You have the choice of three types of meal plans: Plans with Classic Meals and Café Credits, plans with Classic meals only, and an All Café Credits plan. Classic meals are all-you-care-to-eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Credits are used in A La Carte locations, where items are priced individually—you purchase only what you wish. Credits can also be used to purchase a Classic meal, or to treat a friend to a Classic Meal or A La Carte items. Café Credits are purchased as part of a meal plan. You can add Extra Credits at any time to your i-card.

Plans with Café Credits
12 Classic/1,500 Café Credits per week
10 Classic/4,500 Café Credits per week
10 Classic/6,000 Café Credits per week
All Café Credits (11,500) per week

Plans with Classic Meals Only
14 Classic meals per week
20 Classic meals per week
6 Classic meals per week (Graduate Hall and off-campus students only)

Classic Meals

• A person can eat up to a maximum of 3 Classic meals per day in a residence hall dining room, during traditional meal hours; breakfast 7:00am–10:00am; lunch 11:00am–1:30pm and dinner from approximately 4:45pm-6:30pm, depending on location and day.
• The 3 Classic meals per day may consist of 1 breakfast, 1 lunch and 1 dinner up to the weekly total in the plan. A missed Classic meal cannot be used later in the day (such as two meals during the lunch period when missing breakfast).
• Classic meals can be used at any of the Specialty restaurants, including Fat Don’s
• Unused Classic meals do not carry over to future weeks and cannot be used to bring in guests.
• Classic meals cannot be used at A La Carte locations (only Café Credits are accepted at A La Carte locations).
• Traditional dining rooms are located in the following residence hall areas: Gregory Drive, Peabody Drive, Allen, Busey-Evans, LAR, ISR, FAR, and PAR (closed for renovations during 2007-2008 school year). Anyone can eat in any dining room regardless of the hall in which they live.

Café Credits

• 1 Café Credit has a value of 1 cent.
• Café Credits can be used to purchase food items at any A La Carte location or to purchase Classic meals. When using Café Credits for classic meals, breakfast uses 475 credits, lunch uses 695 credits and dinner uses 995 credits.
• Café Credits can be used to purchase Classic meals or A La Carte items for a guest.
• Café Credits are designed for use on a weekly basis. However, you may rollover a maximum of one week’s worth of your plan’s Café Credits to the following week, to a maximum balance of double your weekly allotment.
• If you run out of your weekly plan allotment of Café Credits in a week, you can buy Extra Credits to purchase additional Classic meals or food items at A La Carte locations.
• A La Carte locations are as follows:
  Busey Beanery: Monday-Thursday 9pm-12 midnight
  e-Chomps (Gregory Drive): Monday-Thursday 9:30 am-12 midnight, Friday 9:30 pm-1am, Saturday 1:30 pm-1 am, Sunday 1:30 pm-12 midnight
  Chomps (ISR lower level): Monday-Friday 9:30 am-4:30 pm, Sunday-Thursday 8 pm-12 midnight, Friday + Saturday 8 pm-1 am
  Penn Station (PAR): Monday-Thursday 11am-3pm and 7:30pm-12 midnight; Friday 11am-3pm and 7:30pm-1am; Saturday 7:30pm-1am; and Sunday 7:30pm-12 midnight.

Extra Credits provide added flexibility. They can be purchased at any time by students, faculty or staff and can be used to purchase food items at A La Carte locations or to purchase Classic meals held in residence hall dining rooms. They can also be used to purchase meals at the Illini Union Ballroom. Extra Credits can be purchased through the web with a credit card or at any area office with cash or a check, with no minimum required. Extra Credits never expire as long as a person has an active i-card.

* Extra credits are not accepted at Fat Don's specialty restaurant; only Classic meals and Café Credits can be used at Fat Don's.