Eat+Drink

Located just across the street from campus there is a number of local and chain restaurants. Stay posted for after hours.

Lunch

Lunch is served 11:30am-1:00pm for $8.75 (tax included) cash, MasterCard or Visa at the all-you-can-eat buffet Pippin Commons, a 5 minute walk from the Engineering quad. It's an easy location to meet up for a birds-of-a-feather (BOF) discussion over lunch.

All on-campus retail restaurants are closed on the weekend with the exception of Stabucks and Wendys in the Student Center (a 10 minute walk) open on Saturday (only) 10:00am-4:00pm.

Off-campus restaurants

Directly across Campus Dr. (a 10 minute walk) is the University Center shopping center with a variety of sit-down and fast food restaurants including:

• Steelhead brewery
• Veggie Grill
• Asia Noodle Cafe
• Chakra Indian Cuisine
• Lees Sandwiches
• Z Pizza
• Peet's Coffee (hours: 6a-11p)
• Jack-in-the-box
• In-n-Out Burger
• KFC/Taco Bell

A little farther down Campus Dr. (a 15 minute walk) is Campus Plaza with:

• Del Taco
• Gina's Pizza
• Starbucks Coffee

A 5-minute drive off-campus at Bison Ave and Bayswater is The Bluffs, a small shopping center with:

• Panera Bread Bakery (free WiFi; hours: 7a-8p)
• Islands
• Carl's Jr.
• Quiznos
• Baja Fresh
• Daphne's Greek Cafe
• Pasta Bravo
• Pei Wei

After hours / nightlife

For those interested in seeing a bit of the night life in Orange County we recommend checking out the following scenes:

• Irvine Spectrum (Irvine @ 405 & 5 freeways)
• Fashion Island (Newport Beach off MacArthur Blvd & Pacific Coast Highway)
• Newport Beach (Follow 55 freeway south, and continue on down Newport Blvd to Balboa Penninsula)
• Huntington Beach (Dining and Drinking)
• Laguna Beach (Arts and Dining)