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Meal Plan Available? Yes
Average Meals/Week 16
Average Meal Plan Cost $4410 per year
Freshman Meal Plan Required? Yes
Unless you live in the co-op or off campus (and very few freshmen are granted off-campus status), you are required to have a meal plan.
Student Favorites: Campus Dining Hall McConnell Bistro
Student Favorites: Campus Restaurant/Vendor Grove House Kitchen
Student Favorites: Breakfast Food on Campus
  • Bacon sandwiches
  • Bagels
  • Custom smoothies
  • Omelets
Student Favorites: Lunch/Dinner Entrée on Campus
  • Pasta bar at McConnell Bistro
  • Taco Tuesday at McConnell Bistro
Student Favorites: Late-night Snack on Campus Snacks from the Shakedown Café

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

You will never go hungry as a student at Pitzer College. There is an assortment of different food, ranging from ethnic specialties to a grill that dishes out some of the best burgers, quesadillas, and steaks around. There is also a sandwich bar where you can get a sandwich made to your liking with all of the toppings you can think of. Add to the list a panini maker, waffle maker, omelet bar, and the favorite "specialty nights," and you won't have to look any farther than McConnell Dining Hall to fulfill all your stomach's needs. Perhaps one of the greatest facets of Pitzer's dining hall is each specialty night. When it's dinnertime, come prepared to dive into wonderful stir-fry for "Mongolian Mondays" or authentic tacos and burritos during "Taco Tuesday." Come before the rush, though; students are bound to line up early, forks and knives in hand.

At the Claremont Colleges, there are more than 15 eateries to choose from, and the hardest part about this is making the choice of where to grab a bite to eat! The students can attest to the fact that each dining hall has a different feel, as well as food selection. To most, Pitzer is known as having the best lunches at the 5Cs, and students from all the colleges venture over to Pitzer during their lunch breaks. There is also no shortage of vegetarian or vegan food, for those who desire it.

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Campus Dining at Pitzer College

cmckinne11

Psychology '14

5.0
A+

Always New and Excellent

Besides the fact that the chefs and dining hall staff learn to remember you by name, the food is delicious. There are specialty menu items every day of the week, and there are fresh baked cookies and desserts regularly brought to the buffet area. You can have grilled food, vegetarian food, or the chef's cuisine. The dining hall never gets boring and is nationally ranked by many sources.

May 11, 2012

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Campus Dining at Pitzer College

lylgreenstar

Social Sciences '12

4.6
A

Tasty and Lots of Options

A great variety of choices. We have 6 dinning halls to choose from, all in short walking distance. The farthest dinning hall would be a 15 minute walk. THe closest is a 1 minute walk. Each dinning hall has their specialities. Scripps and CMC's dinning hall has good veggie options. Every night, there is a highlight somewhere in a dinning hall. Friday is tasty make your own pizza at Harvey Mudd, Pitzer has great Taco Tuesday. Very conveient!!!

May 12, 2011

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Campus Dining at Pitzer College

saross

Biology '12

3.8
B+

Campus Dining

I love the variety of dining hall choices at the Claremont Colleges. Each the dining hall though has its best and worst options and set up. In regards to Pitzer, the food is good most of the days.

May 12, 2011

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User rating for Pitzer College - Campus Dining is 4.6 out of 5 based on 31 user reviews.

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Off-Campus Places to Use Flex Money
  • The Coop
  • Honnold Café
  • The Hub Grill
  • Jay's Place (Mudd Hole)
  • The Motley Coffeehouse
  • Sagehen Café
Special Options
  • Every student has a reusable to-go container that is cleaned by the school, so you can grab a meal or snack on the go.
  • In exchange for one meal credit, you can receive a "pack out" from the dining hall, which provides you with raw materials to cook with.
  • Students can add money to their Claremont Cash account and use it as a credit card at both on- and off-campus eateries.
Did You Know?
  • Pitzer's Grove House was built in 1902, during the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Pitzer College saved the house from demolition by first buying and then moving the house to Pitzer campus. Now this house serves as a social center and home-style eatery.
  • Every Tuesday night at 10 p.m., Pitzer's activities committee/program board (PAct) hosts Snacky-Snack, which consists of different takeout food such as Subway, Cinnabon, Thai food, Domino's Pizza, Panda Express, and much more. This is offered to all Pitzer students.
  • Students who live on campus in Z Tower of Mead are given the option of having the five-meal plan because the dorms in this tower have kitchenettes where students can make their own meals.
  • With your meal plan comes flex dollars; these can be spent at the other on-site eating establishments for additional meals and snacks.
  • Pitzer students can use their meal plans at the eateries located at the other Claremont Colleges.
  • You can sit under a famous mural while you eat. Although belonging to Pomona College, Pitzer students can eat at Frary Dining Hall, home to the famous fresco of "Prometheus" painted by muralist Jose Clemente Orozco in 1930.

Dining Halls & Campus RestaurantsWhat's This?

Grove House Kitchen
Location: North of Mead Hall
Food: Cookies, sandwiches, vegetarian entrées
Hours: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Saturday 12 p.m.–3 p.m., Sunday 7 p.m.–11 p.m.

McConnell Bistro
Location: McConnell Hall
Food: Cafeteria
Hours: Monday–Friday 7:30 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 10:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

Pit-Stop Café
Location: Bernard Hall
Food: Coffee, pastries
Hours: Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.

The Shakedown Café
Location: Gold Student Center
Food: Café-style
Hours: Sunday–Thursday 6 p.m.–11 p.m.

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Morgan Peterkin
Hometown
Greenwich, CT
Major
English and World Literature
Grad Year
2012

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