The Eater College Dining Plan

From Roll Tide to Rock Chalk, Eater celebrates the greatest food on and off campuses around the country. 

Class is in session — not just inside ivy-covered brick buildings and futuristic science labs, but in dining halls and dorm rooms and corner pizzerias too. As much as the college years are about broadening the mind, they’re also about broadening the palate. Freshman mixers, late-night pizza binges with roommates, caffeinated study sessions at the campus cafe, game days at packed sports bars, food carts between classes, date nights off campus, and bubbly toasts at commencement all inform the ways graduates go on to eat and drink for life. The restaurants around campus don’t just serve undergrads though; they feed faculty and grad students fueling up to lead classes, alumni returning to old stomping grounds, parents making sure their kids are eating right, sports fans celebrating outside stadiums, and the rest of the college community.

With help from hungry students and proud alumni, Eater is heading to school — dozens of schools all over the country, actually — to highlight historic spots, cheap eats, student hangouts, alumni-run eateries, and all the other restaurants that feed school spirit. Commuter schools and small towns, state schools and Ivies, the Eater College Dining Plan has you covered. —Nick Mancall-Bitel

Paschal’s

Schools of the Southeast

Where to eat near:

• Clark Atlanta University
• Duke University
• Morehouse College
• North Carolina State University
• North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
• Spelman College
• Tennessee State University
• University of Georgia
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Vanderbilt University

Pinch Boil House

Schools of the Gulf States

Where to eat near:

• Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
• Florida State University
• Huston-Tillotson University
• Louisiana State University
• Rice University
• Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
• St. Edward’s University
• Texas A&M University
• Texas Southern University
• Texas State University
• The University of Alabama
• University of Florida
• University of Houston
• University of North Texas
• The University of Texas at Austin

Caitlyn Cork

Schools of the Midwest

Where to eat near:

• Michigan State University
• Northwestern University
• University of Notre Dame
• The Ohio State University
• The University of Kansas
• University of Michigan
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• University of Missouri
• University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Wayne State University

Rey Lopez/Eater DC

Schools of the Northeast

Where to eat near:

• Amherst College
• The City College of New York
• Drexel University
• Fordham University
• Georgetown University
• Hampshire College
• Harvard University
• Howard University
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Mount Holyoke College
• New York University
• Northeastern University
• The Pennsylvania State University
• Rutgers University–New Brunswick
• Smith College
• University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• University of Pennsylvania
• Yale University

Matthew Kang/Eater

Schools of the West and Pacific

Where to eat near:

• Arizona State University
• California Polytechnic State University
• College of Southern Nevada
• Oregon State University
• San Diego State University
• Stanford University
• The University of Arizona
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, San Diego
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• University of California, Santa Cruz
• University of Colorado Boulder
• University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
• University of Montana
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• University of Oregon
• University of Southern California
• University of Washington

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Credits

Editorial lead: Nick Mancall-Bitel

Creative director: Nat Belkov

Project manager: Jess Mayhugh

Designer: Lille Allen

Student contributors: Amelia Benavides-Colón, Jen Bowman, Victoria Gough, Maya-Lin Green, Chloe Konrad, Julianne Noye, Lotus Porte-Moyel, Erin Socha, Essence Wiley

Illustrator: Lisa Kogawa

Copy editors: Nadia Q. Ahmad, Leilah Bernstein, Rachel P. Kreiter

Fact checker: Kelsey Lannin

Social & audience: Kaitlin Bray, Avery Dalal, Frances Dumlao, E Jamar, Kristen Kornbluth, Mira Milla

Special thanks: Nicole Adlman, Monica Burton, Erin DeJesus, Patty Diez, Missy Frederick, Allison Hamlin, Annie, Harrigan, Brenna Houck, Amanda Kludt, Ellie Krupnick, Lesley Suter, Stephanie Wu