<p>I feel that I might not have been using my dining dollars to my fullest potential last semester. I'm wondering if someone could tell me everywhere you could use them.</p>
<p>So far I know:
Einstein Bagels
Houston Market - chinese, sushi etc.
Mark's Cafe
Subway
Starbucks
The place under Commons</p>
<p>The place under Commons includes a convenience store, a burger place, and Hershey’s Ice Cream.</p>
<p>When I finally realized how much we got ripped off with the Freshman meal plan, I started to buy tons of stuff at the convenience store (included gallons of milk, even though they cost $2 bucks more there than at FroGro).</p>
<p>i don’t know if this is still allowed but i knew people who would buy huge starbucks gift cards using their dining dollars… pretty much ensuring rollover</p>
<p>i once got my dining dollars extended over the summer when i was working at hup, but i don’t know if this is still allowed either</p>
<p>What’s the point of extending dining dollars? Why not just pay in cash? I’m a Penn student and I don’t even understand the point of having dining dollars to begin with. Is it just that it all gets billed to your parents? </p>
<p>Also - the Starbucks below commons hardly qualifies as a Starbucks. They are terrible at making drinks. The one on 34th and Walnut has trained baristas. If you’re going to pay >$2 for a coffee, it had better be good.</p>
<p>Likewise, the Subway does not qualify as a Subway. Almost everyone I know who has been there has left dissatisfied/with food poisoning. Einsteins, on the other hand, is fantastic.</p>
<p>I can’t believe that it seems that my list was complete. I was sure that there would be some kind of sit-down restaurant. Oh well, at least they have good sushi in Houston. </p>
<p>The food in Commons, Hill and Kings Court is actually good this year, so I would get a meal plan for next year, albeit a smaller meal plan, but the annoying thing is whenever you get a smaller meal plan they just reduce the meals like crazy, and so basically you’re buying dining dollars, which is pointless.</p>