<p>I see that the residential colleges dining rooms are open for dinner from 5-7pm. I can imagine that my daughter will stay up very late, and will want to eat later. It looks like there is late-night food available in the residential colleges, but students pay for it. Is that correct? </p>
<p>If you are a current student and like to eat snacks or a later dinner, can you give me an idea of how much you spend in addition to the meal plan? I'm trying to get a rough idea of how much money my daughter will need for her monthly expenses, and I can't quite figure this part out. Thanks!</p>
<p>New Haven stays open late, with some places open til 3AM. You don’t need to spend much extra money for food but figure that coffee bars, muffins, etc. will be most of that.</p>
<p>I have never been hungry in New Haven after 7 - there are too many places to eat. There are places like Gourmet Heaven that have lots & lots of take-out food. DD is very frugal, she earns her own spending money and claims G-H is too expensive. She and her roomies keep relatively snack food in their room, it is cheaper and lower in calories. Whenever we are there for a visit, we take the girls on a trip to Shaws and they load up on individual containers of noodles, popcorn, salsa, etc., as well as tons of drinks.</p>
<p>My daughter requested that I send plastic containers: old margarine/cottage cheese/small sandwich-size containers with lids, soon after she got to school last fall. She takes them with her to meals and saves some things for later- she carries them back to the room and puts them in the fridge and could also warm things up in the microwave. Zero extra cost, and no need to wander around outside at night to get food. </p>
<p>Durfees is also open late and is part of Old campus. Expensive convenience food, but sometimes useful in emergency starvation moments. I know I found something edible there once after a marathon Ikea assembly session late at night.</p>
<p>There are plenty of places; of course, the restaurants (mm pizza, au bon pain, educated burgher, or ivy noodle, that mexican place, and so on) are close to campus, Durfee’s has convenient food, the new library entrance has a beautiful new cafe, she can cook up something if she’d like to, etc.
The New Haven green also has several cafes and convenience stores for late-night runs for snacks and such, not expensive.</p>
<p>I believe my S and his suitemates order out quite often. The food will be delivered (say, to the front gate of the residential college) if enough food is ordered.</p>
<p>Some kids will try to bring food back to his room so that they can eat it late at night. Do not know whether it is officially allowed, but many kids do it anyway. At one time, I heard some suitemates compete with each other to see who can bring more fruits back to the room just for the fun of it. – Because of this, I think officially you are not supposed to do this. Isn’t it always the case that college kids do a lot of things that typical adults are not allowed to do?!</p>
<p>Really? cafes near the New Haven Green? I always thought there are more eating places on York or Broadway, that is, on the west or southwest edge of the campus. Even on Chapel, I thought most restaurants that are still open late in the evening are to the west of College St or High St. I could be wrong as I only hear about it from my S indirectly.</p>
<p>I am interested in knowing this because my S lives off-campus near the southwest corner of the green (near Claire’s) this summer. I think he might be interested in cafes near the Green which are open late. Claire’s and Copperkitchen (sp? which is a relatively cheap place) are closed very early.</p>
<p>He is not interesting in any eating/drinking places two blocks south of campus/Green. Too many drunk people are there after 11:00 pm.</p>
<p>Edit: Is it possible that you refer to some cafe’s near Silliman or TD, that is, on the north side of the Green?</p>
<p>i usually just steal cereal. you’ll adjust to the eating schedule. in high school, i ate dinner at 9-10 pm. when i got to college, i would be starving around that time. but my body got used to eating dinner at 5:30 and i started not to get as hungry at night. there’s always ramen, pizza from one of the many pizza places and durfees if you’re starving. but there are so many events with free foods, study breaks, group meetings basically every night, so it’s really impossible to go hungry.</p>
<p>Mamoun’s!!! The first year it was open, there was a two-month strike by the blue-collar union. All the dining halls were closed. Mamoun’s effectively served as the dining hall for lots of students – the cheapest, best meal around. Glad it’s still there!</p>
<p>I was there during the strike, JHS. They gave us rebates on the meal plan, and many people, including me, came out ahead on the deal. I lived on cheap ham subs from Greek Village–alas, I think it’s no longer there. I’m glad to hear Mamoun’s is still around.</p>
<p>mangoho, I have to agree with you…I thought the same thing! LOL! </p>
<p>50isthenew40, first of all, I love your name!!
Secondly, she will not starve. She and all her friends will most likely get into a routine with going to the dining hall. It is like a social hour…everybody does it! If she eats fast food or orders pizza every night late at night…ever hear of “freshman 15”??? It creeps up faster than most students believe!
She will definitely not starve. All college students find what they need!!!</p>
<p>The area around Mamoun’s has changed. No transvestite hookers. No pimps hanging out in the Elm City Diner complaining about their hookers: “She ain’t been in but one car all night long.” That’s an exact quote.</p>