Kilcawley Center offers a relaxing atmosphere with diverse choices in dining.  Located on the lower level of Kilcawley are YSU Arby’s, Peaberry’s Café, KC Food Court, the Candy Counter, and the Bagel Stop.  On the upper level of Kilcawley is the new Pete’s Place Restaurant.

YSU Arby’s serves breakfast daily and offers a large menu for lunch and dinner.  In addition to roast beef sandwiches, YSU Arby’s offers daily soups, fries, salads, milkshakes, chicken and turkey sandwiches, and wraps.  There is always something new on the menu at YSU Arby’s.  Their large dining area is a popular meeting place on campus for students and staff.  YSU Arby’s is also open Saturdays during the academic year for breakfast and lunch and is closed Sundays.

Peaberry’s Café offers students a great place to relax and sip on a latte or mocha while watching the big screen TV, enjoying entertainment on stage, playing billiards, or surfing the web on the Café’s computers.  Peaberry’s specialty menu includes freshly brewed coffees, espresso-based drinks, as well as fresh-baked goods, sandwiches on French bread, and snacks.  Peaberry’s is open for breakfast and lunch daily, and Monday through Thursday evenings until 6 p.m. for late dining during the academic year.

The KC Food Court offers a variety of food choices.  Daily menu offerings include fresh fruit smoothies, homemade soups, custom-made subs, wraps, char-grilled sandwiches, home-style French fries, and a variety of ready-to-go items.  Popular are the large slices of pizza, hot side dishes of pastas and breadsticks, and freshly baked pastries.  KC Food Court was recently remodeled and features Freshens Smoothie Company, Subconnection, and KFC Express offering the Colonel’s famous chicken.  The Food Court opens at 10:30 a.m. daily, Monday through Friday, throughout the academic year.  Several venues in the KC Food Court have extended hours to 7 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings.

The Bagel Stop is a New York-style bagel shop open for both breakfast and lunch, Monday through Friday.  The menu features fresh bagels with homemade flavored cream cheeses, just-baked muffins, and Starbucks coffee.  For lunch the Bagel Stop offers ready-to-go bagel sandwiches, yogurts, fresh fruit, smoothies, and giant homemade cookies.

The Kilcawley Candy Counter is a popular place for many on campus.  Choose your favorite chocolates, gummy candy, dried fruit, and nuts from the glass candy jars and the Candy Counter student staff will weigh out your order.  Energy drinks, ice teas, lemonades, juices, and cold Coke beverages, as well as a variety of granola bars, cookies, crackers, chips, and crunchy snacks are sold at the Candy Counter. 

Kilcawley’s new Pete’s Place Restaurant offers a fun dining experience with contemporary decor accented with retro diner tables, unique lighting, beaded window treatments and comfy booths.  Pete’s Place offers a new kind of dining experience on campus with an all-you-care-to-eat breakfast and lunch buffet.  Pete’s Place Restaurant (formerly Noodles) offers whole-wheat gourmet pizzas, three specialty salads with organic dressings, your choice of homemade soups, just-baked breads, and a tall Coke beverage for one low price.  For $1 more, add the sandwich or pasta-of-the-day to your lunch or dinner.  The restaurant is open at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and serves lunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.  Pete’s Place is also open Wednesday evenings for dinner from 3-7 p.m.  Pete’s Place is located on the upper level of Kilcawley with entrances located at University Plaza and the east wing breezeway between Kilcawley and Kilcawley House. 

University Dining Service and Catering Office is located on the upper level of Kilcawley in the main lobby entrance.  Resident students who wish to obtain a Penguin Card (which is a pre-paid debit card for use in all University Dining areas) may pick up a brochure or sign up for the card at the office.  Commuter students, faculty, and staff may also purchase the convenient Penguin Card which provides a savings for dining use at Pete’s Place, the Bagel Stop, KC Food Court, Christman Dining Commons, and the Corner Café located on the Wick Avenue Skywalk.  The Penguin Card requires a $25 minimum deposit to be activated.  The University Dining Service Catering Office also provides a full catering menu for small group functions to large dinner buffets up to 450 persons.