Dining Service Features

Want to learn about the dining services? Interested in a heart-healthy diet? Want to see what the Uppercrust is all about? Bringing a guest to dinner? Want to learn about the meal plans? Are you a vegetarian? Then you have come to the right place! If you have any further questions, please contact a manager.

Uppercrust
Theme Meals
Floor Dinners
Meal Card Procedures
Guest Meals
Payment Options

Food Committee
Special Diets
Sick Trays
Healthy Eating
Sack Lunches
Deli Bar

Uppercrust - Salad Bar and Deli Bar. Available at lunch and dinner in both dining halls. A server will prepare a special sandwich for you. You may choose from various kinds of homemade breads, natural cheese and premium meats. Working late? got a class or lab? Life just too busy? Don't have time for lunch or dinner? Let us make your meal for you—place an order for a sack lunch!

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Theme Meals - Once a month, at the evening meal, the menu will center on a theme of either an ethnic food or a holiday season. There is also a specialty food bar once per week. Some of the past specials include: Fiftie's Night, Pepsi Hoops, Strawberry Shortcake Bar, Quesidilla Bar, Chocolate Lovers Dream Bar, Smoothie Bar, Oktoberfest, Thanksgiving Dinner Buffet, Christmas Dinner Buffet, Siblings Weekend, Breakfast in Bed, Spring Break Escape, Chaos Day, Homecoming and much more! Plans are underway now for 2007-2008 special events, so check back often!

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Floor Dinners - Each residence hall floor may have one special dinner per semester—reservations must be made two weeks in advance through the Catering Department, ext. 6383. Please read the guidelines before ordering.

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Meal Card Procedures - Your meal card is not transferable. Only you can use your meal card to obtain a meal at the dining halls. You must present your meal card to the checker in order to gain entrance to the dining hall.

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Guest Meals - Your guests are encouraged to use the college dining facilities. Prices for meals are as follows:

Calvin Student Rate:

Breakfast: $5.00; Continental: $3.00; Lunch: $6.00; Dinner: $7.50

Guest Meals:

Breakfast: $5.25; Continental: $4.25; Lunch: $6.50; Dinner: $8.00

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Food Committees - Students who are concerned and interested about Calvin Dining Services can voice their opinion to your Dining Services Committee, which meets once a semester. Information regarding these meetings will be posted in the residence halls. We need your comments so we can respond to your needs.

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Special Diets - If you are on a meal plan and are placed on a special diet by your physician, you may make arrangement with the dining hall manager to plan a menu which fits your needs. Our dietitian is on campus frequently each semester to review upcoming nutrition trends and to talk about special diet concerns.

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Sick Trays - If you are too ill to come to the dining hall for your meal, you can get a sick tray by following this procedure: - Ask your Resident Director or Resident Assistant to fill out a sick tray authorization form. - The person getting your tray for you must bring your meal card along with the sick tray request to the food service manager's office in either dining hall. - There are standard meals for sick trays for each meal. Exceptions or substitutions to these menus must be approved through the health service.

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Healthy Eating - Seasonal fruits, colorful vegetables, a variety of break options, vegetarian and vegan options, and more, offered at both dining halls.

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Sack Lunches - If class or work keeps you away from a good venue during the day, order a sack lunch on-line.

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Deli Bar - Design your own sandwiches in either dining hall, choose from a selection of premium meats, natural cheeses, and fresh vegetables. Hot sandwiches and grilled panini specials offered throughout the week.

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