If you're looking to get out of your meat lover's rut or have decided to forego meat altogether, finding food on campus with vegetarian options is not hard. Although you may not be at Chick-fil-A, there are several other dining options that offer vegetarian options and meals for students on campus. Here are some of the best vegetarian dining options I've found on campus.
Wellness Kitchen
With an entire salad bar completely separate from the rest of the buffet-style dining area, this venue offers various options for students that want something other than meat on their plate. Steamed vegetables and rice, noodles and a fruit bar are just some of the options available to students. Although some would argue the price is expensive, the quality and the variety of the options are worth the price for an on-campus dining venue. With a menu that changes every day, students are able to have different vegetarian meals without having to opt for the salad bar each time. Students can see the menu online before they walk into the building.
Au Bon Pain
You can't have a Best Vegetarian Options list without Au Bon Pain. With a salad bar where salads are made to order, vegetarian chili and soups, mac and cheese and made-to-order sandwiches, ABP is a vegetarian student's best option on campus. Most of the bread options are vegetarian and vegan, but Tiger Dining points out which ones to look at here.
Go Greek
Located inside of the Student Center, this venue offers roasted vegetables, falafels, salads and rice pilaf among other vegetarian options. Students can customize their orders and choose certain ingredients to go into their meals, like olives and feta cheese.
Plains to Plate
Tucked inside the Quad, Plains to Plate offers farm-to-table food for students. They also have different vegetarian options like side salads, fresh fruit, kale slaw and black-eyed pea fritters. Students can also opt to remove the meat from different wraps and substitute the meat for something else instead.
Ceci
New to Foy this semester, Ceci has different choices for those looking for a meat alternative. Originally in a food truck, this venue moved into Foy, serving marinated chickpea salad, vegetable falafel and other items. If you're a vegetarian and you've only been to the Ceci food truck, it's worth going into Foy to try out its menu.
These are just a few recommendations for students looking for the greener things on the menu. Other places to look on campus are Wild Greens at Foy, which is a full-service salad bar, Tiger Zone at The Village, which has a salad bar and waffle station among other options, and Outtakes, which has sushi and fruit cups readily available for students on the go.
For more information or for those with special dietary concerns, see the full list of ingredients and options for each campus dining venue here.
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