Within Bruff Commons Dining Room, menus change on a four week cycle, as well as seasonally to make the most of our local produce and seafood. At our retail locations, menus are very consistent with branded concepts, such as Taco Bell, Einstein Bros. Bagels, WOW Café & Wingery, Quizno’s Sub, Byblos, Sushi Nori, and Energy Zone.

If it is damaged or lost, contact Card Services, (504) 865-5629 or visit them in 102 Bruff Commons as soon as possible to get a replacement. You cannot enter the Bruff Commons Dining Room without your Tulane Card. If the problem with your card only occurs with meal plan usage, contact the Dining & Vending Services Office at (504) 865-5712 or visit us at 111 Butler House.

Bruff meals associated with the Wavebuck$ Meal Plan do not roll over from fall to spring.

Carte Blanche meal plans allow unlimited access to the Bruff Commons Dining Room.

Greenbuck$ and Wavebuck$ roll over from fall to spring if a meal plan is purchased in the spring semester. If you choose not to purchase a plan in the spring, all Greenbuck$ and Wavebuck$ will expire at the end of fall. Pelicanbuck$ will roll over to the spring semester without having to purchase of a spring meal plan. All Greenbuck$, Wavebuck$ and Pelicanbuck$ expire at the end of each spring semester.

Additional buck$ may be added by visiting the Dining Services office at 111, Butler House. No cash is necessary as the additional buck$ will be charged to the student’s accounts receivable bill.

Pelicanbuck$ are tax free dollars that are associated with our Pelican meal plan for off-campus students. Students are able to add Pelicanbuck$ in $100 increments throughout the fall and spring semesters. They also receive a $2 discount off the door price at the Bruff Commons Dining Room.

All first and second year students are required to participate in a Meal Plan for the entire academic year. All first-year students living in University Residence Halls are required to take a Carte Blanche meal plan. All second- year students living in University Residence Halls are required to enroll in a Wavebuck$ or Carte Blanche meal plan. All first-year and second-year off-campus students are required to take, at minimum, the Pelican meal plan.

The meal plan at Tulane is one of the most flexible plans available. It is a Carte Blanche plus Greenbuck$ system that allows contract students to treat Bruff Commons Dining Room (Bruff) as their refrigerator. With this option, students may eat as much and as often as they wish during the hours Bruff is open. Your Tulane ID Card serves as your meal card.

The most popular meal plan is the Carte Blanche + 400. This option offers the most flexibility with unlimited access to Bruff Commons Dining Room as well as Greenbuck$ to dine outside of the Dining Room at retail locations around campus.

Whether you are a vegetarian, vegan, observe kosher dietary laws, or other health-related issues, Tulane University Dining Services can help make sure you always have something to eat. If you require special assistance, please stop by Dining and Vending Services in 111 Butler House and we will be happy to coordinate a meeting with the Bruff Commons management team and the Student Health Center to support your dietary needs.

Greenbuck$ are actually retail dollars built into the various meal plans. For example, if you purchase the Carte Blanche plus 400 meal plan, your card is credited with 400 tax free dollars per semester to spend at any of the Tulane University Dining Services retail locations, such as the Lavin-Bernick Center Food Court, the Drawing Board, Le Gourmet, Der Rathskeller, and Reily Smoothie Bar.

Greenbuck$ and Wavebuck$ are very similar in that they are both tax free dollars, but Greenbuck$ and Wavebuck$ are associated with different meal plans and have different privileges. Greenbuck$ are a part of the Carte Blanche meal plans, while Wavebuck$ are connected to the Wavebuck$ meal plan. If a student is on a Carte Blanche meal plan and runs out of Greenbuck$, the student may upgrade to the next Carte Blanche meal plan in order to capture additional Greenbuck$ or retail dollars. If a student is on a Wavebuck$ plan, the student can add Wavebuck$ in $100 increments.