:30pm
Dairy Bar – 11am-6pm
Sat., Dec. 18 – Exam Day
USM – 11am-7pm
Market Cafe – 9am-4pm
C-Store – Noon-9pm
Bookworms Cafe -7:30am-3pm
Dairy Bar – 11am-6pm
Sun., Dec. 19
Dairy Bar – 11am-6pm
Monday, Dec. 20
Market Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
One Plate, Two Plates – 11:o0am-3pm
C-Store – 9am-3pm
CrossRoads -7:30am-3pm
Up & Atom Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Tuesday, Dec. 21
Market Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
One Plate, Two Plates – 11:o0am-3pm
C-Store – 9am-3pm
CrossRoads -7:30am-3pm
Up & Atom Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Wednesday, Dec. 22
Market Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
One Plate, Two Plates – 11:o0am-3pm
C-Store – 9am-3pm
CrossRoads -7:30am-3pm
Up & Atom Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Dairy Bar – 11am-6pm
Thursday, Dec. 23
Market Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
One Plate, Two Plates – 11:o0am-3pm
C-Store – 9am-3pm
CrossRoads -7:30am-3pm
Up & Atom Cafe – 7:30am-3pm
Dairy Bar – 11am-6pm
All retail locations closed from Dec. 24-26
For winter break hours click here.
Winter Break Meal Plan Options
If you are applying for housing during winter break you will be presented on the housing form with the option to purchase one of two meal plans, a 5 day or 7 day. Meal plans are required for those that are assigned to a dorm or suite. Students assigned to a campus apartment as their winter break housing are not required to have a meal plan but can call Dining Services to purchase a plan and/or points. Click here to enlarge/download/print flyer.
Dairy Bar Gift Certificates Available to Purchase Online
Dairy Bar gift certificates make great gifts any time of the year and now you can purchase them online and have them shipped to yourself or someone else. Available in denominations of $5 or $10.
Gift certificates are also available to purchase in person at the Dairy Bar.
Online orders can only be processed during our hours of operation and will incur a $1 shipping & handling fee.
Purchase here: https://bit.ly/OrderUConnDB
Please visit the Dairy Bar website for current hours.
Student Developed Nutrition Bar Now Being Sold at the C-Store
Reach Bar is now being sold at the Union Central Exchange Convenience Store in the Student Union! UConn Dining is proud to support the UConn entrepreneurial team that created the Reach Bar – Eva Quigley (left), Natalie Lacroix, and Sofia Saul (right).The Reach Bar is a vegetable-based nutrition bar and for every bar purchased they donate a meal to a child in a food-insecure home through a partnership with a Connecticut-based nonprofit.
The bar is vegan, gluten-free, kosher, non-GMO, and domestically produced, manufactured, and assembled.
Stop by to purchase a bar and support your fellow Huskies!
To learn more about their story, check out the article in UConn Today https://bit.ly/3o6QHQ1
Donate a Flex Pass at Give A Meal on Nov 9th
On Tuesday, November 9th at dinner, (4:15-7:45pm) UConn Dining will continue the tradition of holding a Give-A-Meal event in all 8 residential dining halls.
Each student can tap their ID card and donate one flex pass. All proceeds from the donated flex passes will go to:
- Community Outreach Alternative Break – offset the expense of transportation for the non-traditional spring break trips
- Division of Student Affairs, Student First Fund – This program is aimed at meeting the needs of students who are experiencing unanticipated hardships.
Thank you for your continued support of this program to assist your fellow Huskies!
Thanksgiving Break Hours – Dining Halls & Retail
Retail Locations
Check here for the full Thanksgiving Break spreadsheet of hours of operation.
What’s Open 11/19-11/27
Friday 11/19
- All Cafes (normal schedule) 7:30am-3pm
- USM 11am-5pm
- One Plate, Two Plates 11am-3pm
- Market Cafe 7am-4pm
- Earth, Wok & Fire 11am-3pm
- Union Exchange C-Store 9am-5pm
- Food Truck 11am-2pm
- Mango 8am-2:30pm (smoothies menu only from 8-10:30)
- Dairy Bar 11am-7pm
Saturday 11/20 & Sunday 11/21
- Dairy Bar 11am-7pm both days
Monday 11/22 & Tuesday 11/23
- USM 11am-3pm
- Market Cafe 7:30am-3pm
- Union Exchange C-Store 9am-3pm
- Beanery Cafe 7:30am-3pm
- Up & Atom Cafe 7:30am-3pm
- Dairy Bar 11am-7pm
Wednesday 11/24
- Beanery Cafe 7:30am-1pm
- Dairy Bar 11am-4pm
Thursday 11/25 & Friday 11/26– all Dining retail locations closed
Saturday 11/27
- Dairy Bar 11am-6pm
Sunday 11/28
- USM 11am-9pm
- Market Cafe 10am-4pm
- Union Exchange C-Store Noon-9pm
- Dairy Bar 11am-6pm
Dining Halls
Semester meal plans shut down after dinner on Friday, November 19th. Residential meal plans will resume on Sunday, November 28th at breakfast. Community Meal Plans stay active during break and can be used at locations that are open. If you are staying on campus during Thanksgiving break 11/20-11/27, please check out the details below for what will be open. If you have a residential meal plan and would like meals during your time on campus, please fill out this form. Buckley (and all other Dining operations) will be closed on Thursday, November 25th so that our staff can enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. We hope you have a wonderful break!
