The new CCA Makers Cafe is designed to accommodate the wide-ranging needs of our diverse campus community. Bon Appétit is recognized as an industry leader in environmentally and socially responsible practices, and for cooking made-from-scratch menu items with seasonal ingredients from local food growers. Students, Staff and Faculty enjoy seasonal menus and daily specials made with local and organic ingredients when possible, made-to-order hot and cold items, coffee and convenience items.

Welcome

Our story is simple. It’s about food – great food. Everything we believe and everything we do is based on creating great food, produced in a socially responsible manner with regional and seasonal products grown by local farmers and artisans. We cook from scratch using fresh, authentic ingredients. We make our food alive with flavor and nutrition.

Meal Plans

On Campus residents participate in a meal plan to dine on daily specials made with local and organic ingredients, made-to-order hot and cold items, and fresh coffee and espresso from a full-service counter. Students living off campus are welcome to purchase a meal plan too! Learn more about the savings a meal plan can offer.

Dining Options

• Makers Cafe: Enjoy meals from the Potrero Grill, Mission Comfort, North Beach Pizza, and Simply Oasis Stations
• DoReMi Coffee Bar: Re-fuel with Nomadic Coffee, breakfast sandwiches, bagels, and more
• C-Street Convenience Store: Drop in for quick grab-and-go snack and convenience options

Menu and ordering

Check out the daily specials, sign up for email alerts, place an order, and learn more about the cafe staff at cca.cafebonappetit.com.

• Once you’re there, to place an order you will be prompted to log on with your CCA credentials (CCA email address and password).
• Place your order and designate a pick-up time.
• Be sure to add your mobile # so that you will be sent a text when your order is ready for pick-up.

When you visit Makers Cafe, locate one of our ordering kiosks located around the Cafe to place your order. Your meal is ready for pickup when your number is called at the counter!

Dietary restrictions, we're prepared to accommodate you!

Please read Bon Appétit's approach to food allergens and sensitivities, and review the Makers Cafe dietary FAQs. Makers Cafe is not a gluten free facility, but has a dedicated allergen-free station (Simply Oasis) for folks dining with dietary restrictions and allergies. In addition to our Simply Oasis Station, our chefs prepare vegan specials daily at the Mission Comfort Station. Our staff is committed to meeting all of your dietary needs in Makers Cafe. If you would like to discuss your dietary needs more specifically, please contact the General Manager, Eddy Chen.

Makers Cafe Events

Makers Café as a prime location for student use and engagement. Whether it be student activities, co curricular programs, or events that student groups are seeking alternative space for on campus–Makers Cafe aims to become a space for residential and commuter students alike to connect by breaking bread and to feel like they have a place outside of their dorms, studios, or classrooms at CCA. There is also the option to have events catered in Makers Café to promote our exciting dining program or take advantage of our fresh new daily specials using students meal plans. 

Makers Café serves as a community hub for all Residential Life programming, activities, as well as campus meetings and events. When it is not utilized by the student community, it may also be scheduled for CCA mission-related events, reserved through Auxiliary Services. 

We look forward to assisting the CCA community/students with their events at Makers Café!

Event Requests can be submitted using the Makers Cafe Event Request Form. Please be sure to review the Makers Cafe Facility Use Policy and Guidelines document as well.

(Please note that Makers Café is not intended to serve as a private event space nor is it available for installations)

Bagged Lunch Order Ahead for Meal Plan Holders

Bon Appetit is now providing order ahead, group lunch options for off-campus, academic programming events and field trips. This new program coincides with student meal plans (with students tapping their ID Card to pay for their order-ahead meal), and is a great way to ensure that students are able to eat a nutritious meal during off-campus field trips/events. This option is only available to students enrolled at CCA. For more information on how to request an order ahead group lunch order, continue reading below. Please note that all requests must be submitted at least 12 Business days prior to the requested event date.

Consider placing a group, order-ahead bagged lunch request for your upcoming field trip or off-campus event. Group order managers that are interested in placing a group lunch order that works with student meal plans should follow the steps below:

1. CCA Program Chair/Faculty/Program Manager/etc. sends event request details to housingdining@cca.edu. Please include the following details in your request:
   1. Event Date (Note that Requests Must Be Made 12 Business Days in Advance of Event)
   2. Estimated Headcount (Can be a Rough Estimate)
   3. Estimated Pickup Time (Can be a Rough Estimate)
2. CCA Housing & Dining will confirm Bon Appetit availability and menu options (vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options available)
3. CCA Housing & Dining will follow up with the requesting group order manager, confirming the request and providing menu options and unit costs of a bagged lunch
4. Group order manager must send out an RSVP to attendees, confirming the following information:
   1. Final Headcount
   2. Individual Dietary Restrictions/Allergies
   3. Individual Choice of Lunch (from list of options provided)
   4. Individual Assigned Meal Plan (if student is not assigned to a meal plan, please note that as well)
5. Academic Program must return RSVP responses to housingdining@cca.edu at least 7 Business Days prior to event date to ensure Makers management can order ingredients in a timely manner
6. CCA Housing & Dining will inform group order manager of where to pick up lunches, and when students should arrive to form a line to pay for and secure their bagged lunch (typically, students will line up at the Soup Station POS to tap their CCA ID/Badge to pay for their meal. Students not enrolled in a meal plan are able to use a credit or debit card to pay for their meal)
7. Program or group order manager must cover the cost of any prepared but unretrieved meal orders over $50. The cost of unretrieved bagged lunches will be billed back to the program, so please ensure headcounts are as final as possible upon submission.

Sustainability

CCA and Bon Appétit share a deep commitment to sustainability, and believe in food service for a sustainable future. Bon Appétit was the first food service company to advocate for farmworkers’ rights, switch to cage-free eggs, strive to serve only sustainable seafood, and many other initiatives that aimed to tackle food’s role in climate change and pioneer environmentally sound sourcing policies. Learn more about Bon Appétit's collaboration with environmental nonprofit NRDC to understand causes of edible plate waste in food service environments and their commitment to seek solutions.

Together CCA and Bon Appétit are developing a robust operations plan that ensures CCA's food program is as sustainable as possible. Sustainability is defined as; Flavorful food that's healthy and economically viable for all, produced through practices that respect farmers, workers, and animals; nourish the community; and replenish our shared natural resources for future generations.

Committed to Well Being

Bon Appétit's Well-Being Commitments {WBCs) embrace whole foods first, as the foundation of a healthful diet and are an outline of how to achieve the nutrition promises they make in their food standards. Their primary focus is on providing meals centered on abundant fresh produce, whole grains, and lean and plant-based proteins, prepared with minimal amounts of healthy, plant-derived fats. The Bon Appétit nutrition team also commits to keeping up to date on changing nutrition science and trends that affect our guests and business.