About Dining

The Village Center Dining at University of Colorado Boulder won the 2025 Greenest University Restaurant Award from the Green Restaurant Association! 4 Star Certified Green Restaurant® Village Center Dining has implemented 71 environmental steps to earn 402.86 GreenPoints™. Village Center Dining generates 16% of its energy usage with on-site solar panels, composts in back-of-house and front-of-house, has 100% LED lights, reuses greywater for irrigation, and uses bulk packaging for 80% of condiments and 100% of milks and creamers.

CUBoulder is the No. 1 post-secondary institution for plant-based dining and sustainability, according to a new report.

"Celebrating chefs and restaurants changing the food system for good by using their purchasing power to honor and support every link in the food chain."

Recognized by the editors of Restaurant Business Magazine for outstanding use of technology in the foodservice industry

ACF Sanctioned Culinary Competitions, Multiple medals in both team and single competition; Bronze, Silver and Gold

The Center for Community (C4C) Dining Center was the first large scale, non-commercial dining center to receive LEED Platinum certification

Loyal E. Horton Dining Award, NACUFS, 2009: Silver Medal, 2015: Bronze Medal