Campus Dining

Campus Dining consists of multiple dining establishments, convenience stores, catering and concessions, a fine dining restaurant and four dining commons. This is accomplished with a professional career staff of 175 and a part-time student staff of 500.

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Residential Dining

Residential Dining operates four dining commons ─ Carrillo, De La Guerra, Ortega, and Portola ─ that serve more than 2.1 million meals each year to students, faculty, staff, guests and summer conferees. This work group also coordinates food concessions at campus concerts and sporting events, provides meals and catering for adult and youth conference attendees during the summer, and coordinates special events catering for university functions.

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Retail Dining

Retail Dining oversees dining options located in the University Center (Jamba Juice, Panda Express, Root Burger, Santorini Island Grill, Starbucks, and Subway) and around campus (Coral Tree Café, Courtyard Café, Die Bretzel, Subway at the Arbor, Summit Café, Woodstock's at the Arbor, and Yoshinoya). This work group also operates one convenience store at The Arbor and a full-service market, Tenaya Market & Eatery.

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The Dining Room at The Club & Guest House

The Dining Room at The Club & Guest House is UC Santa Barbara’s fine-dining restaurant that offers a full-service lunch in a tranquil lagoon-side setting. Menu offerings include fresh, local, sustainable and quality food with healthy, natural and seasonal ingredients. With a sprawling main dining room, two private meeting areas and a state-of-the-art conference center, there are a variety of welcoming dining spaces to accommodate any group size.