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Food and Dining

Dining on campus is easy. While most graduate students don’t buy a meal plan, you can. Franklin street and neighboring Carrboro are full of restaurants offering a variety foods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

On Campus

  • Frank Porter Graham Student Union
  • The Beach Cafe by the Health Science Library
  • The Lenoir and Rams Head Dining Halls
  • The TarHeal Cafe
  • The Hospital Cafeteria
  • Sal a Delia (Marsico Hall)
  • Alpine Bagel (Thurston Bowles Building)
  • Friend’s Cafe (Health Science Library)
  • Food Trucks (Genetics Medicine Building)
  • And more.

FreedomPay on Hospital Campus: Allows for 20% discount from a preloaded card.

Off Campus

Chapel Hill and The Triangle are a hotspot. Find Yelp’s favorite places. Bon Apetit voted Durham America’s best foodie town in 2008.

Want to cook?

Chapel Hill is home to Co-Op markets, Harris Teeter and Food Lion, Trader Joe’s, and a number of ethnic markets.