Yes. Students will have the option to eat in the dining hall but must adhere to university guidelines:
- Face coverings must be worn at all times. Please remove your mask only when eating and drinking.
- Please maintain 6 feet between you and others at all times.
- Please do not move the chairs and tables.
- Please limit to a maximum of six people at a table.
- Table seating is limited to 90 minutes or less per state guidelines.
- Please sanitize your table before and after each use.
We have added more options and we will continue to offer student favorites and a large variety of grab-and-go salads, sandwiches, and snacks.
- More customizable dishes including Bibimbap, Holy Grain, Burgers, and plant-based options at all locations. Please allow for more prep time as each dish is made to order.
- We are adding new items through GET. At Addie's, try the Modern Mediterranean Wraps/Bowl on weekdays or Egg Bites and breakfast burritos on the weekends. Made-to-order deli sandwiches are now available at the Eagle’s Nest through the app as well.
We have added the following new stations:
- McElroy: Chestnut Hill Grill at lunch and dinner.
- Stuart: Omelet station at breakfast, plus new rotating stations at lunch and dinner.
- Lower: Pizza is back during lunch! Plus Pasta, Pierogi, Noodle Stir Fry stations and more at dinner.
Pizza is now available for delivery Wednesdays and Thursdays to any on-campus dorm! These New York style pizzas are made fresh at The Market and delivered hot to your door. You can order through the GET Mobile app beginning the first week of February with your dining bucks, flex plans, or credit card.
View today’s menu by location on our Menu page.
Yes, there will be both vegan and vegetarian options at all open dining locations. The standard menus are similar at all main dining halls.
- A vegetarian hot soup and entree option at every meal.
- A gluten-friendly vegan burger is available upon request at lunch and dinner at McElroy and for lunch at Corcoran.
- We offer different options on GET mobile at different locations so students have more choices. At McElroy and Stuart, GET offers Bowls and Greens which are customizable grain and salad bowls and can all be vegan/vegetarian.
- There are vegetarian sandwiches available as well.
- Lastly, if you want to stay up to date with vegan and vegetarian options, please email sweenekz@bc.edu to be put on the vegan/vegetarian elist. We always encourage feedback and communication with us, so that we can ensure you have options you enjoy!
Grab and Go Salads made fresh everyday
Yes, we will offer vegetarian food options to students in quarantine/isolation. Just let the person who is in charge of your Residential Life location know and they will communicate with Dining and indicate on your GET mobile order.
We will continue to take all the steps we always have to ensure students with food allergies, intolerances or Celiac disease can navigate safely.
- This includes highlighting items in red font on the digital signage that have tree nuts, peanuts or shellfish.
- We also will label all allergens, including the top 8 major allergens, sesame, gluten, mustard, and sulfites on our online menu. This is a great resource to determine what is safe and what is not.
- At dinner every night, we have our Plain and Simple option, which is free of the top 8 allergens, sesame, and gluten.
We strongly encourage anyone with allergies to meet with our Registered Dietitian Nutritionist by emailing sweenekz@bc.edu to make an appointment. We do offer meal accommodations for students who follow the Policy for Meal Accommodations, which requires providing appropriate documentation and registering with the Disability Office.
- Stuart: We’ve redesigned the serving lines to improve your dining experience. We’ve dedicated one line for made-to-order items and another for quick serve options. Grab and Go and Gluten-friendly items now available in both serving lines.
- McElroy: We’ve opened up Carney’s to be more inviting and open. Look for new stations and menu items.
- Corcoran: We’ve given Lane Three a makeover! You’ll find pizza slices and a deli during lunch service. Look for new stations during dinner, including a live action pasta station.
- Hillside: We’ve installed new smart lockers for contactless pickup. Now you can enjoy your Hillside favorites by ordering through the GET Mobile app and picking up at a locker at your convenience.
Seating has been reduced in our dining halls for physical distancing. If available, students will have the option to eat in the dining hall or can take their meals to-go back to their rooms or other physically distanced spaces.
GET Mobile is an online and mobile platform where you can pre-order and customize your dishes. All orders are prepaid and your order will be ready for pick-up at your convenience. Use GET mobile to order ahead, skip the line and save time!
Pickup locations for GET Mobile will be at Eagle's Nest at McElroy Commons, Addie’s at Corcoran Commons, the Yellow Room at Stuart, and Hillside Café.
There will be additional menu offerings and customization through GET Mobile orders. Popular items, such as Eagle Nest’s customizable favorites including Greens and Bowls and FlatBreads, will be offered through GET mobile.
Each location will have a different menu:
- Eagle's Nest: Flatbreads, Eagles Bowls, Sandwiches, Ben & Jerry's, and more.
- Addie's: Screamin' Eagle, Poke, Paninis, Pizza, Subs, Mac and Cheese Bowl, and more.
- Stuart: Breakfast Omelets and Sandwiches, Salads, Bowls, Mac and Cheese, Pizza, Burgers, and more.
- Hillside Café: Omelettes, Paninis, Soups, Salads, Grab and Go, Desserts, and Starbucks drinks.
Yes. In order to accommodate students during the pandemic, mandatory Residential Meal Plans will be accepted.
Credit cards and debit cards are also accepted.
Pizza delivery is available to on-campus residence halls on Wednesday-Thursday from 6pm-11pm via GET Mobile.
The GET Mobile app is available on the App Store and Google Play. Select Boston College from the list of colleges. Log in with your BC username and password. Your meal plan will be linked automatically.
When you place your order, all of the ingredients are listed out for a customizable meal. There is also a comment box for requests such as “no cheese” on a sandwich or “no sauce” on a poke bowl.
Yes, as long as there is seating available. Please remember:
- Face coverings must be worn at all times. Please remove your mask only when eating and drinking.
- Please maintain 6 feet between you and others at all times.
- Please do not move the chairs and tables.
- Please limit to a maximum of six people at a table.
- Table seating is limited to 90 minutes or less per state guidelines.
- Please sanitize your table before and after each use.
Yes. Just make sure you have your roommate's order number.
You can place your order in advance (i.e. order breakfast the night before or order lunch while you are in your 9am class). If you select “ASAP” as your pick up time, your order will typically be ready within 30 minutes. You will receive a text notification when your order is ready for pickup.
Students should reach out to us so that we can ensure that they are not having any trouble with the GET mobile app. Unfortunately, there are occasions for technical difficulties as with many technology systems.
BC Dining Services has implemented COVID-19 protocols since the start of the pandemic to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. View our Preventative Measures.
Guests will be able to remove their masks to eat or drink, but otherwise, masks or face coverings must be worn inside the dining halls at all times.
In order to prevent the spread, we want to eliminate the risk of cross-contamination and require you to put away your phones when ordering and getting your food. Otherwise, you can use your phones while waiting in line or when seated.
Sanitizing wipes will be made available in the dining halls, and guests will be expected to clean their dining area before and after each use. In addition, hand sanitizer will be available for use before you enter our servery to select your food.
How can you prevent the spread of the virus with multiple people touching wrapped grab and go items?
We require students use hand sanitizer before entering the servery. We will also have signs encouraging students to only touch the item they are purchasing.
Yes. You will be able to "Tap and Go" or swipe your own card.
Green2Go is our reusable to-go container program, now available at Stuart, McElroy, and Lower. Help us minimize the environmental impact of disposable paper and plastic products with Green2Go reusable. Here's how:
- Buy into the program for only $9. Receive a G2G carabiner.
- Ask to be served in a G2G container from any of the serving lines at the three main units.
- Give the cashier a G2G carabiner at check-out.
- Return the container empty at drop off bins located in the dining halls.
- Receive a new carabiner.
- Repeat and reuse!
While the traditional Farmers Market will not be operating outdoors over the winter months, students, faculty and staff will be able to purchase ready-to-eat produce seven days a week through the GET Mobile app at Addie's. Look for items such as avocados, tomatoes, cider, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, and more.
Check GET often as we will be adding more items based on what's available from our local producers.
While the FDA and CDC have deemed reusable serviceware safe to use during COVID if washed and handled properly, we have determined that the safest and most efficient way to serve meals will be on take-out and to-go containers only, primarily due to limitations in staff capacity.
In order to minimize unnecessary plastic waste, we will be serving the meals on World Centric compostable fiber containers (so make sure to put them in the compost bin!).
Last year students consumed 10 million single-use plastic items from Dining Halls. COVID may lead to a temporary increase in plastic waste, but you can still help us minimize our footprint in the following ways:
- Join our Green2Go program!
- Bring your own reusable utensils and napkin for dining on the go. You can pick up a bamboo cutlery kit at the register, or feel free to bring your own from home (make sure to wash with soap and water before using!)
- Compost food waste and fiber containers! You can find compost bins in every dining hall across campus. Eating on the go? Swing by a dining hall to toss your uneaten food or fiber container in the right bin.
- Fill up your reusable water bottle at home so you don’t have to buy disposable water bottles on the go.
- Skip the straw! If you’re dining in, try drinking your beverage without the lid and straw.
- Recycle plastic correctly. Clean out food from clear plastic to-go containers and dispose of in the single-stream recycling containers across campus.
- Increased frequency of cleaning and sanitizing the operation.
- Increased sanitation measures, including handwashing every 30 minutes.
- Stations cleaned and sanitized between each task.
- All employees completed a mandatory COVID-19 Training Program prior to working in the operation.
- BCDS managers are ServSafe certified and remind employees of the importance of increased sanitation protocols.
- Employees are asked to stay home at the earliest signs of not feeling well.
- Require all customers and employees to wear face coverings to enter the servery.
- No cell phone use allowed once in the servery to eliminate cross-contact.
- Marked all lines for food for physical distancing; a manager will be stationed at the entrance to instruct customers when it is safe to enter and what line they should get in.
- Clearly marked all work stations in both the front and back of the house for physical distancing.
- Clearly marked all kitchen stations to ensure cooks work six feet apart.
- Employee meeting areas marked with six-foot markers for groups to safely meet to review essential daily operations such as menu planning and staff assignments.
- Seating will be reduced in our dining halls for physical distancing. If available, students will have the option to eat in the dining hall or can take their meals to-go back to their rooms or other physically distanced spaces.
- Plasticware, disposable cups, and takeout containers only.
- Self-service (salad bars, soup stations, etc.) has been eliminated.
- More Grab and Go options available.
- Plexiglass shields installed at each station.
- Contactless payment to eliminate the exchange of change between the cashier and the customer.
- Our valued supply chain is also practicing emergency precautions with their employees and the handling of the products they deliver.
Our partners in HR are actively recruiting for dining positions.
No, we welcome all students and have multiple jobs (servers, baristas, delivery, and more) available across campus with flexible hours and a free meal. Interested in working for BC Dining? Visit our Employment page.
Our chefs and culinarians recognize the importance of continuing to introduce diverse and delicious new dishes to our menus.
To incorporate more fresh, seasonal, and locally grown foods
To infuse our cuisine with new flavors
To encourage innovation and introduce new menu items