Dining

UWRF Dining
170 University Center
715.425.4403
dining@uwrf.edu
Hours of Operation

UWRF Dining manages the meal plan program and is committed to providing a quality experience for student, faculty, staff, and guests. We offer a variety of convenient and economical meal plan options for students.

UW-River Falls contracts with the professional food service firm Chartwells, to provide dining services in the University Center. The menus at the dining venues are designed to provide students with a variety of selections in an enjoyable atmosphere.

A meal plan is a grouping of meals, which is purchased in advance for an academic semester, and has a discount off the walk-in price. The meal plan is required for all students living in the residence halls (except South Fork Suites). Students use meal plans by scanning their Falcon ID card at the register to remove a meal; this process is entirely contact-free.

Mandatory Policy: All students residing in the residence halls, except South Fork Suites residents, are required to select a meal plan as a part of the housing contract. Notably, extensive research suggests that students who frequently eat in the campus dining hall have higher GPAs and persist to graduation at a higher rate than those who dine on campus less frequently or not at all (Barrett et al.).

Transfer Options

• Erbert & Gerbert's Bistro
• Sono
• Burger 501
• Freddy's Convenience Store
• Absurd Bird
• Sushi Do

The Transfer Meal Program allows meal plan participants to use a meal from their meal plan in retail dining areas outside of Riverside Commons. A cash equivalency for the meal is applied to the purchase made.  If the meal purchased exceeds the cash equivalency, the balance can be paid with cash, Dining Dollars, pay phone apps, or credit card.

Cash Equivalency Value is:
$6.00   Lunch/Brunch
$6.50   Dinner
$6.00   Late Night

Meal Periods

There are 26 meal periods served during a standard week.
Monday - Friday: breakfast, lunch, dinner, late night
Saturday - Sunday: brunch, dinner, late night