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Food & Housing

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Food on Campus

UCSF Health Parnassus
UCSF Health Mission Bay
  • Campus Dining at Mission Bay
  • Unique Options at UCSF Health Mission Bay:
    • Snacks and coffee are provided in the Housestaff Lounge (C2933) at Mission Bay. Items are stocked biweekly.
    • $5 meal deal for breakfast and lunch at Shorenstein Family Café
    • Pantry and vending machines near the Shorenstein Family Café available 24 hours
UCSF Health Mt. Zion
  • Campus Dining at Mt. Zion
  • Unique Options at UCSF Health Mt. Zion
    • After-Hours Food Trays: Food trays can be obtained by trainees from nutrition services after regular service hours. You can request trays from Building 203, Room BB2 during these times:
      • Breakfast: 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM
      • Lunch: 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
      • Dinner: 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM
    • ​​​​​Pantry and vending open 24 hours
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center 
  • Options include the canteen, retail store, e-meal coupons Canteen (Building 7) Weekdays, 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • Retail Store (Building 7, adjacent to Canteen) Weekdays, 7:00AM – 4:00 PM
  • VCS Patriot Brew Coffee Shop – Starbucks Cafe (Ground floor Building 203) Weekdays, 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM E-meal cards can be used in these locations.
  • Unique Options at SFVA: Snack and drink vending machines and microwave are available in Building 203, ground floor in the same area as Starbucks Cafe
  • Snack and drink vending machines are also located in Building 203 adjacent to elevators
  • Food Trays can be obtained by trainees from nutrition services after other services close. Trays can be requested from Building 203, Room BB2 (weekends and holidays)
  • Breakfast: 7:45 AM – 9:45 AM
  • Lunch: 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM
  • Dinner: 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM
  • Call/Work Rooms: Refrigerators are stocked with fresh foods and snacks.
  • Farmer’s Market Wednesdays on VA lawn. Open to all, includes meal options and food trucks 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM E-meal cards cannot be used here
Zuckerburg San Francisco General

ZSFG Includes on-site cafeteria, Lucky Coffee, food trucks ZSFG Cafeteria

Breakfast 6:30-9:30 AM Lunch 10:30 AM-2:00 PM (M-F); 11:00 AM-1:30 PM (Sa/Su) Dinner 4:30-7:00 PM Closed 4:00-4:30 PM, 10:30-11:00 on Sa/Su

Residents can buy grab-and-go items between hot meal services. Residents and fellows receive $23/day for food using their meal cards.

Food Trucks: Food trucks come to campus on weekdays as an additional lunch option. Meal cards cannot be used here.

Lucky Coffee In building 5 lobby: includes coffee drinks, sandwiches, grab-and-go items. Open weekdays. Meal Cards cannot be used here.

Unique Options at ZSFG: Housestaff Lounge (in the basement of Building 5, GL18) has a refrigerator stocked with grab-and-go meal options (approximately 40 meals available around 6PM), fruit, yogurt, and snacks. Contact chief resident/fellow or Trainee Administrator for door code. Vending machines available 24 hours in staff break area on 2nd floor, building 5 near cafeteria (badge swipe access)

Housing

Internal UCSF Housing Resources
  • Looking for information about where to live? Campus housing is often the best option, especially for new students. Visit the Campus Life Services Housing Services website for information about living on campus as well as useful resources for students who choose to live off-campus.
  • Residents and fellows are eligible for UCSF campus housing. Housing Services also provides resources for locating off-campus housing. 
External Housing Resources