MCAD Café
When it comes to food, your options are pretty much endless. Whether you need a full meal or just a coffee, MCAD has you covered. The Café serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner during the academic year, offering a wide variety of fresh food options. The staff can accommodate those with special dietary needs and preferences, including vegetarians, vegans, and gluten-free diners, to name a few. The Café is committed to using sustainable and ethical practices, such as recycling, composting, and cooking with locally produced products.
Self-Serve Micro Market & Vending
A Micro Market is located in the Café and offers a wide variety of items including frozen pizza's, heat-and-serve meals, beverages, snacks, and sandwiches. The self-serve market is open 24 hours, 7 days a week. Credit/debit cards and MCAD Café flex meal cards are accepted.
Resident Student Dining Plan
While MCAD’s residential apartments provide fully equipped kitchens, MCAD serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks during the academic year. There is also a self-serve Micro Market which is located in the Café, offering a wide variety of items including frozen pizzas, heat-and-serve meals, beverages, snacks, and sandwiches.
To promote healthy eating habits, resident students are required to purchase a declining-balance dining plan for use in the Café. The plan will be charged each semester along with tuition and MCAD apartment rent. Students may choose to add additional funds to the minimum plan.
Declining-balance Dining Dollars Plan options include:
- $1,400 Dining Dollars each semester. This plan provides approximately 10 meals a week at $9 each.
- $2,000 Dining Dollars each semester. This plan provides approximately 14 meals a week at $9 each.
(Please keep in mind that this is an approximation and depends on how much the student actually spends and eats at each meal.)
Commuter Student Dining Dollars
While you may not live on campus, you will undoubtedly spend a lot of time on campus.
Credit cards are accepted at the Café; however, we encourage you to download the Chowitt app on your mobile phone or access it online. When registering on the app for the first time, use MCAD1 as the location access code. By using the Chowit app, you will have access to many features including:
- Discover special offers, events, and promotions.
- For resident students, check your meal plan balance in real-time.
- Pay for your cafe purchases with a virtual card or linked to your credit card.
- Provide feedback to help improve your dining experience.
- Coming Soon! View daily and weekly menus.
- Coming Soon! Order ahead to skip the lines and save time.
Amerifit Menu and Nutritional App
The Amerit Online Menu and Nutritional App includes many features including:
- Food allergens on each daily menu item.
- Nutritional information, calorie counts, recipes, and ingredient lists on every menu item.
- The ability to comment and rate the food.
Our online nutritional database is directly linked to our Amerifit Nutritional app. With this app, you will be able to access the following features:
- Scan & View: An easy-to-use scanner provides quick access to nutritional information via QR codes posted in the Café.
- Log: Instantly log and track daily food choices and activity.
- Suggestions: Access suggestions for healthier options in Café and Micro Market.
- Inclusive: Access to nutritional information for everything in the Café and more than 300,000 retail items.
Catering
Information and inquiries about catering for large or small events is available online.
Resident Student Food Plans
Learn more about resident student food plans.