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Essential Dining Plans - MCV Campus


The information on this page is pertinent to students residing in Cabaniss, Bear, Warner, McRae, or Rudd halls on the MCV Campus.

Click here to sign up for your Fall 2009 Dining Plan.

While the Jonah L. Larrick Student Center is under construction, MCV Campus residents will receive a discount on the Essential Dining Plans. These plans will renew for Spring 2010 at the normal Essential Plan price.

VCU Dining Services appreciates each student's patience and apologize for any inconvenience one may experience during this construction period.

Pricing 2009-2010

Essential Plans

Semester Cost

Savings

300 Block + 100 Dining Dollars

$1,771       $1,543

$228

250 Block + 309 Dining Dollars

$1,750       $1,574

$176

250 Block + 175 Dining Dollars

$1,650       $1,440

$210

200 Block + 300 Dining Dollars

$1,638       $1,440

$198

200 Block + 150 Dining Dollars

$1,488       $1,290

$198

170 Block + 450 Dining Dollars

                 $1,436

-- (This plan is available only to students residing on the MCV Campus.)

These plans automatically renew for the Spring 2010 semester and are priced per semester (subject to approval by the VCU Board of Visitors).



DINING DICTIONARY
Block Plan

Blocks are dining center "swipes" used primarily at Shafer Court Dining Center or to purchase a meal combo through the Meal Exchange program. Each Block equals one dining plan swipe. Blocks do not carry between semesters.

Dining Dollars

Dining Dollars work like a pre-paid debit card that allows for food purchases at Shafer Court Dining Center or any VCU retail dining location.

Dining Center

This exciting location, offering unlimited servings, has redefined campus dining with its marketplace-style "mini-restaurants" that dish out great tasting food with individual attention. Market 810 located on the second floor of Shafer Court Dining Center on the Monroe Park Campus.

Retail Locations Retail locations accept Dining Dollars, Rambucks, cash, checks and credit/debit cards with the exception of McDonald's, which accepts cash and credit cards only.

The retail locations are:
- Camille's Sidewalk Cafe located on the first floor of Shafer Court Dining Center
- Commons Cafe, Commons Convenience and Park Place located in the University Student Commons
- Starbucks Coffee located in James Branch Cabell Library
- Harris Hall Convenience Store located on the first floor of Grace E. Harris Hall
- Bookmark Bistro, featuring Quiznos Subs and "We Proudly Brew" Starbucks Coffee, located in Barnes & Nobel @ VCU on Broad Street
- Bleecker Street Cafe located in Snead Hall
- Chili's, Starbucks Coffee and the Cary Street Market & Deli located in the Cary and Belvidere Residential College at the corner of Belvidere and Cary streets
- Alpine Bagel Cafe and McDonald's located in the Gateway Building on the MCV Campus
- Hideaway Cafe located in Hunton Student Center on the MCV Campus
- Skull & Beans located in Tompkins-McCaw Library
- Cabaniss Hall breakfast option - now accepts meal blocks, Dining Dollars, RamBucks and credit cards


* Dining plan purchases and changes may be made at the Dining Services office, 1111 W. Broad Street, Suite 128. Changes to block plans will be accepted until:
(fall 2008 semester, September 4, 2009; spring 2009 semester, January 29, 2010).

* Block plans are for the use of the dining contract participant only and are non-transferable.


The following block plans have the ability for twenty (20) of their blocks to be used as guest meals:

 

  • 300 Block Plan with 100 Dining Dollars
  • 250 Block Plan with 300 Dining Dollars
  • 250 Block Plan with 175 Dining Dollars
  • 200 Block Plan with 300 Dining Dollars
  • 200 Block Plan with 150 Dining Dollars
  • 150 Block Plan with 105 Dining Dollars
  • 100 Block Plan with   75 Dining Dollars

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