Life At Duke: Housing & Dining: Dining at Duke

Contrary to popular belief, college students cannot live on Ramen and Red Bull alone. In order to address that reality, Duke offers cuisine that defies all preconceived notions about dorm food.

You can choose from:

• Ten different Dining Plans that all involve an ultra-flexible debit system (points) that allows students to purchase what they want, when they want. All students are required to participate in Duke's Dining Plan to some degree, but they can choose the degree.
• Twenty-six unique campus eateries where you can get everything from smoothies to burritos to General Tso's chicken. (FYI: In a recent "highly scientific" survey, 51 percent of Duke students agreed that the best place to eat on West Campus is The Loop.)
• Eleven Merchants-on-Points restaurants that deliver to dorms on all meal plans, at all hours. MOP just might become your best friend—all it takes is that one night when you're out of cash, you missed dinner, and you have four more chapters to get through...
• "24/7" food service at Rick's Diner in Keohane Quad.
• Though vegetarian options are plentiful, there is also Plan V, a vegetarian food co-op chartered by the Duke Student Government (DSG) for the purpose of providing vegetarian meals in a cooperative atmosphere
• Students who require a kosher diet can apply for an exemption, and may eat at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life. Dinner is served weekly and kosher boxed lunches are available.

The East Campus dining hall is The Marketplace, where the menu emphasizes fresh ingredients, seasonal vegetables, and variety—with various stations including homestyle favorites, grill items, a full salad bar, pasta, pizza, a deli, and a world station with rotating entrees from around the globe. There is also a Belgian waffle station, a full variety of breakfast cereals, and homemade breads, soups, and desserts.

So, you won't be hungry. In fact, you're going to be very satisfied.