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Campus Dining

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Average Meal Plan Cost $5250 per year
Freshman Meal Plan Required? Yes
Required for all incoming freshmen who will live in dorms.

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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.

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Campus Dining at Drexel University

CAT5e

'16

Business Administration and Management

3.5
B

Expensive but Decent

The dining hall has good variety and great hours, but sometimes the food isn't the freshest or best. Service is OK, and the dining environment is calm and clean. There are plenty of other dining-plan-sponsored restaurants on campus like Chick-fil-A and Subway. There's even a crowded Starbucks for those with a taste for $5 bitter coffee. Meal plan is mandatory for freshman, and it's not cheap!

Feb 06, 2012

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Campus Dining at Drexel University

ashmacx3

'14

Graphic Design

1.9
C-

Hans/Northside

So far from the dorms and miserable to get to in the winter. Food is not so great but its an okay atmosphere. Northside is far superior and I love currito

Jan 23, 2012

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Campus Dining at Drexel University

QBert

'12

Business Administration and Management

4.2
A-

Variety

There are a ton of places to eat. You have the food trucks that serve anything. Four pizza places a block from campus and much more. The hard part is eating healthy, because the quick snacks are usually not the most nutritious foods. Also, eating out too much can get expensive.

Aug 09, 2011

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24-Hour Dining None
Off-Campus Places to Use Flex Money Drexel Pizza Restaurant (107 North 33rd Street)
Special 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.
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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Creese Café
Location: Creese Student Union Center
Food: Coffee, bagels, salads, wraps
Hours: Monday–Thursday 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

Handschumacher Dining Hall
Location: Downstairs in Creese Student Union Center
Food: 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
Hours: 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)
Location: First floor of Kelly Hall
Food: 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.
Hours: Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–12 a.m., Saturday–Sunday 12 p.m.–12 a.m.

Ross Dining Commons
Location: Ross Commons (34th St. & Powelton Ave.)
Food: Corner Café, the Grille, the Second Floor (sandwiches, lasagna, breakfast, smoothies)
Hours: Daily 10 a.m.–11:30 p.m.

Starbucks at Pearlstein
Location: Pearlstein Business Learning Center
Food: Coffee, snacks
Hours: 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.

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