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Food is fuel for the mind. Restaurants on campus nourish and stimulate the intellect of thousands of students at Cal Poly. Campus Dining is dedicated to providing a variety of quality fresh foods and exceptional service in a friendly environment.

Campus Dining offers over 20 restaurants and food venues on campus with at least one food operation open every day. Campus Dining offers a wide variety of fare that is vegetarian, non-dairy, wheat/gluten-free, low-fat, and more to accommodate various food preferences and allergies. Fresh foods are brought in from local and regional producers to develop healthy and delicious menu items.

Campus Dining is constantly improving its operations to function more sustainably. Driven by consumer demand, all Campus restaurants avoid using polystyrene (foam) and all of the cardboard, plastic, glass, and metal used is properly recycled. The culinary chefs are mindful about purchasing fruits, vegetables, dairy, and meat products from the Cal Poly Organic Farm and other local producers. Thousands of pounds of food material is composted and safely made into premium soil. Campus Dining operates biodiesel trucks and is constantly looking for ways to green things up!

Food industry regulations stipulate that every food service organization needs at least one employee that is sanitation certified. Campus Dining has exceeded this standard by having nearly all of its regular employees SERVSAFE certified. To contact us, email campusdining@calpoly.edu or call (805) 756-1175. Click here for phone lists by location or person.

Campus Express Club

Campus Express Club makes it easy for students and faculty to purchase food, supplies, and services on campus with their PolyCard (Cal Poly ID). You can add value at any time by going online or dropping off a check at the Campus Dining Customer Service Office (Building 19). Campus Express Club is accepted at all campus restaurants, El Corral Bookstore, Canyon Post, and Health Services, as well as for printing at computer labs and at many vending machines on campus.

To easily add value to your Campus Express Club, click here.

Dining Plans

Convenient and flexible Dining Plans are provided for students living on campus. Sign up for Residence Hall Dining Plans, after you've been accepted into Housing by clicking on the Dining Plan Channel at https://my.calpoly.edu. Access to Dining Plan Registration via the Cal Poly Portal is only available after registration and payment for on campus housing has been received and processed by the University. Payment processing generally takes two to three days from receipt of payment. Sign up for Fall 2008 Dining Plans by July 14 to avoid a $25 late fee.

Care Packs

Order a Campus Dining Care Pack for your student or friend.

The Campus Dining Care Pack program makes it easy for parents to send birthday cakes, cookies, gift certificates, and other popular items to their favorite college students. Packages are delivered to students on campus rooms.

Care Packs are offered fall, winter, and spring quarters but not summer.
To contact us, email campusdining@calpoly.edu

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Memberships and Awards

NACUFS.ORG: Campus Dining is proud to be an active member of NACUFS (National Association of College and University Food Services) and the California Restaurant Association.

ServeSafe: Food industry regulations stipulate that every food service organization have at least one employee that is sanitation certified. Campus Dining has exceeded this standard by having nearly all of its regular employees certified through the National Restaurant Association's SERVSAFE program.

California Restaurant Association: Campus Dining is proud to be a member of the California Restaurant Association

WRAP: For the fourteenth year Campus Dining has been a Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) winner for our efforts in waste reduction and recycling.

WRAP is an annual awards program established by the California Integrated Waste Management Board to recognize California businesses that have made outstanding efforts to reduce nonhazardous waste and send less garbage to our landfills. Realizing that the business sector generates more of the State's waste, the purpose of the WRAP award is to recognize companies that develop creative and aggressive programs. Practices evaluated include waste prevention, materials reuse, recycling, recycled-product procurement and employee education.

Campus Dining recycles all of our cardboard and much of our office and promotional literature. We collect and recycle glass, metal cans and plastic water bottles. We give our produce scraps to the student sustainable farm for composting and donate to county food banks. Our restaurants use recyclable or compostable take-out containers rather than "foam." We use recycled paper for our computers, stationery, business cards and many other printed items. We also use recycled and recyclable materials whenever practical. Our trucks run on biodiesel.

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