Nat Belkov/Eater
From Roll Tide to Rock Chalk, Eater celebrates the greatest food on and off campuses around the country.
Class is in session — not just inside ivy-covered brick buildings and futuristic science labs, but in dining halls and dorm rooms and corner pizzerias too. As much as the college years are about broadening the mind, they’re also about broadening the palate. Freshman mixers, late-night pizza binges with roommates, caffeinated study sessions at the campus cafe, game days at packed sports bars, food carts between classes, date nights off campus, and bubbly toasts at commencement all inform the ways graduates go on to eat and drink for life. The restaurants around campus don’t just serve undergrads though; they feed faculty and grad students fueling up to lead classes, alumni returning to old stomping grounds, parents making sure their kids are eating right, sports fans celebrating outside stadiums, and the rest of the college community.
With help from hungry students and proud alumni, Eater is heading to school — dozens of schools all over the country, actually — to highlight historic spots, cheap eats, student hangouts, alumni-run eateries, and all the other restaurants that feed school spirit. Commuter schools and small towns, state schools and Ivies, the Eater College Dining Plan has you covered. —Nick Mancall-Bitel
Paschal’s
Schools of the Southeast
Where to eat near:
Clark Atlanta University
Duke University
Morehouse College
North Carolina State University
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Spelman College
Tennessee State University
University of Georgia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vanderbilt University
Schools of the Gulf States
Where to eat near:
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Louisiana State University
Rice University
Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Texas A&M University
Texas Southern University
Texas State University
The University of Alabama
University of Florida
University of Houston
University of North Texas
The University of Texas at Austin
Caitlyn Cork
Schools of the Midwest
Where to eat near:
University of Notre Dame
The Ohio State University
The University of Kansas
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of Missouri
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wayne State University
Rey Lopez/Eater DC
Black cumin qibe-drenched cornbread at Doro Soul Food.
Schools of the Northeast
Where to eat near:
Amherst College
The City College of New York
Georgetown University
Hampshire College
Harvard University
Howard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mount Holyoke College
New York University
Northeastern University
The Pennsylvania State University
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Smith College
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University
Matthew Kang/Eater
Hickory burger from Apple Pan.
Schools of the West and Pacific
Where to eat near:
California Polytechnic State University
College of Southern Nevada
Stanford University
The University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Oregon
University of Southern California
University of Washington
Credits
Editorial lead: Nick Mancall-Bitel
Creative director: Nat Belkov
Project manager: Jess Mayhugh
Designer: Lille Allen
Student contributors: Amelia Benavides-Colón, Jen Bowman, Victoria Gough, Maya-Lin Green, Chloe Konrad, Julianne Noye, Lotus Porte-Moyel, Erin Socha, Essence Wiley
Illustrator: Lisa Kogawa
Copy editors: Nadia Q. Ahmad, Leilah Bernstein, Rachel P. Kreiter
Fact checker: Kelsey Lannin
Social & audience: Kaitlin Bray, Avery Dalal, Frances Dumlao, E Jamar, Kristen Kornbluth, Mira Milla
Special thanks: Nicole Adlman, Monica Burton, Erin DeJesus, Patty Diez, Missy Frederick, Allison Hamlin, Annie, Harrigan, Brenna Houck, Amanda Kludt, Ellie Krupnick, Lesley Suter, Stephanie Wu
