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 AM - 3 PM
Friday: 8 AM - 1 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 AM - 6 PM
Friday: 8 AM - 2 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 Lobo Hub (MA-201). A hot water machine and microwave is also located on site to warm up meals.
Payment: The machine only accepts credit/debit cards. Cash, Apple and Samsung Pay (or other tap-to-pay options) are not accepted by the Ardent vending machine. Ardent gift cards do not work either.
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)
