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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? UCSF campus housing is often the best option, especially when moving to the Bay Area. In addition to convenience, on-campus housing advantages include:
    • Below-market rates
    • No long-term rental contracts
    • Access to free UCSF shuttles
    • Community events
    • No application fees
    • No credit checks
    • No deposits
    • No reference checks
       
  • Residents and clinical fellows are eligible for UCSF campus housing.
  • Be sure to apply as soon as possible as space is limited. You can also apply to Academe 198, UCSF's newest housing community, operated by UC Law SF. 
  • You can review the AY26-27 UCSF Housing Brochure or visit the Campus Life Services website for more information
  • Interested in off-campus living? Explore UCSF Housing's Off-Campus Resource Page 
External Housing Resources