All undergraduate dining halls, the Center for Jewish Life, and the Graduate College will be open for the fall 2022 term.

Dining halls will open for the fall 2022 term with brunch on Friday, August 26, 2022. 

Please visit our hours of operations page.

Staff information for our dining halls are listed for each location at dining.princeton.edu/where-eat. You may also contact us through our department email at dining@princeton.edu.

All meals will be enjoyed in the dining halls. Our Lunch to Go program is available at the start of classes.

We have worked closely with Environmental Health and Safety to ensure the dining halls are as safe as possible for both guests and our team. Options in the dining halls are subject to change in accordance with state and local mandates and guidance in effect at the time.

First-year and sophomore students are automatically assigned the Unlimited Meal Plan for fall and spring semesters.

Juniors and seniors have the option to purchase a meal plan if they wish.

Graduate students living in the Graduate College are required to select a meal plan.

Graduate students living in apartments have the option to purchase a meal plan if they wish.

Meal plan options can be found on our Meal Plan page.

Available meal plan options can be found on our Meal Plan page.

Fall meal plans will begin with breakfast on Friday, August 26, 2022 for first-years, and the Saturday prior to the start of classes, September 3, 2022, for all other students.

Meal plans end for the fall term after dinner on Thursday, December 23.

For each meal, a daily, rotating menu will be served. Each dining hall serves its own, unique menu, usually consisting of a hot entree station, grill items, and a salad bar. Some dining halls may offer action stations, pizza stations, or both.

When available, menus can be found on our website, here.

The undergraduate unlimited and Block 105 meal plans, and the graduate unlimited and graduate block 105 meal plans remain active for fall recess periods. During recess, one brunch and one dinner swipe are allowed daily (re-entry is not permitted). Dining hall hours and open locations will be posted on our website.

Students without a meal plan have two meal plan options during recess:

1) The Traditional Recess Meal Plan includes two meals daily (not unlimited meal swipes); brunch and dinner. The plan fee is $212.00. A prorated fee will be charged if you register after recess has begun.

2) The Block 5 Meal Plan allows for a total of 5 meals during recess for a cost of $78.00.

In either case, a student must register with Campus Dining if they are planning to take meals during a recess. Registration information is announced via e-mail and posted to the website before each recess.

Guest meals, meal exchange, and two extra meal per week programs are not available during recess periods.

Juniors and seniors without a meal plan may use the Two Extra Meals program. Regardless of whether or not juniors and seniors purchase a meal plan, they are given two extra meals per week, Sunday brunch to Saturday dinner, to be used in a residential college dining hall beginning September 12, 2022.

Members of the University community without a meal plan — including students, faculty and staff — may eat in any dining hall at current single meal rates with a student charge, Paw Points, Tower Cards (purchased at TigerCard office), or a department charge. Cash or credit cards cannot be used for dining hall meals.

You will need to show your TigerCard to gain access to the dining halls. Be sure to let the card checker know which method you are choosing so that your account will be charged properly.

Meal plan changes that result in a decrease or drop may be made once in the fall before October 2, 2022 by contacting The Service Point at thepoint@princeton.edu. 

Changes resulting in an increase in a meal plan may be made at any time by contacting The Service Point.

See Terms and Policies for additional details.

If you have a food allergy or a special dietary need, please contact our Registered Dietitian, Puneet Sethi, RDN at ps5680@princeton.edu. 

Each dining hall has a culinary team who takes pride and passion in preparing nutritious meals for each member of the Princeton community. If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to Campus Dining by emailing dining@princeton.edu.

Yes, halal options will be available in the residential dining halls and at the Frist Food Gallery.

Campus Dining chefs or managers are available to answer questions or you can email Campus Dining at dining@princeton.edu.

Yes, the Center for Jewish Life will be open and kosher meals can be ordered to the dining halls 24 hours in advance. Please contact the manager of the dining hall from where you are picking your meal up from.

Campus Dining will provide you with free meals.

Days 1–5: Students will pick up their meals at the designated meal pick-up location, communicated to them through Campus Dining. Meals must be taken back to student’s room.

Days 6–10: Students need to wear a mask around others and cannot eat in a dining hall or eating club. For these five days, a daily $45 dining allowance will be allotted. 

• This allowance is intended to be used for breakfast, lunch, and dinner food and beverage purchases at any of our Campus Dining retail locations.
• This allowance can only be used at our Campus Dining retail cafes or the Frist Campus Center and will expire at the end of the 10th day.
• This allowance will not be available until after day 5 of isolation.
• Because this meal allowance is active only during days 6-10, these funds will not appear at any time when you login to view your TigerCard balance.

Campus Dining will provide you with free meals.

Days 1–5: Students will pick up their meals at the designated meal pick-up location, communicated to them through Campus Dining. Meals must be taken back to student’s room.

Days 6–10: Students need to wear a mask around others and cannot eat in a dining hall or eating club. For these five days, a daily $45 dining allowance will be allotted. 

• This allowance is intended to be used for breakfast, lunch, and dinner food and beverage purchases at any of our Campus Dining retail locations.
• This allowance can only be used at our Campus Dining retail cafes or the Frist Campus Center and will expire at the end of the 10th day.
• This allowance will not be available until after day 5 of isolation.
• Because this meal allowance is active only during days 6-10, these funds will not appear at any time when you login to view your TigerCard balance.

Campus Dining will provide you with free meals.

Days 1–5: Students will pick up their meals at the designated meal pick-up location, communicated to them through Campus Dining. Meals must be taken back to student’s room.

Days 6–10: Students need to wear a mask around others and cannot eat in a dining hall or eating club. For these five days, a daily $45 dining allowance will be allotted. 

• This allowance is intended to be used for breakfast, lunch, and dinner food and beverage purchases at any of our Campus Dining retail locations.
• This allowance can only be used at our Campus Dining retail cafes or the Frist Campus Center and will expire at the end of the 10th day.
• This allowance will not be available until after day 5 of isolation.
• Because this meal allowance is active only during days 6-10, these funds will not appear at any time when you login to view your TigerCard balance.

Campus Dining will provide you with free meals.

Days 1–5: Students will pick up their meals at the designated meal pick-up location, communicated to them through Campus Dining. Meals must be taken back to student’s room.

Days 6–10: Students need to wear a mask around others and cannot eat in a dining hall or eating club. For these five days, a daily $45 dining allowance will be allotted. 

• This allowance is intended to be used for breakfast, lunch, and dinner food and beverage purchases at any of our Campus Dining retail locations.
• This allowance can only be used at our Campus Dining retail cafes or the Frist Campus Center and will expire at the end of the 10th day.
• This allowance will not be available until after day 5 of isolation.
• Because this meal allowance is active only during days 6-10, these funds will not appear at any time when you login to view your TigerCard balance.

Campus Dining will provide you with free meals.

Days 1–5: Students will pick up their meals at the designated meal pick-up location, communicated to them through Campus Dining. Meals must be taken back to student’s room.

Days 6–10: Students need to wear a mask around others and cannot eat in a dining hall or eating club. For these five days, a daily $45 dining allowance will be allotted. 

• This allowance is intended to be used for breakfast, lunch, and dinner food and beverage purchases at any of our Campus Dining retail locations.
• This allowance can only be used at our Campus Dining retail cafes or the Frist Campus Center and will expire at the end of the 10th day.
• This allowance will not be available until after day 5 of isolation.
• Because this meal allowance is active only during days 6-10, these funds will not appear at any time when you login to view your TigerCard balance.

Once students have completed the initial 5 days of isolation and have been reassessed, a $45 daily dining allowance will be automatically added to their account for days 6 -10. This allowance is intended to be used for personal breakfast, lunch, and dinner food and beverage purchases at any of the Campus Dining retail locations (Atrium, Chancellor Green, Chemistry, EQuad, Genomics, Shultz, Tiger Tea Room, Witherspoon’s, Frist Food Gallery, and C-Store). This allowance will expire after day 10.

This allowance will not be available until day six.

Because this meal allowance is active only during days 6-10, these funds will not appear when students log in to view TigerCard balances. Upon check out, students should indicate to the cashier that they will be paying with points, and funds will automatically be deducted from the dining allowance.  Students will not be billed for this allowance, as it is intended to ensure they receive substantial and nutritious meals.

Meals should be taken to go and enjoyed outdoors or in dorm rooms. Masks must be worn at all times while around others and in common areas of campus buildings. Meal hours can be found on our website.

Students may email mealsupport@princeton.edu with questions about meals. Team members are available for questions daily from 9 a.m.–7 p.m.

All students who need to isolate and need meal assistance will need to sign up for meals through the link provided in the isolation information email. During days 1–5 of isolation, meals are provided via a meal pick-up location on campus. During days 6–10, students will receive a dining allowance.

Because your dining allowance expires after day 10, these funds will not appear when logged in to view TigerCard balances.

The dining allowance will automatically be activated for days 6 through 10. Allowances will expire after the 10th day.

The dining allowance will roll over from day to day for 5 days from day 6 to day 10. However, all unused dining allowance funds will expire on the completion of your 10th day.

Dining allowance can be used at any of our retail dining cafes and at Frist Campus Center. It will not be accepted at the U-Store.

Locations where dining allowance is accepted:

• Atrium Cafe
• Chancellor Green Cafe
• Chemistry CaFe
• EQuad Cafe
• Genomics Cafe
• Shultz Cafe
• Tiger Tea Room
• Witherspoon’s
• Frist Food Gallery
• C-Store