When & Where

Winter Storm Dining Service Alterations

Monday, 2/23

Breakfast and Lunch: Closed; we will provide updates if we are able to offer limited service in select locations.
Dinner: Ten residential dining locations will offer earlier, extended dinner from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with to-go containers available.
Students residing in the Ten (10) OPEN locations, please dine at your college (Hopper, Berkeley, Trumbull, Davenport, Franklin, Silliman, Timothy Dwight, Saybrook, Ezra Stiles & Morse)
Students residing in CLOSED locations → dine according to the directions below.
Branford all students → eat at Saybrook
Jonathan Edwards all students → eat at Saybrook
Murray all students → eat at Franklin
Pierson all students → eat at Davenport
First Year Students on Old Campus: Students residing on Old Campus → if your assigned residential college is OPEN, dine there. If your assigned residential college is CLOSED, see the directions above or below.
Ezra Stiles first-year students → eat at Silliman
Morse first-year students → eat at Saybrook

To-go containers will be available to those who choose to take their food to-go. Paper plates will be provided for those who eat in. Please choose one option or the other, ensuring supplies do not run low.

Retail: Closed

Tuesday, 2/24

Breakfast: All residential dining halls to offer continental breakfast from 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM.
Lunch & Dinner: Open; Regular services anticipated to resume.
Retail: Open

Wondering when and where you can enjoy your meals? Stay up to date with schedules for the academic calendar, holidays and more below. Changes to our regular routine hours are noted below as soon as possible. Schedules are different during breaks, including summer vacation. Please check Events & Hour Alterations By Date for exceptions to these schedules:

*Standard hours reflected. Operational schedules are subject to change in coordination with ongoing University timeline updates. All times are listed in Eastern Time (ET).

Regular Hours

Residential Colleges

Weekday Breakfast (Monday - Friday)

Continental Breakfast 

Colleges: Franklin, Saybrook
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Express Breakfast

Colleges: Berkeley, Davenport, Hopper, Jonathan Edwards, Pierson, Timothy Dwight, Trumbull 
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Hot Breakfast followed by Continental Breakfast

Colleges: Branford, Morse, Murray, Silliman, Ezra Stiles
Hot Breakfast: 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Continental Breakfast: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Weekend Breakfast & Brunch (Saturday & Sunday)

Hopper, Morse, Ezra Stiles
Continental Breakfast: 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM

All Residential Colleges
Brunch (breakfast & lunch offerings): 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Weekday Lunch (Monday - Friday)

Standard Lunch

Colleges: Berkeley, Branford, Ezra Stiles, Franklin, Hopper, Morse, Pauli Murray, Saybrook, Silliman
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Extended Lunch

Colleges: Davenport, Jonathan Edwards, Pierson, Timothy Dwight, Trumbull
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

College: Hopper
11:30 AM - 2:30 PM (Friday)

Weekend Lunch (Saturday & Sunday)

All Colleges
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Weekday Dinner (Monday - Friday)

Standard Dinner Service

Colleges: Berkeley, Branford, Franklin, Hopper,  Pauli Murray, Saybrook, Silliman
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Friday)

Extended Dinner Service

Colleges: Davenport, Jonathan Edwards, Pierson, Timothy Dwight, Trumbull
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Friday)

Colleges: Morse,  Ezra Stiles
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Weekend Dinner (Saturday & Sunday)

All Colleges
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Restaurants, Cafes, & More

Slifka Dining: learn more on their website

The Bow Wow
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM (Monday - Friday)

Café Law
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Monday - Thursday)
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Friday)

Café Med
7:30 AM - 7:00 PM (Monday - Friday)

Charley’s Place at Yale School of Management
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM (Monday - Friday)

Commons (Rooted, Pasta e Basta, Rostir, Lotus)
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Monday - Thursday)

Elm (at the Underground)
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM (Monday - Friday)

Ivy (at the Underground)
12:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Monday - Friday)

McNay Café
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Monday - Friday)

The Refectory at Divinity
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Monday - Thursday)
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Friday)

Slifka Center Dining
Lunch - 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM (Monday - Friday)
Dinner -  5:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Monday)
Dinner -  5:00 PM - 8:45 PM (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Dinner - 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM (Friday)

Steep Café 
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Monday - Thursday)
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Friday)

The Well (21+)
5:00 PM - 11:00 PM (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)

West Campus Café
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Monday - Friday)

Residential Dining Open/Close Overview

Open/Close Overview PDF

Open/ Close Overview Residential dining hall schedules generally coincide with the term class schedule. While students may be on campus before classes start, after classes end, and during breaks, meal plans does not include these periods and dining halls are closed during these times. If students remain on-campus during these times, students should plan accordingly. This overview is intended for planning purposes and clarifying expected closure periods. For specific dates, schedule alterations, and hours of operations please visit the Hospitality When & Where page. Details are subject to change.

Events & Hour Alterations by Date

2/17 - 3/6 | Ramadan meals available; register with Omer Bajwa, Director of Muslim Life, at the Chaplain’s Office

2/23 | All retail locations closed. Earlier, extended dinner in ten (10) residential dining halls (Hopper, Berkeley, Trumbull, Davenport, Franklin, Silliman, Timothy Dwight, Saybrook, Ezra Stiles & Morse): 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM. To-go containers will be available to those who choose to take their food to-go. Paper plates will be provided for those who eat in. Please choose one option or the other, ensuring supplies do not run low.

2/24 | All retail locations are expected to resume regular hours. Continental breakfast from 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM in all residential dining halls. All residential dining halls are anticipated to resume normal dining hours for lunch and dinner.

2/23 - 3/3 | Global Table: Chef Rodrigo Pacheco in residence 

2/28 | Elm opens at 9:00 AM

3/2 | Commons grab and go; Global Table Event in The Well (registration required; space is limited; tickets open 2/13)

3/3 | The Tasting Series in The Well (registration required; space is limited; tickets open 2/20)

3/4 | Brinner (breakfast for dinner) in Branford, Saybrook, Davenport, Jonathan Edwards, and Pierson dining halls

3/6 | Elm closes at 5:00 PM; Ivy and The Well closed

3/7 - 3/8 | Hopper, Jonathan Edwards, Saybrook, and Trumbull open for lunch and dinner; all other residential dining halls closed

3/9 - 3/13 | Elm open 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Commons, Ivy, Bow Wow, and The Well closed

3/9 - 3/19 | All residential dining halls closed

3/9 - 3/20 | Steep Cafe closes at 3:00 PM; McNay Cafe closes at 3:00 PM

3/16 - 3/20 | Elm open 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Commons, Ivy, Bow Wow, and The Well closed; Cafe Law closed

3/20 - 3/21 | Hopper, Jonathan Edwards, Saybrook, and Trumbull open for lunch and dinner; all other residential dining halls closed

3/22 | All residential dining halls resume regular hours

3/23 | Commons closed; All other Schwarzman Center outlets resume regular hours

3/24 - 3/26 | Commons closed

3/25 | Brinner (breakfast for dinner) in Franklin, Murray, Silliman, and Timothy Dwight dining halls

3/27 | The Veritas Search Winner Dinner in Hopper dining hall

4/3 | All Schwarzman Center outlets closed; Steep Cafe closed; The Refectory at Divinity closed; West Campus Cafe closed; Cafe Law closed; Cafe Med closed

4/8 | Brinner (breakfast for dinner) in Berkeley, Hopper, Stiles, Morse, and Trumbull dining halls

4/10 | MENA dinners in all residential dining halls

4/16 | The Well opens at 6:30 PM

4/21 | Commons open from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

4/30 | Last day of service for Commons

5/1 | Last day of service for Ivy and The Well

5/6 | Elm Summer hours begin (8:00 AM - 3:00 PM)

5/8 | Last day of service for Bow Wow

5/18 - 5/20 | Elm closed

Closed to Transfers

Below is the list of days where some colleges may be closed to transfers of non-affiliated students. Please reach out to the Head of College for additional “closed to transfers info” and about weekly events in your college.

Berkeley
Sunday 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Tuesday 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM

Branford
Sunday 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Every other Wednesday 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Ezra Stiles and Morse
Sunday 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Monday - Friday 5:00 PM – 6:15 PM

Silliman
Sunday 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Monday - Thursday 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Davenport, Franklin, Hopper, Jonathan Edwards, Murray, Pierson, Saybrook, Timothy Dwight, Trumbull
Sunday 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

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