Dining at Winthrop

Winthrop Dining Services offers diverse dining options to the campus community, including allergen-safe selections in our residential dining program and exciting retail concepts.

View menus for the Eagle Eatery and most of our Retail locations on the Everyday App by Sodexo for free. Check nutritional information, ingredients, and allergens. Identify Vegetarian, Vegan, Plant-based and Mindful items by their icons. Order in advance for pickup from select locations using Café Cash, Eagle Bucks or Credit Card.

Winthrop Dining proudly offers an exceptional tiered Catering menus that include fresh and contemporary offerings that anyone can enjoy! Our Square Tomato offering is geared toward students and designed to better fit their needs with affordable prices.

We encourage you to explore our website to meet our team, shop gifts and more, and learn more about us at Winthrop.SodexoMyWay.com.

Hours of Operations

View Dining Services regular and special hours of operations by location here.

Dining Locations

Thomson Hall

Eagle Eatery

Savory	Serves a home-cooked hot meal of entree, starch, and two vegetables.
Vegetarian/Vegan	A vegan or vegetarian entrée is offered at Savory, many of the starch and vegetables options are vegan or vegetarian.
Simple Servings	Serves an Allergy-safe hot meal of entrée, starch, and vegetable prepared without milk, eggs, wheat, sesame, soy, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts and is gluten-free.
Stacked	Get a sandwich or wrap built your way with a variety of breads, proteins, cheeses, vegetables and condiments. Also offers a daily special and house-made chips.
Mix	A build-your-own salad bar with a variety of greens, proteins, cheeses, vegetables, toppings and dressings. Also offers rotating special salads and fresh fruits. Choose between two soups with your choice of crackers.
Sizzle	Serves a daily special and rotates between different types of fries. Build-your-own burger or grilled chicken with your choice of fresh toppings and an assortment of condiments. Order grilled cheese, turkey or black bean burger made to order.
Slices	Offers a daily specialty pizza and bread with pepperoni and cheese pizzas available every day. Pasta bar offers one pasta and two sauces.
Simple Zone	A self-serve pantry with items free of gluten, dairy, peanuts and tree nuts. Condiments, breads, milk, dessert and cereal with dedicated appliances.
Rise & Shine	A self-serve bar with a toaster, variety of breads, cereals and dairy milks.
Bliss	A self-serve dessert station offering fresh baked cookies and an assortment of desserts. Make a Belgian waffle or enjoy a soft ice cream with assorted toppings.
Aspretto	A self-serve coffee and tea bar with assorted creamers and sweeteners.
Sips	Offering Coke fountain beverages, sweet tea, juices and alternative milks.

Eagle Express Convenience Store

C-Store

A convenience store providing everything you need from snacks, candy and beverages to ice cream and frozen meals to toiletries, basic first aid and medicines to everything in between.

DiGiorgio Campus Center

Ground Floor

Markley's	You will find great retail dining locations in Markley’s food court including Simply to Go, Vibes Juice Bar, Flipp It!, The Crust and Triple G’s Garnet & Gold Grill.
Mein Bowl	Mein Bowl offering made-to-order Asian cuisine built on flavorful spices with fresh vegetables, rice, noodles, proteins and Hissho Sushi.
Chick-fil-A	Chick-fil-A serving a partial menu with your favorites including chicken sandwiches, nuggets, waffle fries, fruit cups and side salads. Enjoy milkshakes, frozen lemonade, fudge brownies and chocolate chunk cookies.
Einstein Bros Bagel	Einstein Bros Bagels serving famous bagels, cream cheese, schmears, coffee, salads, soups, sandwiches, and baked goods.

First Floor

Starbucks

A fully licensed location serving Starbucks full menu of food and beverages including Brewed Coffee, Nitro Cold Brew, Espresso, Frappuccino, Tea, Refreshers and more! Find us on Starbucks app to order ahead and pay.

Visit the Sodexomyway Website for more details.

Meal Plans

Dining on campus is a critical part of the student’s experience. Some of life's best relationships are nurtured around the table, sharing a great meal. While resident students are required to purchase a meal plan, commuters, graduate students, faculty, and staff are strongly encouraged to participate.

Benefits

Confidence
Affordability
Campus engagement and relationships
Track nutrition and plan ahead

Purchasing a Meal Plan and Cafe Cash

What's in a Meal Plan?

	Meal Swipes	Eagle Meals	Cafe Cash	Eagle Bucks
What is it?	Enjoy an all-you-can eat meal in the Eagle Eatery dining hall.	Use in the Eagle Eatery or as a meal equivalent in all Retail locations excluding only Starbucks and VDC locations.	Declining balance tied to a meal plan purchased. Also includes CY Flex Plan. Used at any dining location on campus.	Declining balance dollars purchased separately from meal plans. Loaded on Winthrop University ID Card. Used at any dining location on campus.
How to Purchase	Included only in an All-Access meal plan. Resident students sign up for meal plans through the housing application process. Commuter students can purchase a meal plan through Marketplace.	Included with all access and block meal plans. Resident students sign up for meal plans through the housing application process. Commuter students can purchase a meal plan through Marketplace.	Included with a meal plan. Resident students sign up for a meal plan through the housing application process. Commuter students can purchase a meal plan through Marketplace.	Purchase separately on Marketplace.
When to Purchase	Resident students purchase when applying for housing. Commuters may purchase meal plans any time.	Resident students purchase when applying for housing. Commuters may purchase meal plans any time.	Automatically applied when a meal plan has been purchased.	Anytime on Marketplace.
When Does it Expire?	End of each semester.	End of each semester.	Carries over from Fall Semester to Spring Semester, expires end of Spring semester	Never

Meal Plan Options

All Access:

All access Meal Swipes to Eagle Eatery in Thomson, 80 Eagle Meals, $100 Cafe Cash

All Access Plus:

All access Meal Swipes to Eagle Eatery in Thomson, 80 Eagle Meals, $200 Cafe Cash

Block 200:

200 Eagle Meals in Eagle Eatery or Retail (approximately 12 meals per week), $200 Cafe Cash

Block 125:

125 Eagle Meals in Eagle Eatery or Retail (approximately 6 meals per week), $640 Cafe Cash

Block 75 Meal Plan (Apartment Residents Only)

75 Eagle Meals in Eagle Eatery or Retail, $500 Cafe Cash

Courtyard Flex Meal Plan (Courtyard Residents Only)

Cafe Cash (Amount reflects rate)

To view the rates of meal plans above please visit the Residence Life Room and Meal Plan Rates page

Commuter Student Meal Plans

How can I purchase a meal plan?

Resident Students

Commuter Students (ONLY)

Faculty/Staff Meal Plans

Dining Services Commuter Student/Marketplace Refund Policy

All Eagle Bucks purchases are non-refundable.

Faculty/Staff Meal Plan purchases are non-refundable.

All Marketplace student meal plan purchases are considered non-refundable, with the following exceptions:

Students who withdraw from Winthrop University before the last day of add/drop will be eligible for a 100% refund of the unused amounts of their plan.
Students who withdraw from Winthrop University after the last day of add/drop and before the end of the 2nd week of classes will be eligible for a 75% refund of the unused amounts of their meal plan and, less a $25 administrative fee.
Students who withdraw from Winthrop University after the last day of the 2nd week of classes and before the end of the 3rd week of classes will be eligible for a 50% refund of the unused amounts of their meal plan, less a $25 administrative fee.
Students who withdraw from Winthrop University after the 3rd week of classes are not eligible for any refunds.

Students who withdraw due to active-duty orders will have 100% of any unused portion of the meal plan and/or cafe cash regardless of date.

Students who are eligible for a refund may contact marketplace@winthrop.edu to request their refund. All refunds will be credited back to the credit card used for the initial purchase.