When & Where

 

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)

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

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


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)


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)


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 
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM (Monday - Thursday)
7:30 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)

Events & Hour Alterations by Date

11/21 | Elm closes at 3:00 PM; Ivy closed

11/22 | Yale vs. Harvard Game Day All residential dining halls open for hot breakfast; Franklin & Murray dining halls open for brunch; Berkeley, Branford, Saybrook, Franklin, Murray, and Trumbull dining halls open for dinner.

11/23 | Franklin & Murray dining halls open for continental breakfast, brunch, and dinner. Hopper and Trumbull dining halls open for brunch and dinner. All other residential dining halls closed

11/24 | Franklin & Murray dining halls open for continental breakfast, lunch, and dinner. All other residential dining halls closed; West Campus Cafe closes at 3:00 PM

11/24 - 11/26 | Elm open 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Commons, The Bow Wow, Ivy, and The Well closed; Steep (limited menu) closes at 2:00 PM; The Refrectory at Divinity closes at 3:00 PM; Cafe Med closes at 3:00 PM

11/24 - 11/28 | Charley’s Place and McNay Cafe closed

11/25 & 11/26 | Franklin dining hall open for continental breakfast, lunch, and dinner. All other residential dining halls closed

11/26 | West Campus Cafe closes at 3:00 PM

11/26 - 11/28 | Cafe Law closed

11/27 & 11/28 | All Schwarzman Center outlets closed; Steep closed; Health Center Cafe closed; The Refrectory at Divinity closed; West Campus Cafe closed; Cafe Med closed

11/27 - 11/29 | All residential dining halls closed

11/30 | Berkeley, Davenport, Hopper, JE, Silliman, and TD dining halls open for brunch. All residential dining halls open for dinner

12/1 | Commons open 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM; All other Schwarzman Center outlets resume regular hours

12/4 | Commons Grab and Go (11:00 AM - 3:00 PM)

12/5 | First Year and Upperlevels Holiday Dinners Lunch service at all residential dining halls ends at 1:30 PM; Smart Meals not available during dinner service; Elm closes at 3:00 PM, Ivy closed

12/8 | Normal service resumes in Commons

12/10 & 12/11 | Commons Grab and Go (11:00 AM - 3:00 PM)

12/12 | Elm closes at 5:00 PM; Ivy closed

12/13 | Hopper dining hall open for continental breakfast; Branford, Stiles, Morse, Franklin, and Silliman dining halls open for hot breakfast. All residential dining halls open for brunch and dinner

12/15 - 12/18 | Elm open 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Commons, The Bow Wow, Ivy, and The Well closed

12/17 | Berkeley, Hopper, JE. and Trumbull dining halls open for breakfast express; Branford, Saybrook, Stiles, Morse, and Silliman dining halls open for continental breakfast; Berkeley, Branford, Saybrook, Stiles, Morse, Hopper, JE, Silliman, and Trumbull dining halls open for lunch and dinner. Davenport, Franklin, Murray, Pierson, and TD dining halls closed.

12/18 | Hopper open for express breakfast. All other residential dining halls closed

12/18 & 12/19 | Charley’s Place open with limited menu; McNay Cafe closes at 3:00 PM

12/19 | All residential dining halls closed; all Schwarzman Center outlets closed. 

12/22 - 1/2 | Schwarzman Center closed; Charley’s Place and McNay Cafe closed

1/5 | Elm open 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Commons, The Bow Wow, Ivy, and The Well closed

1/5 - 1/16 | Charley’s Place open with limited menu; McNay Cafe closes at 3:00 PM

1/6 | Elm, Commons, The Bow Wow, Ivy, and The Well closed

1/7 - 1/9 | Elm open 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Commons, Bow Wow, IVY, and Well closed

1/12 | All Schwarzman Center outlets resume regular hours

1/19 | Charley’s Place and McNay Cafe closed

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