Culinary Wellness Café is open for the semester

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Two chefs at the Wellness Cafe counter.

HFC’s Culinary Wellness Café will open on Wednesday, February 12, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It will be open during the Winter 2025 semester on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays until Thursday, May 1.

Inside the Skylight Café and just outside the Fifty-One O One student-run restaurant in the John McDonald Student and Culinary Arts Center (Building M on the main campus), the Culinary Wellness Café offers great lunch options at $7 for a meal including one side dish. There are usually three main options and three side options.

The menu rotates on a weekly basis. Halal options are also available. Italian food will be featured the first week.

First week fare

The first week's meal options include:

  • Spaghetti and Meatballs: Served with tomato sauce and a mini-Caesar salad or vegetarian Barilla Plus spaghetti with tomato sauce and one side option.
  • Meatball Sub: Served on a wholegrain bun with one side option.
  • Chicken Caesar Salad: Caesar salad with reduced fat dressing and house-made wholegrain croutons, and chickpeas or chicken with one side option.

Extra sides cost $3 and include:

  • A mini-Caesar salad
  • Fresh fruit
  • Chili con carne
  • A side of spaghetti

Weekly themes

Each week, the Culinary Wellness Café will have a different theme:

  • February 18: Tex-Mex
  • February 25: Mediterranean
  • March 4: Asian
  • March 18: California
  • March 25: Modern Comfort
  • April 1: Italian
  • April 8: Tex-Mex
  • April 15: Mediterranean
  • April 29: California

The Culinary Wellness Café offers call-ahead ordering services through the Fifty-One O One student-run restaurant. For questions or more information, call 313-206-5101.