Ball State University Dining is dedicated to providing a quality campus dining experience at a reasonable price. We take pride in offering you good value, flexibility, and quality for your dining dollar. Dining services include restaurants, food courts, cafeterias, grab-n-go, convenience stores, and catering.
NoyerCentre
Noyer Centre is located east of the Whitinger Business Building and west of the Studebaker Complex. This dining facility has three parts: The Food Mall, The Marketplace, and The Retreat.
The Food Mall features all-day dining from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Breakfast-to-Go offers a variety of breakfast menu items. For lunch and dinner, check out the salad bar at Crispy Greens, grill items at Burger-n-Spuds, homestyle favorites at Mom's, or visit Pasta, Stir Fry, and Panini. For something different, try Fruit to Nuts, a fresh and dried fruit and nut bar or Stirfry/Pasta, a vegetarian/vegan concept. Wraps are custom made at Market Deli, and check out the Fresh Catch each Tuesday dinner or the display cooking performed by our chef at the International Café. Finish off your meal with a slice of gourmet cheesecake, Otis Spunkmeier cookies, or other specialty desserts at Yummies.
The Marketplace features grab-n-go convenience from 7 a.m. to midnight. With more than 150 different canned and bottled beverages, a market deli, quick-fix grocery items, and snacks, there's something for you!
The Retreat offers all-you-care-to-eat self-serve buffet for dinner and a la carte service for lunch. Lunch at the Retreat is available only for staff, faculty, and their guests.
Woodworth Commons
Woodworth Commons features a food emporium with several innovative concepts. Della Casa serves brick oven pizzas, sandwiches and other Italian entrees. El Fire Dragon is a Mongolian grill that becaomes a Mexican station on Tuesdays and Thursdays for fajitas and quesadillas. Comfort Zone is the best place to get your fix of down-home cookings with mashed potatoes, green beans, and entrees such as roasted turkey. Woody's Grill provides hamburgers and hot dogs with a side of fries. The Patisserie serves Starbucks coffee, pastries,a nd breakfast foods. Deli World serves spinning salads, wraps, paninis,a nd many other healthy food choices. The Riverside Emporium convenience store area has a variety of grab-n-go food options and grocery items.
The Atrium
The Atrium, located in the Art and Journalism Building, boasts six food concepts selected to provide a wide variety of freshly prepared menu selections. Sbarro- The Italian Eatery offers handmade pizza, pasta dishes, garden salad, breadsticks, cheesecake, frui-flavored teas, and fruit drinks. Chick-Fil-A Express features their famous hand-breaded Chick-Fil-A fried and chargrilled chicken sandwiches, cole slaw, and fresh-squeezed lemonade. Atrium Creations offers authentic Asian cuisine. Caliente, a Mexican concept, offers tacos, nachos, taco salads, fresh salsa bar, and chips. McKinley Grille boasts hot soups, generous one-third pound black angus burgers smothered in your favorited cheeses, triple grilled cheese on sourdough bread, hand-breaded pork tenderloin, and other favorites. Try our Satatoga chips (freshly fried thin potato slices) or loaded chips with cheese, bacon, and green onion. Block Barrell Deli provides an array of sliced premium deli meats and interesting cheeses on fresh bread and rolls. Or, pick up a custom-made salad. If you're in a hurry, trythe self-service sandwiches, salads, whole dill pickles, desserts, fresh fruit cups, and cookies.
LaFolletteSquare
Located in the LaFollette Complex, the upper concourse features America's Buffet, open for breakfast and dinner (closed at lunch). This cafeteria-style location features all-you-care-to-eat dining with a variety of home-style foods.The lower level features two dining concepts: Courtside and Out of Bounds.
Courtside
Located in the lower level of LaFollette Square, Courtside features hot deli subs, Campbell's Restaurant-Quality Soups, fresh baked goods, Boyds gourmet flavored coffees, and Blue Bunny Premium ice cream, along with an array of sancks and candies. A grab-n-go case also offers cold sandwiches, wraps, fresh salads, fresh fruit, and a variety of beverages.
Out of Bounds
Need a fast break? Let Out of Bounds Market and Grille, also located on the lower level of LaFollette Square, meet your needs. Dine in or get it to go. Our Grille menu offers burgers, hot dogs, chili dogs, grilled chicken, nachos, fries, and fried appetizers. The Grille is conveniently located within our Market area, so you can place your order and shop while you wait, or you can watch yourmeal being prepared. We also feature breadsticks with sauces and Freshcetta pizza. The Market boasts a wide variety of beverages, from canned sodas and bottled waters to fountain drinks, milk, and fruit juice. You'll also find pre-packaged items, including cold sandwiches and salads.
Elliott Dining Service
Located adjacent to the Burris Laboratory School, this cafeteria-style location features home-style food, as well as a grill area, a salad bar, and an authentic Asian cuisine concept, Yin Yang. Elliott is an all-you-care-to-eat location.
Terrace Cafe
Located in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Terrace Cafe is a convenient place to grab a snack or meal while the Student Center renovation is underway.
Micro Café
Located in Studebaker West Complex,this convenience store is the perfect choice for carryout microwavable entrees, sandwiches, salads, drinks, pastries, snacks,a and delicious Boyds gourmet coffee and cappuccino.
Bookmark Café
The Bookmark Café @ Bracken Library features Seattle's Best Coffee,Tazo Teas, fresh sandwiches, salads, pastries, fruit,and desserts, as well as other grab'n'go items.
University Catering
University Catering provides catering services for parties, receptions, picnics, cook-outs, banquets, ice cream socials, and much more. From beverage service to gourmet buffets, our staff can provide for your every need. Party trays of meats and cheeses, vegetables, fruits, and cookies are a few of the many items available for home entertaining on a pick-up basis. Call (765) 285-3500 to arrange catering for your event.