University of Rochester Dining & Food

Meal swipes grant you access to the dining halls, either Danforth or Douglass. As a freshman, you will have unlimited swipes! That’s like unlimited food! The dining halls open at 8:00 am for breakfast (Douglass on weekdays, Danforth on weekends). Lunch usually lasts from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm while dinner takes place from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. You can swipe into a dining hall as many times as you would like during these times. There are a few other uses for swipes. At Meliora Grab and Go, you can use one swipe for a sandwich, salad, parfait, or soup with a fruit, drink, and a cookie. At the Pit, you can use one swipe for pizza, salad bar, or grill items from 8:00 to 10:00 pm. At Rocky’s, you can use one swipe for a sandwich, a drink, and a bag of chips from 8:00 to 10:00 pm. You get about seven guest swipes as well for visitors. So the negative of swipes are the restrictions on variety and the restrictions on time.

As a central location for campus life, Wilson Commons provides space for meetings, special events, relaxation, recreation, and dining throughout its five floors. The building also provides office space to the Office of the Dean of Students and many student organizations.

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The Pit is part of the WIlson Dining Commons.

Danforth is the other major dining center on UR River Campus, home to the vegan station and soft serve machines. As Danforth is below the Susan B. Anthony Dorms, and next to Jackson Court, it is choice dining for students living in those areas. Rochester students love the many options and modern environment at Danforth, but hate that it is closed for breakfast and on weekends. !here_should_be_iframe! <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/streetview?key=AIzaSyDdyNxaQBOZo1XeMHjcotBK0uAFJa0VL0M&location=43.12966953890343,-77.62686696514288&heading=270&pitch=0&fov=35" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe> !here_should_be_latitude! 43.12966953890343 !here_should_be_longitude! -77.62686696514288

Ada and Harshi chat about the food and music at Danforth, and discuss the controversial debate that is Danforth Dining vs. Douglass Dining !here_should_be_iframe! <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/streetview?key=AIzaSyDdyNxaQBOZo1XeMHjcotBK0uAFJa0VL0M&location=43.12961602621399,-77.62677153757875&heading=270&pitch=0&fov=35" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe> !here_should_be_latitude! 43.12961602621399 !here_should_be_longitude! -77.62677153757875

Ada shows you what she found at to buy with declining at University of Rochester's on campus grocery store. !here_should_be_iframe! <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/streetview?key=AIzaSyDdyNxaQBOZo1XeMHjcotBK0uAFJa0VL0M&location=43.12966953890343,-77.62686696514288&heading=270&pitch=0&fov=35" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe> !here_should_be_latitude! 43.12966953890343 !here_should_be_longitude! -77.62686696514288

Hillside is the University of Rochester's on campus grocery store, and is the food option which is open the latest. If you need to make a late-night ice cream run, Hillside is the go-to. !here_should_be_iframe! <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/streetview?key=AIzaSyDdyNxaQBOZo1XeMHjcotBK0uAFJa0VL0M&location=43.12966953890343,-77.62686696514288&heading=270&pitch=0&fov=35" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe> !here_should_be_latitude! 43.12966953890343 !here_should_be_longitude! -77.62686696514288

Douglass Dining Center, or Douggie, is the choice dining hall for those living on the freshman quad, and the fraternity quad. Douggie is open for breakfast lunch and dinner every weekday, and brunch and dinner on weekends. There is a Kosher station, a station free of the top 9 allergens, pizza, salad, pasta, bagels, yogurt, cereal, and desserts daily, and more options like falafel, tacos, eggplant parm subs, sushi bowls, and poutine on occasion. !here_should_be_iframe! <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/streetview?key=AIzaSyDdyNxaQBOZo1XeMHjcotBK0uAFJa0VL0M&location=43.12871399647869,-77.62881452780255&heading=270&pitch=0&fov=35" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe> !here_should_be_latitude! 43.12871399647869 !here_should_be_longitude! -77.62881452780255

Ada gives you a look at her favorite lunch in Douglass Dining Center. !here_should_be_iframe! <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/streetview?key=AIzaSyDdyNxaQBOZo1XeMHjcotBK0uAFJa0VL0M&location=43.12871399647869,-77.62881452780255&heading=270&pitch=0&fov=35" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe> !here_should_be_latitude! 43.12871399647869 !here_should_be_longitude! -77.62881452780255

In this video, I will be giving a tour of one of our main dining halls - Douglass Dining Hall.

Meal swipes grant you access to the dining halls, either Danforth or Douglass. As a freshman, you will have unlimited swipes! That’s like unlimited food! The dining halls open at 8:00 am for breakfast (Douglass on weekdays, Danforth on weekends). Lunch usually lasts from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm while dinner takes place from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. You can swipe into a dining hall as many times as you would like during these times. There are a few other uses for swipes. At Meliora Grab and Go, you can use one swipe for a sandwich, salad, parfait, or soup with a fruit, drink, and a cookie. At the Pit, you can use one swipe for pizza, salad bar, or grill items from 8:00 to 10:00 pm. At Rocky’s, you can use one swipe for a sandwich, a drink, and a bag of chips from 8:00 to 10:00 pm. You get about seven guest swipes as well for visitors. So the negative of swipes are the restrictions on variety and the restrictions on time.

As a central location for campus life, Wilson Commons provides space for meetings, special events, relaxation, recreation, and dining throughout its five floors. The building also provides office space to the Office of the Dean of Students and many student organizations.

Banana costumes!

The Pit is part of the WIlson Dining Commons.

In this video, I will be touring one of our main dining halls on campus - "The Pit."