Dining

Many students eat outside the dining halls during warmer months.

We provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week in dining halls as part of the meal plan included in the comprehensive fee.

There are no restrictions on the number of times you can enter a dining hall during each meal period—eat dinner at one dining hall and enjoy coffee and dessert with friends at another. Ingredient lists are posted for all main entrees and many other foods. Students are encouraged to take advantage of Dining Services’ open-kitchen policy to speak with managers and chefs about special needs or requests.

Dining Services maintains a green-dining approach to campus food practices—buying local and organic foods, composting, using biodegradable products, and partnering with the Knoll, Middlebury’s organic farm, for produce, among other initiatives.

All students who live on campus will be on an Unlimited Meal Plan. This plan allows students access to the dining halls at all open times. Students are required to swipe their MiddCard upon entrance.

Guest Meals

On your MiddCard, each student on the meal plan will also receive four guest meal passes and a $25 declining balance for both the fall and spring semesters, which works out to eight guest meal passes and a $50 declining balance for the 2020–2021 academic year. Remaining balances and passes will carry over from the fall semester to the spring, but will not carry over from spring semester to fall.

The declining balance dollars can be used at any of the Dining Services locations (the Grille, Crossroads Café, MiddXpress, Wilson Café, concessions, Proctor Dining Hall, Ross Dining Hall, and Atwater Dining Hall). Students and parents will be able to add additional dollars onto the MiddCard. These additional dollars will carry over semesters and years.

Dining Options on Campus

There are plenty of retail dining options on campus as well.

  • Crossroads Café, in McCullough Student Center, is a student-run business committed to using local, organic, and sustainable products whenever possible. Items include fruit smoothies, coffee and tea, homemade baked goods, soups, and sushi.
  • Dolci is a student group that hosts restaurant-style dinners on campus. Tickets to meals are free, and students get paid to serve as head chef, chef, prep chef, dishwashers, and servers.
  • The Grille is perfect for casual lunches with professors and for late-night snacks—from Caesar salads and veggie wraps to cheeseburgers and fries.
  • MiddXpress provides snack food, prepared lunches, and beverages, as well as general drugstore items, cards, and newspapers.
  • Wilson Café, in the Davis Family Library lobby, offers Starbucks coffees and teas, plus grab-and-go sandwiches, salads, bagels, and muffins.