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Dining

Sharing a meal is one of the best ways to bring people together — which means we must ensure that everyone has access to choices that are exciting, delicious, healthy and suited to their needs and preferences. That’s why we offer flexible options and hours, from full meals to grab-and-go options. And because food is about more than just what’s on your plate, we use local and responsibly sourced ingredients as much as we can, creating meals that taste good and do good for our whole community.

Dining Commons

Located within the Community Center, the Dining Commons features five stations — Grill, Baraka (Halal), L’Chaim (Kosher), Harvest (salads and soups) and Wok (stir fry, pad Thai, etc.) — that promote health, wellness and sustainability by focusing on international cuisine, vegan options and avoiding food with allergens. The wide variety of menu options includes food that’s cooked to order and made from scratch as well as locally sourced produce and protein.

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Cochary Pub & Kitchen

Located within the Community Center, the Cochary Pub & Kitchen offers a variety of locally sourced, pub-style dishes and beverages as well as fresh baked desserts and pastries homemade in our campus bakery.

Most of the beer and wine served in the Cochary Pub & Kitchen is produced here in Massachusetts, utilizing many locally grown ingredients.

Frances Perk Coffee Shop

Located on the lower level of the Williston library, the student-run Frances Perk Coffee Shop offers a wide variety of beverages and snacks. We serve locally roasted coffee from Indigo Coffee Roasters of Northampton, Massachusetts. Indigo Coffee is an independent, artisan coffee roaster that is cUSDA certified organic, fair trade and kosher. All of our fresh pastries are baked daily at our own Mount Holyoke College bake shop right here on campus. Join us for a coffee, latte, cappuccino, tea and a delicious pastry!

Kendade Grab ’n Go

Located in the Kendade Hall atrium on the first floor, this centrally located lunch spot offers a fast, fresh menu. Choices include a variety of fresh made sandwiches, salads, bowls and bento boxes made fresh daily. Chips, homemade desserts and cold beverages are also available. Visit us for a healthy meal on the go during your busy day.

Meal Plan

All full-time residential students are required to be on the meal plan, which includes:

• Access to the Dining Commons 25 times a week.
• $30 MHC Dollars per semester.
• Five guest passes per semester.
• One meal swipe at the Kendade Grab ’n Go per weekday.

MHC Dollars and guest passes that have not been used do not carry over from semester to semester.

Commuter students may also purchase a block of meals that will be added to their OneCard.

• One Web Commuter meal plan purchase
• 5 anytime meals: $50.00
• 10 anytime meals: $100.00
• 25 anytime meals: $250.00
• 50 anytime meals: $500.00

All students have the option to open a MHCXpress account, which is a prepaid debit account that can be used once MHC Dollars are depleted. Money deposited into this account can be used to purchase items at participating Village Commons vendors and items in campus vending machines, including beverages, snacks, laundry and photocopying. For more information about these accounts and other features of the OneCard, please contact Enterprise Services at 413-538-2700.

Effective on Monday February 6, 2023, the Dining Commons will be open to all campus visitors and the greater community.

Students may bring guests to any meal. Students can pay for their guest’s meal with cash, charge, MHC Dollars, or their MHCXpress (debit). To charge a meal, you must present your ID to the checker at the entrance to the Dining Commons who will then fill out a charge slip.

Faculty and staff are welcome to dine in the Dining Commons using cash, charge or their MHCXpress (debit).

Guest Meal Rates

Breakfast: $9
Brunch/Lunch: $12.50
Dinner: $14.50
Late night: $10

In support of Five College academic opportunities, a dining meal exchange is available for students enrolled in a meal plan at any one of the five colleges. A request for participating in the meal exchange will be granted for academic reasons only. Other meal exchange requests, for which there is a compelling reason, will be reviewed on an individual basis.

To request permission to participate in the meal exchange, a student must follow the guidelines provided by the Dining Services office on the home campus where the student has enrolled in a meal plan. With the application, the student must provide documentation of enrollment in a course at the other campus where the student is seeking permission to eat under the meal exchange program. To utilize the meal exchange or obtain further information, contact the Dining Services office on your home campus. The links below connect to details and contact information for meal exchange at the campuses.

By participating in the 5-college meal exchange benefit, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions. Any deviations from these will be reported to your home University.

Exchanged meals are for you only (no guest swipes are permitted).
Meals are to be used either before or after the class that was requested from your University.
Schedule changes that affect your meal time need to be revised and requested from your University.

Amherst College

(413) 542-2221
Dining Services Office, Valentine Hall
mealplan@amherst.edu

Hampshire College

(413) 559-5777
Nancy Bristol
nabDC@hampshire.edu

Mount Holyoke College

(413) 538-2600
Technology Help Desk, Info Commons, Level 4 of Williston Library
helpdesk@mtholyoke.edu

Smith College

(413) 585-3082
OneCard Office, Stoddard Hall - 24C
dining@smith.edu

University of Massachusetts

(413) 545-1362
Meal Plan Office, Worcester Dining Commons-3rd Floor
basullivan@umass.edu

All Mount Holyoke College students desiring a meal exchange must:

Submit a request using the 5 College Meal Plan Request Form (requires MHC credentials)
- The form requires students to provide the name and number of their qualifying off campus course, a screenshot of their schedule to confirm course registration (UMass courses must be confirmed with a screenshot from their Spire schedule), and the meals they’re requesting to eat of campus.
After hearing from the MHC OneCard office that their request has been approved, report to the Dining Services Office of the host college assignment to obtain their meal pass

ALL NON-Mount Holyoke College students desiring a meal exchange will be given meal access for lunch and dinner at the Dining Commons ONLY.

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Dining Services

Dining Services strives to support the well-being of Mount Holyoke students, faculty, staff, alums and guests by providing delicious food prepared with care and thoughtfulness.

dining@mtholyoke.edu
413-538-2100
Otto C. Kohler Building Complex

Susan Desjardins

Administrative Assistant

413-538-2100

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