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Meal Plan

All students living in residence are required to purchase a meal plan. This plan enables students to retain the responsibility for satisfying their own dietary needs within the range of available à la carte selections.

The residence fee includes the cost of the meal plan. A debit card, the YorkCard, is issued to each resident student as per the meal plan and can be spent at any University-controlled food service outlet on food and non-alcoholic beverages. At Glendon, the outlets are the modern Cafeteria Glendon, an intimate full-service restaurant called Bistro Glendon, Café de la Terrasse, a student-run pub, L'Arcade, an on-campus variety store and the Sports Bar at the Proctor Field House. The card system allows for flexibility and choice, and it means that students can spend as little or as much as they like at each meal. Suggestions and concerns are brought to the Food Services Committee which is composed of student representatives living in residence.

It is unlikely that the amount of meal plan money included in the residence fee will purchase 100 per cent of the resident's food requirements for eight months unless he or she is a very light eater or plans to dine frequently off-campus. Thus, residents will generally need to supplement the meal plan with cash purchases.

Although not designed to satisfy the gourmet palate, the daily fare is nutritious, quite enjoyable and sufficiently varied to fulfill dining needs.