Contact Food Services
(831) 760-5174Craving Breakfast, Lunch, or a Snack?
Ardent Culinaire, MPC's food service provider, is delighted to provide a variety of deliciously nutritious food and beverage options to satisfy hungry students, faculty, and staff at MPC’s Monterey Campus.
Student Center - Peninsula Café
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Food for Thought — Library
Food for Thought, the Library cafe, has a rotating menu of easy grab-and-go options. There is no online menu, so go and check them out!
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Looking for Food in Marina?
There are currently no café locations at the Marina Campus, but there are vending machines offering a variety of grab and go meals from Ardent Culinaire in the Engagement Center (MA-201). A hot water machine and microwave is also located on site to warm up meals.
There are additional snack & drink vending machines by the MA-401 Classroom.
Payment: Cash, debit, all credit cards, Apple Pay and Samsung Pay are accepted.
Lobo Market
Offered through MPC's Basic Needs Center, the Lobo Market provides a food pantry services to MPC students on site at both the Monterey and MPC campuses. Currently registered students can select from snack, meal kit, fresh and dry pantry items, and/or toiletries.
- 2 snacks a day
- 2 meal kits a month
- 5 pantry and/or toiletry items a week
Monterey: Student Center
Marina: The Engagement Center (MA-201)
