<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>Thanks!</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>Locust Plan next year FTW</p>
<p>Starbucks under commons? I’ve been using cash at starbucks this entire semester :(</p>
<p>Oh, don’t forget about Au Bon Pain</p>
<p>The farmers market!</p>
<p>Yeah, I had forgotten Au Bon Pain- but I know that there are other places. There must be.</p>
<p>Code Monkey: being a freshman really is tough</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>Einstein is awesome. Lois makes my mornings brighter!</p>
<p>Lois always smiles when I see her too! Einstein is golden.</p>
<p>using dining dollars saves on tax, that’s the only benefit</p>
<p>but i wouldn’t get a dining plan after freshman year (or soph year, latest) unless you live in a kitchen-less dorm</p>
<p>food trucks ftw</p>
<p>I discovered the magic of food trucks this year. While my sodium intake has skyrocketed, my qualify of life has increased immensely.</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>
<ul>
<li>Falk Dining Commons if you like kosher food</li>
<li>McClelland Express</li>
<li>Accenture Cyber Cafe</li>
<li>Jamba Juice</li>
</ul>
<p>Jamba Juice no longer exists. It’s a Hershey’s Ice Cream now.</p>