Definitions
Vegan: Contains absolutely no animal or dairy products, including honey.
Vegetarian: Contains no meat, fish, poultry, shellfish, or products derived from these sources but may contain dairy or eggs.
Tips for Dining
- Menus and ingredient information can be viewed online at university-of-pennsylvania.cafebonappetit.com. Save time by checking menus before arriving to the café.
- Plant-based options can be identified by our vegan and vegetarian icons. Find these icons on our online menus and café signage.
- Concerned about cross-contact? Ask your server to change their gloves and use new utensils before serving your food. You can also ask for food to be served directly from the kitchen to avoid cross-contact at the serving line.
- Have a question? Café managers are available to assist you during your visit. Ask a cashier for assistance locating one.
- Looking to use your dining dollars? A variety of plant-based soups, snacks and frozen meals are available for purchase at Gourmet Grocer. Vegan and vegetarian grab-and-go salads and sandwiches are also available for purchase under meal exchange.
- Heading to Houston? Impossible burgers are available daily. You'll know its impossible by its grill marks.
- Non-dairy milks are available for coffee and tea at all of our cafes, including Joe’s, Accenture, The Market Café, Starbucks, and Pret A Manger.
- If there’s an item you want to see on our menus, let us know! Submit your feedback.
Vegan & Vegetarian Dining On Campus
34th St. Carvery
Vegetarian
Caprese panini, build your own grilled cheese panini on multi-grain, French hero, or sourdough bread with American, cheddar, or Swiss cheese and tomato, red onion, house-made pickles and/or horseradish aioli
Select desserts, rotating soups
Bento
Vegan
Tofu bowl with teriyaki sauce, stuffed soy pockets, vegetable sushi roll, edamame, seaweed salad, bento box with teriyaki tofu, vegetable sushi roll, and teriyaki sauce
Vegetarian
All vegan options plus: tofu bowl with spicy sauce, veggie ramen bowl, bento box with teriyaki tofu, vegetable sushi roll, and spicy sauce
The Market Cafe
Vegan
Fresh fruit cups, bagel with jam, select cookies and banana bread
Oat, soy, and almond milks available for coffee beverages
Vegetarian
All vegan options plus: bagel with cream cheese or butter, yogurt parfaits
Breakfast egg and cheese sandwiches, gelato
Select rotating grab and go sandwiches and pastries
Houston Market Street Cart
Vegan
Fruit cups, select rotating grab and go salads and hot entrees
Vegetarian
All vegan options plus: yogurt parfaits
Joe's Café
Vegan
Fresh fruit cups, bagel bar with jam, vegetable sushi roll
Oat, soy, and almond milks available for coffee and tea beverages
Vegetarian
All vegan options plus: bagel bar with cream cheese or butter
Breakfast egg and cheese sandwiches
Select rotating grab and go sandwiches, soups, ready to reheat meals, and pastries
Accenture Café
Vegan
Fresh fruit cups, bagel with jam, vegetable sushi roll
Oat, soy, and almond milks available for coffee and tea beverages
Vegetarian
All vegan options plus: bagel with cream cheese or butter, yogurt parfaits
Breakfast egg and cheese sandwiches
Select rotating grab and go sandwiches, soups, ready to reheat meals, and pastries
Residential Dining Tips
Hill House, 1920 Commons, English House, Falk Kosher Dining, Lauder College House (dinner only), Quaker Kitchen (dinner only)
Rotating vegetarian entrees are available daily at all residential cafes. Vegan proteins include tofu, tempeh, seitan, and a variety of legumes. Vegan and vegetarian sides can be found throughout the café.
Hill House, Lauder College House, and 1920 Commons offer dedicated vegan stations serving a plant-based vegetable, starch, and protein daily.
A vegan feature entree is served nightly at Lauder College House.
Mix and match items from different stations to customize your meal. The salad bar and mezze stations provide the perfect garnish for any dish!
Vegan breakfast entrees are available daily alongside breakfast potatoes and hot cereal at locations serving breakfast. Eggs and yogurt are available daily for a vegetarian protein option.
Vegan burgers and vegetarian pizza options are available daily at Hill House, 1920 Commons, and English House.
Hill House’s Global Fusion station features a vegan and/or vegetarian version of the main dish.
Check out Kettles for the vegan and/or vegetarian soup of the day.
Vegan alternative milks are available at all residential dining locations.
McClelland
Vegan
Vegetable sushi roll
La Plancha
Vegan
Build your own tacos on a corn tortilla, burrito on a flour tortilla, or a taco bowl with brown or cilantro lime rice.
Toppings: baja pinto beans, Mexican-inspired black beans, soy chorizo, guacamole, all salsas, onion and cilantro, lavender infused picked red onion, lime roasted cauliflower, lavender infused pickled radish, jalapenos
Side of corn tortilla chips with guacamole or any salsa
Vegetarian
All vegan options plus: quesadilla with pico de gallo and sour cream, all cheeses, sour cream, aji amarillo sauce, queso
Café West at Gutmann College House
Vegan
Fresh fruit cups, bagel with jam,
Oat, soy, and almond milk are available for coffee beverages
Vegetarian
All vegan options plus: bagel with cream cheese or butter yogurt, and select pastries
HM Grill
Vegan
Impossible burger or pesto eggplant on a whole wheat bun, spinach tortilla, or a sesame steak roll topped with your choice of sauteed mushrooms, sauteed bell pepper, chopped jalapeno, caramelized onions, house-made pickles, pineapple chili rd salsa, sweet plantain, jalapeno lime corn salsa, roasted pobalano, baby spinach, all house-made blends, Kansas City barbecue sauce, sugo sauce, maple horseradish sauce, lettuce, tomato, onion.
Vegetarian
All vegan options plus: eggplant sugo sandwich, seeded potato bread, jalapeno cheddar bun, all cheeses, house-made honey bourbon bbq, spicy honey drizzle, truffle parsley aioli, chili lime glaze, buffalo sauce
Side of fried onions
Ivy Leaf
Vegan
Salad, hummus bowl, or wrap with: falafel, Mediterranean couscous salad, crispy chickpeas, carrot, onion, mushroom, cucumber, broccoli, artichoke hearts, quinoa, classic bruschetta
Dressings: extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar, spicy harissa drizzle, balsamic vinaigrette
Side of pita bread
Vegetarian
All vegan options plus: all cheeses, chopped egg
Additional dressing options: mint tzatziki, roasted tomato dressing, avocado ranch dressing, lemon feta vinaigrette, honey mustard dressing
Penn Pi Pizzeria
Vegan
Fettuccine, whole wheat penne, or fusilli pasta with marinara sauce and garlic, bell pepper, mushroom, red onion, broccoli, spinach, tomato, zucchini, artichoke hearts, banana peppers.
Vegetarian
All vegan options plus: alfredo sauce, spinach alfredo sauce, and garlic parmesan bread
Pizza choices of garlic and spinach pizza, cheese pizza