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UC Merced Dining Services’ top priority is keeping everyone in the UC Merced community safe while continuing to provide a wide variety of healthy, delicious meals.
In response to coronavirus, we have made numerous changes to dining offerings and facilities on campus. These changes include:
- Pavilion and Yablokoff Wallace dining centers will be the only dining halls accepting unlimited all-you-care-to-eat residential meal plans until further notice. Seating will not be provided inside the facilities, and all meals will be packaged for takeout only.
- Lantern Café and Summits Marketplace are closed until further notice.
- Dining Services has enacted extensive additional cleaning and disinfecting protocols, as well as making sure staff follow all state and county guidelines related to preventing the spread of coronavirus.
Using the Pavilion Dining Center and Yablokoff Wallace Dining Center (YWDC)
Several aspects of the dining experience at UC Merced have changed as part of our coronavirus mitigation efforts. If you have questions about meal plans or how to use the Pavilion or YWDC, please contact us at dining@ucmerced.edu.
If you are not feeling well, do not come to the dining halls. Please stay at home and follow the steps listed here: https://doyourpart.ucmerced.edu/symptoms.
Information on meal plans can be found here. Answers to frequently asked dining questions can be found here. Pavilion hours can be found here. YWDC hours can be found here.
Before arriving at a dining center:
Please review menu selections for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner prior to arriving at a dining center.
Scroll to the day of the week. Review your choices for that meal and day.
Travel to a dining center wearing a mask and maintaining physical distance from others.
When you arrive at a dining center:
Please maintain at least six feet of physical distance between other guests and staff.
Stand in the correct line for your selected meal.
After entering a dining center:
Swipe your CatCard.
Continue in your chosen line and pick up your selected meal from your selected station.
Continue to follow the line to the corresponding exit.
After leaving a dining center:
Please enjoy your meal in a physically distanced manner. Outdoor eating spaces will be available.
If you have additional questions, please email the dining team at dining@ucmerced.edu.
Executive Chef Mitch Vanagten can also be reached at mvanagten@ucmerced.edu.
We encourage and welcome dialogue regarding dietary requirements and menu suggestions.
Retail Operations
We expect new and exciting retail operations for the 2021-2022 school year. We'll provide updates on those offerings here and throughout the UC Merced Dining Services website as soon as they become available. Please visit the UC Merced University Store site for current retail offerings and stay tuned for more!
