The Best On-Campus Vanderbilt Meals
At Vanderbilt, you get 3 meals/day your first year and then it decreases to 2 meals/day as the default meal plan for your second year with the option to modify it to your liking. If you only have 2 meals/day like me, it’s important to use your meals wisely. Here are my breakfast, lunch, and, dinner favorites on-campus! Each swipe, you get to choose an entree and usually three sides but it varies by location.
If you’re going for health…
- Breakfast
- Where? Commons Center
- What entree?
- Greek yogurt bowl from the customizable station
- You get to choose a base of yogurt or oatmeal
- You get to choose what toppings you want and I always go for raspberries, blueberries, chocolate chips, granola, almond butter, and agave
- What sides? (3 sides)
- Coffee
- Scrambled eggs
- Banana
- Lunch
- Where? Food For Thought Cafe inside Main Library
- What entree?
- My favorites are the spicy tuna sushi roll and the turkey wrap with pesto cream cheese
- What sides? (2 w/ entree, 1 w/ sushi)
- Fruit and cheese cup
- Soup of the day
- Dinner
- Where? Grins Vegetarian Cafe
- What entree?
- Superfood wrap w/ miso Sauce
- Grins is a great break from dining halls because it is cafe style like an off-campus restaurant
- What sides? (1 food side, 1 drink)
- Iced Tea
- Hot side of the day (changes every day but is always good)
If you’re treating yourself…
- Breakfast
- Where? E. Bronson Ingram
- What entree?
- The great thing about Bronson is it is all-you-can-eat style!
- They have a hot breakfast bar, yogurt bar, oatmeal, and amazing muffins
- Lunch
- Where? Grins Vegetarian Cafe
- What entree?
- Macaroni and Cheese
- What sides? (1 food side, 1 drink)
- Iced coffee
- Chocolate chip cookie
- Dinner
- Where? The Pub
- What entree?
- Chicken quesadilla
- The Pub is in the Sarratt Student Center but looks and feels like an off-campus pub with TVs and pool tables
- What sides? (2 sides)
- Chips & guacamole
- Waffle fries