When & Where

Spring 2025 Announcement:

Below are the specific details of what will be changing at select colleges in the spirit of designing programs which adapt to students' active lifestyles, offer menu diversity, and reduce food waste:

Hours: Lunch hours will shift to remain open until 2pm. Dinner hours will shift to remain open until 8pm.

Breakfast: The yogurt and oatmeal bar is being removed. The new menus will feature sweet/savory pastries, bagels and whole grain breads (with spreads/toppings), fruit, hard-boiled eggs, hummus, as well as all standard cereals, beverages and gluten friendly options. New specialty coffee machines are being added to feature lattes, cappuccinos, espresso, hot chocolate and more.
Locations: Berkeley, Davenport, Grace Hopper, Jonathan Edwards, Pierson, Timothy Dwight, Trumbull

Lunch: From the hot buffet line, one entree and one vegetable dish are being removed. The new menus will feature expanded salad bar options; as well as daily hot food options to include rotating grilled clean proteins (chicken, beef, etc.), grilled veggies, pastas, grains (quinoa, farro or rice), expanded grilled panini/sandwich options, burgers, fries, soups, flatbreads, as well as all standard desserts, cookies, fruit, beverages, and more.
Locations: Davenport, Jonathan Edwards, Pierson, Timothy Dwight, & Trumbull

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.

*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

Continental Breakfast 

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

Weekend Breakfast & Brunch (Saturday & Sunday)

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

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


Weekday Lunch

Standard Lunch

Colleges: Berkeley, Branford, 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


Dinner

Standard Dinner Service

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

Extended Dinner Service

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

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

Weekend Dinner (Saturday & Sunday)

All Colleges
5:00 - 7:00 PM

Restaurants, Cafes, & More

Slifka Dining: learn more on their website


The Bow Wow
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Monday - Friday)


Café 25 at Science Park
8:30 AM - 2:00 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)


Health Center Café
7:30 AM - 3:00 PM (Monday - Friday)


Ivy (at the Underground)
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Monday - Friday)


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


Ramen at Ground
11:00 AM - 3:00 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 - 7:30 PM (Monday)
Dinner -  5:00 - 8:45 PM (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Dinner - 7:30 - 9:30 PM (Friday)


Steep Café 
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Monday - 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

New operations

Events & Hour Alterations by Date

Confirmed: open over summer recess: Health Center Café; Café Med summer hours begin 6/16: open 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM


3/10 through 3/21 | All residential dining halls closed for March recess; Commons closed until 3/24


3/10 through 3/20 | Steep Café altered hours: closes at 3:00 PM


3/10 through 3/14 | Elm altered hours, open 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM; The Well, Ivy, and The Bow Wow closed


3/10 through 3/22 | The Refectory at Divinity closed 


3/17 through 3/21 | Elm altered hours, open 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM; The Well, Ivy, and The Bow Wow closed 


3/17 through 3/22 | Café Law closed 


3/21 | Hopper open for continental breakfast, lunch and dinner; Jonathan Edwards open for lunch and dinner; Saybrook open for lunch and dinner; Trumbull open for lunch and dinnerevery other residential dining hall closed for March recess


3/22 | Hopper open for continental breakfast, lunch and dinner; Jonathan Edwards open for lunch and dinner; Saybrook open for brunch and dinner; Trumbull open for brunch and dinnerevery other residential dining hall closed for March recess


3/23 | Grace Hopper opens with continental breakfast; all other residential dining halls open for brunch and dinner; Rooted “takeover” begins with a new menu from Global Table by Chef Ebru (for a limited time); read more about the program


3/24 | Commons, Elm, Ivy, The Bow Wow routine hours resume; Global Table menu takeover by Chef Ebru begins at Rooted in Commons


3/27 | Pop-up cooking class: matcha in the Peck Room (Commons), 1:00 PM, first come first served


4/10 | Oleoteca in Commons, 5:00 - 7:00 PM; view the event page


4/15 | Tasting Series at The Well: Cita Park Tasting, 5:30 - 7:30 PM, registration will be required (link coming soon)


4/18 | Elm, Ivy, The Well, The Bow Wow closed


4/21 & 4/22 | Bulldog Days


4/22 | Commons altered hours, 1:30 - 3:00 PM (Bulldog Days lunch 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM)


4/24 | Pop up cooking class, yogurt parfait, in the Peck Room (Commons), 1:00 PM, first come first serve


4/26 | Spring Fling 


4/28 through 4/30 | Senior Dinners (in residential dining halls)

4/28 Senior Dinners for Branford, Davenport, Grace Hopper, Saybrook

4/29 Senior Dinners for Ezra Stiles, Franklin, Morse, Murray, Silliman

4/30 Senior Dinners for Berkeley, Jonathan Edwards, Pierson, Timothy Dwight, Trumbull


5/1 | Last day of Commons for the academic year 


5/2 | Last day of Ramen, Ivy, and The Well for the academic year 


5/5 through 5/7 | Elm standard hours 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM but Commons, Ivy, The Well, Ramen closed


5/5 through 5/20 | Steep Café shifts hours of operations: open 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM


5/6 | Last day of Refectory at Divinity before summer recess closure

5/8 & 5/9 | Elm summer hours begin: 8:00 AM through 3:00 PM; The Bow Wow will be open these days with routine hours: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM; Commons, Ivy, The Well, Ramen closed


5/9 | Last day of Ivy, The Well, and The Bow Wow for the academic year; Commons and Ramen closed


5/19 | Commencement buffet in residential colleges for graduating Yalies and their guests; lunch ticket information coming soon; Steep Café closed; Refectory at Divinity closed; Café Med closed; Café Law closed; (Health Center Café open; West Campus Café open) 


5/30 | Last day of service at Steep until post renovation


6/16 | Café Med summer hours begin: open 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM


8/4 | Routine operating hours on this day for Café Med (White Coat Ceremony): open 7:30 AM - 7:00 PM


8/25 | TBC Steep Café opens 

 

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