Dining

RISD Dining + RISD Caters offer a range of delicious, customizable meal options both on- and off-campus. Our team of talented hospitality and culinary professionals focus on your experience, serving dishes that reflect our community and highlight ingredients sourced from New England.

Check out today’s menus at all RISD dining venues

Search “RISD” on the FD MealPlanner site for daily specials and meal service hours for The Met, Portfolio Café and the Jolly Roger.

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Campus dining venues

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The Met

Our largest dining venue on campus, The Met provides variety across several stations in an all-access service style. Here you can enjoy vegetarian and vegan specials, globally inspired entrées, special-diet meals, an artisan pizza oven, and homemade desserts and pastries.

Hours
Mon–Fri: 7 am–9 pm
Sat–Sun: 8 am–8:30 pm

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Portfolio Café

A full-service café located in 15 West across from the library, Portfolio offers vegan and vegetarian entrées, international comfort foods, a bibimbap station, convenient grab-and-go items and late-night options.

Hours
Mon–Fri: 7:30 am–10 pm
Sat–Sun: 10 am–8:30 pm

Jolly Roger Café

Located at the southern edge of campus, this café hosts rotating menu concepts, like our customizable rice and noodle bowls.

reopens mid September

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Carr Haus Café

Student staffed and influenced, Carr Haus offers Borealis coffee, espresso beverages, tea and snacks.

reopens September 18 (tentative)

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Watermark Café

Located on the second floor of the RISD Store, Watermark Café offers freshly-prepared sushi, pastries, snacks, coffee from Borealis—a small-batch, Rhode Island-based roasting company—and other beverages.

Hours
Mon–Fri: 11 am–5 pm

Meal plans and other options

In support of the residential experience, dining allotments are included with campus housing—no need to choose a plan.

For off-campus students, the commuter dining plan lets graduate students and those living off campus enjoy the benefits of having a student meal plan. See “off-campus dining plan” below for details.

To help you budget, use our dining points calculator to estimate your suggested weekly balance throughout the current semester.

Dining points calculator

First-year students enjoy unlimited access to The Met, RISD’s “unlimited access” facility. You may choose to use five cafe credits weekly at any participating dining venue.

Students may also purchase items using the 225 points they receive each semester and/or with a one-time $50 RISD Bucks credit. This risdbucks credit works at all dining venues and vending machines on campus.

The first-year allotment also includes three guest meal credits per semester.

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The dining allotment for the second-year residence package includes:

unlimited access to The Met.
five cafe credits per week for use at participating campus dining venues.
225 dining points per semester.
three guest meal credits per semester.

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All junior/senior/grad apartment rooms come with 30 Met swipes, 100 cafe credits, 700 dining points and three guest meal credits per semester. Students in these rooms can also purchase the following add-ons, with rates as listed:

Add Block A (80 Meal Credits) – $880
Add Block B (50 Meal Credits) – $550
Add Block C (30 Meal Credits) – $330

*Add-on block meal swipes are good for both semesters but do not roll over year to year.

** If you eat in The Met often, you may be interested in a full flex allotment. This allotment includes 100 Met swipes, 150 cafe credits, 500 dining points and three guest meal credits per semester for an additional $1,090 per semester. You may request this change to your dining allotment by completing a full flex request form by September 22, 2023.

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This plan is ideal for graduate students and commuters who want convenient access to dining options on campus at a reduced rate. Meals can be used as entry to The Met or as a meal credit applied to food and beverage purchases at Portfolio or Jolly Roger.

You may choose to use dining points on grab-and-go items from the Carr Haus Cafe or for coffee and pastries from Watermark. You can also apply dining points to purchases made in our express or virtual co/op market.

You can choose from one of two commuter dining plans, details as follows:

Plans	Semester cost	Met swipes allotment per semester	Dining points per semester	Cafe credits per semester	Guest meals per semester
Plan 1	$1,880	50	400	100	3
Plan 2	$1,205	25	200	75	3
Full flex	$3,240	100	500	150	3

Meals and points do not roll over from semester to semester.

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Dining meal blocks allow you to add additional meals to the available allotment associated with housing, or if you are arriving early or staying beyond the semester end date.

Meal block add-on costs are as follows:

80-meal block: $880
50-meal block: $550
30-meal block: $330

Students can use block plans throughout the academic year (July 1–June 30).

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You may choose to open a prepaid Risd Bucks debit account. Risd Bucks offer a convenient and safe way to purchase products and services both on and off campus, including at all RISD dining venues.

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Community Cupboard

The Community Cupboard is a 100% donation-supported campus food pantry that serves students experiencing food insecurity. It is located in the 3rd floor break room of 20 Washington Place and is open from 8 am–5 pm.

The cupboard is a self-service resource. There is no need to make an appointment—simply stop by and pick up what you need.

Students can also support the Community Cupboard by donating dining points at any RISD Dining venue. Dining will stock shelves with staple items that are in greatest need, such as:

peanut butter
tuna
soups
rice
canned vegetables and beans

To donate, just let your cashier know you would like to give points to the cupboard. You may give one, three or five points per donation up to four times per year.

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Check out today’s menus at all RISD dining venues

Campus dining venues

The Met

Portfolio Café

Jolly Roger Café

Carr Haus Café

Watermark Café

Meal plans and other options

First-year

Sophomore

Junior, senior and grad student

Off-campus dining plan

Dining block add-on

RISD Bucks

Community Cupboard