Dining Locations & Hours

Essie Mae's | Kohlberg Coffee Bar | Science Center Coffee Bar

The Dining Center

The Dining Center is Swarthmore’s new full service dining hall, a place where our community gathers to dine together. The Dining Center offers a delicious and varied selection of fresh, locally sourced food as well as gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan options at every meal. The Dining Center is part of the College's Dining and Community Commons project.

• Faculty, staff, and guests may dine at the Dining Center.
• Take out for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Reusable container program is available. Exact change, check or credit card are accepted. 

• Breakfast: $8.50

• Lunch: $12.50 

• Dinner: $16.50 

• The Dining Center is a trayless facility, which will help save an average 22,000 gallons of water per year and reduce the amount of chemicals going into the waste stream. Once you have finished dining with us, please take your items to the dish drop.  Simply put your silverware on the conveyor below and leave everything other than single-use packaging on your plate, which will travel to our composting area.  

Essie Mae's

Essie Mae’s offers an array of breakfast selections, including omelets, breakfast sandwiches, fresh-baked local bagels, assorted pastries, organic granola, cereals, yogurt, and fresh fruit. Enjoy our Fair Trade Coffee, juices, milk, and a large variety of teas.

For lunch and dinner, we make sandwiches fresh to order in our deli, offer meat and meatless items from the grill, and serve your favorite comfort foods, including chicken fingers, buffalo wings, mozzarella sticks, and fries. There is a colorful salad bar and a daily hot soup selection at lunch. We also have a variety of candy, ice cream, and sweet and savory snacks available all day. We carry gluten–free products, and vegetarian and vegan menu options are available throughout the day at every meal.   

• Use your meal swipe at Essie’s from  3—7 p.m. Monday through Friday. 
• Use the GET app to order meals at Essie's from 8:15a.m till 3:45 p.m.. Pick up your order  at the GET pick up station located in the hallway outside of Essie’s.

The Crumb Cafe

Essie Mae's is home to The Crumb Cafe, a student-run late-night venue.  For more information, visit The Crumb Cafe Facebook page.

Kohlberg Coffee Bar

Kohlberg Coffee Bar serves locally roasted coffee and espresso, chai and organic teas, juices, sodas and smoothies. Our pastries, bagels and pretzels are locally baked daily, and we carry a variety of candies and snacks. For lunch, enjoy our homemade soups, delicious sandwiches and salads, and a selection of Indian dishes delivered hot from a local restaurant. Kohlberg Coffee Bar is open to the public and accepts cash, credit cards, Dining Dollars, Swat Points and Garnet Cash.

• Kohlberg Coffee Bar offers Grab-N-Go lunches from 11:30 to 1:45. You must reserve your meal on the G.E.T. Cbord App. Place your order as early as possible in order to secure the choice you would like.

Science Center Cafe

The Science Center Cafe features locally roasted coffee and espresso as well as seasonal hot apple cider, organic teas, chai, hot cocoa, sodas, and iced-blended drinks. We also offer a wide assortment of baked goods and candies. Lunch features freshly made sandwiches, salads, and soup, and fresh sushi and Chinese food options are delivered daily from a local restaurant. The Science Center Coffee Bar accepts cash, credit cards, Dining Dollars, Swat Points, and Garnet Cash.

• All meals will be To-Go, and you will be able to order specialty coffee drinks in advance using the G.E.T. Cbord App. The space will be sanitized throughout the day.