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2024-2025 DINING ADVENTURES

2024-2025 DINING ADVENTURES

Dining services are a major part of campus life at St. Olaf College, serving thousands of meals each week to our students, faculty, staff, and visitors. We invite you to join us, experience great food and share great company!

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Stav Hall

Serving Dinner Til 8:00 pm
  • Breakfast Served from 7:00 am - 9:45 am
  • Lunch 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
  • Dinner 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Weekly Schedule

  • Breakfast     Mon-Fri, 7:00 am - 9:45 am
  • Breakfast     Sat, 8:00 am - 9:30 am
  • Breakfast     Sun, 8:00 am - 9:00 am
  • Brunch     Sat, 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
  • Brunch     Sun, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
  • Lunch     Mon-Fri, 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
  • Dinner     Mon-Thu, 4:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Dinner     Fri-Sun, 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Located on the second floor of Buntrock Commons, Stav Hall is the central dining room on campus. It offers students and guests all-you-can-eat dining for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Stations throughout the cafeteria offer a wide variety of food, from chef-carved meats with home-style casseroles to creative vegan entrees to pan-Asian cuisine. Stav Hall also features two soups made in house daily, an extensive fruit and salad bar, and a selection of outstanding desserts.

The Cage Menu

Located on the first floor of Buntrock Commons, The Cage offers specialty coffee beverages now featuring Tiny Footprint Coffee, house-made bakery items, made-to-order grill items, and grab and go.

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Breakfast

breakfast feature

black beans, chorizo, salsa rojo, tortilla chips, scrambled eggs, herb sweet potatoes, Farmers Hen House scrambled egg

Lunch

warm & soulful

bold & spicy

slow roasted pork shoulder with spices and pineapple Fischer Family Farms Pork

grate & griddle

pesto marinated fresh mozzarella

home & hearth

SIDES: brown butter egg noodles , roasted green beans , dinner roll

SimplyOASIS

black beans, sweet corn, cilantro onions, charred sweet peppers

near & far

egg noodle, tamari-soy, sesame, garlic, ginger, cabbage, onion, pepper, snow pea
egg noodle, tamari-soy, sesame, garlic, ginger, cabbage, onion, pepper, snow pea

sauce

stone

butter & sugar

Dinner

warm & soulful

bold & spicy

slow roasted pork shoulder with spices and pineapple Fischer Family Farms Pork

grate & griddle

pesto marinated fresh mozzarella

home & hearth

chicken thigh, sweet peas, carrots, & corn
SIDES: roasted butternut squash

SimplyOASIS

romaine, tomato, cucumber, red onion, sweet pepper, avocado, lime vinaigrette

near & far

egg noodle, tamari-soy, sesame, garlic, ginger, cabbage, onion, pepper, snow pea
egg noodle, tamari-soy, sesame, garlic, ginger, cabbage, onion, pepper, snow pea

sauce

stone

butter & sugar

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Bag Lunch Express

FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT ORDERS
  • Order 24 hours in advance.
  • Pick-up in Stav between 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. the day before you need your bag lunch. If closed, please ask for a manager.
  • Bag Lunch orders will take your lunch swipe for the day(s) that you have requested on the form.

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Student Group Pack-outs

FOR DEPARTMENT ORDERS
  • Order 72 hours in advance.
  • Include dietary restrictions.
  • Department & unit number are required.
  • Disposable-ware is included.
  • Pick-up at Buntrock Commons loading dock – call 3052 for assistance.

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Food Recovery Verified

Bon Appétit at St. Olaf is fighting food waste and hunger by recovering surplus perishable food from our campus that would otherwise go to waste and donating it to people in need through the Area Learning Center.

Northfield Public School’s – Area Learning Center provides a positive, safe and structured learning environment with block scheduling. They offer independent study for students who are unable to attend during normal school hours and can complete coursework with minimal teacher direction. The Teen Parenting Program provides support, information and skill-building opportunities to expectant teens and teenage parents. With dual enrollment, students can be enrolled in the ALC and another school at the same time.

Learn more about the Food Recovery Network and Bon Appétit’s food recovery efforts

FOOD ALLERGIES

SERVING STUDENTS WITH FOOD ALLERGIES AND CELIAC DISEASE

The dining services team is well-trained in food allergy awareness and offer a number of options for students with food allergies and celiac disease. This includes communication about and modification to existing menu items, special preparation of menu items, and access to special products as agreed upon with students.

Daily menus for each café can be accessed at stolaf.cafebonappetit.com. Menu items that are appropriate options for most students with celiac disease are labeled as “made without gluten-containing ingredients” and can be filtered to streamline searching using the dietary preferences filter. Top-9 allergens are included in menu names and/or descriptions whenever possible. For more on eating with a food allergy in our café, visit this page and review our food allergy and celiac disease guide. Further questions about ingredients can be answered by our trained managers/chefs on-site.

DINING WITHOUT THE TOP-9

We understand that our guests with special dietary needs, albeit food allergies, celiac disease, lactose intolerance, or any other medically necessary diet simply want a safe place to make food choices, quickly. To allow guests to have readily available options that meet their needs, we offer SimplyOASIS — a destination in Stav Hall where all meals are prepared without the use of top-9 allergens plus gluten through the sole use of whole foods.

For questions about these services or to request food allergy accommodations, students should contact:

Lionel Franks, General Manager
lionel.franks@cafebonappetit.com

Disability and Access (DAC)
dac@stolaf.edu

Eat Right — For You

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Wellness

When it comes to wellness, Bon Appétit’s focus is on simple, delicious food — that happens to be good for you. To support long-term health, we are bringing more plants to menus every day in a craveable way, while emphasizing healthy cooking techniques. When healthy food tastes good, nourishing your body and mind becomes the easy choice.

Our wellness commitments
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Food Allergies

We serve thousands of guests with food allergies and sensitivities safely in our cafés every day. Our chefs, managers, and dietitians work closely with our food-allergic guests to create reasonable solutions to help them eat what they love. If you have questions about eating for your dietary needs in our cafés, reach out to us: we’ll gladly meet with you.

Food allergies & sensitivities
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Sustainability

Wellness also includes the health of the animals, the workers, the community, and the Earth. They’re all connected. Bon Appétit has been committed to “food service for a sustainable future” for decades, and we’ve led the food service industry in tackling many important issues, such as cage-free eggs, antibiotics in animal production, and farmworker rights.

Our sustainability commitments

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Common Questions

  • I’ve been trying to eat a healthier diet. Will I be able to find a healthy food choice in my café?
  • Can you tell me how many calories are in the foods in my café?
  • How will you handle my concerns about a food allergy?
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