Eating on Campus 

Whether it's a quick breakfast before class, lunch with your friends or a late night study break snack, Buena Vista’s campus dining provider, Sodexho, has you covered. Can we take your order?

Crossroads Café

Also known as "the Servery," the Crossroads Café is the main cafeteria, where Sodexho provides a variety of dining options through its many different food formats. The menu is planned with input from BVU students to give you what you want most. Scheduled "Marquee" brunches are also planned throughout the year. Each Marquee Brunch is a feast for the senses and offers even more variety of culinary options, from freshly-prepared, gourmet waffles with fresh fruit to omelets cooked-to-order right in front of your eyes. While free to students, each Marquee Brunch is open to the public (for a fee) and helps bring together the Buena Vista and Storm Lake communities.

Centennial Room

The lower level of the Centennial Room is home to the grill, serving up pizza, hamburgers, fries, and other grilled favorites. It is also home of the Snack Bar. There, you can use "Cent Room Bucks" to buy food such as cheese balls and chicken strips as a nightly study snack between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. If you need a pick-me-up, come on down.

Grand Ballroom

The main seating area for meals is the Grand Ballroom, with a picturesque view of the lake from the large south windows.

Food Plans

The food plans at BVU provide students with all-you-can-eat options. Students on the Marquis Plan may visit the servery at any time from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, with slightly different hours on the weekends.

For lighter eaters, the smaller meal plans allow a fewer number of meals. The 14-meal and 10-meal plans are all-you-can-eat, but with limited hours.

Places to Eat in Storm Lake

Let’s say the servery isn’t serving your favorite meal. Or you’re just looking for a change of scenery. It’s time to head out and sample some of Storm Lake’s fine fare.

Storm Lake is a community of just over 10,000 people, remarkable not only in its hospitality but in its diversity. And the diversity that makes Storm Lake so unique has had a tremendous influence on the local cuisine. Feel like some authentic Mexican? Maybe some spicy Thai? It may be hard to believe, but you can find the best gyros this side of Athens right here in Storm Lake.

Now don’t worry; there’s plenty here for the less-adventurous diner too. Steaks, burgers, fresh, flown-in seafood - whatever makes your mouth water. Traditional pub food, classic American cuisine, and wood-fire grilled meals are just a few of the items on the menu. (And you haven’t even had dessert yet.)

Do you know anyone who can get through the day without at least one cup of coffee? Storm Lakers enjoys two gourmet coffeehouses – both just blocks from BVU’s campus and equipped with wireless Internet.

Whether you’re looking for a casual meal with a few friends or a romantic dinner overlooking the lake, there’s a restaurant where you’ll discover some fabulous food, and probably, some fabulous fun.