Dining Services

Food at Bowdoin is a big deal. Our mission is to provide nourishment and community to our students, staff, and faculty through an uncompromising passion for great food.

Within this site you'll find information about our various services, including catering, food plans, and accommodating special dietary needs.

We're honored to cook for you and your family, and eager to help however we can: don't hesitate to get in touch with questions.

Check out your Favorite Recipes!

Lobster Bake Fashion
One of our favorite traditions, the all-school lobster bake, happens before classes start for the fall semester. It's a great time to meet new friends, reunite with old friends, and for some, make a fashion statement.

Let's get crackin'.
Campus Trees to Café Lattes: Bowdoin's Maple Tradition Yields Natural Treats for Students
Each year, as winter recedes, Bowdoin's organic gardener taps maple trees on campus to make syrup for Smith Union Café treats.
Bowdoin Dining Produces a Thanksgiving Feast To Remember
A week out from actual turkey day, Bowdoin Dining staff served up traditional Thanksgiving fare for 1,600 or so grateful students, many of whom were lined up outside Thorne and Moulton well in advance of the official opening time, in mouth-watering anticipation.