Thain Family Café

 

The Thain Family Café is a joint project of the Library, the Yale Sustainable Food Project, and Yale University Dining Services. Its mission is to bring good-tasting, soundly-produced, and reasonably-priced food to the center of Yale’s campus.

Because we believe that the most satisfying food is grown and produced with the health of both people and the land in mind, we source our products and ingredients carefully. Our breakfast pastries and breads come from local, family owned bakeries. Our espresso bar drinks use organic Fair Trade coffee and chocolate, and organic teas and milk. We chose bottled drinks that are made with real ingredients and real sugar. We fill our sandwiches and salads with produce from local organic farms whenever possible. All the meat we serve is hormone and antibiotic free, while the beef is raised on pasture. When you eat in the Thain Family Cafe Café, we will serve you on china; for take-away, we use only biodegradable serving ware.

Our menu changes with the seasons; our simple, satisfying food is made fresh from scratch every day. We hope that the Café will become your home as you work, study, or linger over a sandwich or a hot drink with friends.

 

The Thain Family Café, located inside Bass Library, is open to the public:

• Monday thru Thursday, 8:30 am-12:30 am
• Friday, 8:30 am-5:00 pm
• Saturday, 12 noon-5:00 pm
• Sunday, 12 noon-12:30 am

To learn more about some of the food it serves, please click here.