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Quick StatsFreshman Meal Plan Requirement
Yes - Required for all incoming freshmen who will live in dorms.
Off-Campus Places to Use Meal Plan
- Drexel Pizza Restaurant (107 North 33rd Street)
Average Meal Plan Cost
$650–$1,300
Other Options
- Students can visit University Club Dining Room in MacAlister Hall for an all-you-can-eat option, but it does not take does not accept meal plans during the Fall, Winter, and Spring terms. Many students choose to eat food from lunch trucks parked outside of the Center for Automation Technology building. These trucks offer Chinese, Thai, Mediterranean, and good old American junk food at a low price. They only take cash.
College Prowler Take
If you don’t have a meal plan, watch out. You’ll pay close to $10 for lunch on campus if you go anywhere but the lunch trucks. If you do have a meal plan, you can use it to buy some good food at the Creese Café or in Ross Commons. Many students do their best to balance cost and healthy eating because the only cheap food is very unhealthy and the only healthy food is very overpriced. Remember that you are in Philadelphia, which is the home of the cheesesteak. Therefore, if you are health conscious, or even a vegetarian, your best option may be to cook your own food. Students sometimes alternate their lunch choices, but tend to stick with the lunch trucks for their speed and low prices. Kelly Deli is a great place. It is very convenient to the dorms and sells food that you can even store in your room. It’s pretty cheap there and you can use the Ultima Funds on your Dragoncard if you have any. Cheap and convenient food is essential because you are hungry at other times of the day than breakfast, lunch, or dinner, so you need options to fulfill that craving to have a pizza or French fries at 3 a.m. Since there aren’t cafeterias that stay open extremely late, restaurants such as California Pizza that are close to campus and are open late, come in handy. Choices and money always make dining so much better. Students Speak Out
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DreVP says: Drexel University 2016 Biological and Biomedical Sciences  |
On campus, there are a lot of...
On campus, there are a lot of places to eat. The dining hall offers great food in comparison to any of the other schools I've been to, and it's an all-you-can-eat buffet format. The hall itself is a beautiful underground area with a glass ceiling, TVs, comfortable seating, and modern styling. Around campus, there's a "general store," a Starbucks, a few random coffee shops and cafes, all run by Drexel. At these locations, you can use the funds from your meal plan for food. Off-campus, Philadelphia has great, great food. Stephen Starr has numerous restaurants throughout the city, including one that he hosts with Iron Chef host Morimoto. Campusfood.com is a popular source for delivered food. There are even late-night food places that will deliver cookies at 4 a.m. if you're hungry after a long night.
Campus Dining: March 10, 2009
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DreDK says: Drexel University 2016 Business |
Food on campus is okay, nothing...
Food on campus is okay, nothing that special. There is the typical salad bar, dessert bar, drinks, pizza, pasta, and burgers. Dining on campus gets old pretty quick, but there are a lot of other places to eat, since Drexel is located in the city. I've heard food trucks are a great place to stop to get quick, inexpensive, good food. Also, there are a lot of restaurants in and around the campus that are relatively inexpensive. As of next year, Drexel will be obtaining a Subway, Chick-fil-A, and Currito on campus in addition to other dining options.
Campus Dining: March 06, 2009
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Anonymous says: |
The dining hall sucks, but what...
The dining hall sucks, but what dining hall doesn’t?The best place on campus is definitely Pete’s Little Lunch Box. It’s a lunch cart by Nesbitt. It’s the best food and really cheap. I eat there all the time. Ross Commons is pretty good. It’s kind of expensive, but better than the dining hall. Kelli Deli usually pulls through for the late-night snack, but it’s expensive unless you have money on your Dragoncard. |
Anonymous says: |
I don’t mind the cafeteria food,...
I don’t mind the cafeteria food, but if you do there are a million different places to go close by (from American food to all types of different ethnic foods). |
Anonymous says: |
There is no food on Drexel’s...
There is no food on Drexel’s campus besides Drexel Pizza, which has the worst pizza ever, and overcharges terribly. The only food that is safe to eat at the one dining hall on campus is the food they do not prepare (i.e. bagels, cereal and salads). |
Dining Halls
Creese Café
Coffee, bagels, salads, wraps
Creese Student Union Center
Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Handschumacher Dining Hall
The Marketplace, Nature’s Granary, the Deli, Pizza & Pasta, Asian Station, Sushi Station, the Grill, Vegan & Vegetarian, Three Squares, Sensational Salads, Mexican Bar, Exhibition Station, Just Desserts
Downstairs in Creese Student Union Center
Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 11 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
North Side Market (aka Kelly Deli)
A range of food, from frozen dinners, to cheesesteaks and fries, to Campbell’s Soup by the cup. Frito-Lay snacks, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and other snacks are also available.
First floor of Kelly Hall
Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–12 a.m., Saturday–Sunday 12 p.m.–12 a.m.
Ross Dining Commons
Corner Café, the Grille, the Second Floor (sandwiches, lasagna, breakfast, smoothies)
Ross Commons (34th St. & Powelton Ave.)
Daily 10 a.m.–11:30 p.m.
Starbucks at Pearlstein
Coffee, snacks
Pearlstein Business Learning Center
Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Did You Know?The lunch trucks occupy an alley all to themselves. They are the single most popular food source. Sansom Street between 34th and 36th Streets is a strip of fine and casual restaurants. People come from all over the greater Philadelphia area to dine at La Terrasse, White Dog, and even New Deck Tavern and Mad Mex. You might even run into some of your professors at these locations.
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