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The Sutton Commons

Bon Appetit!

Our primary dining facility is Sutton Commons where meals are served buffet-style, seven days a week, with all-you-care-to-eat dining. Weekly menus change regularly to offer variety, showcase different culinary concepts and offer options to satisfy dietary needs.

Commons

  • Breakfast

    Commons Breakfast

    Choices include our cereal bar, specialty baked goods and breads, yogurt and fruit bar, hot entrees, sides, and hot cereal options. We also offer a make-your-own omelet station Monday-Friday.

  • Lunch

    Commons Lunch

    Options might include homemade entrees, specialty sandwiches, soups, a fresh salad bar and chef-made salads, pasta and sauces, brick oven pizza and breadsticks, occasionally featured grill items such as burgers and hot dogs, a deli bar, and a variety of desserts and ice cream novelties.

  • Dinner

    Commons Dinner

    Selections are designed to meet a variety of tastes such as vegan and vegetarian meals, comfort foods, international flavors, brick oven pizza and breadsticks, fresh salad bar, deli bar and a create-your-own sauté station. Our bakery provides a daily array of fresh cookies, cakes, pies, brownies and other desserts of exceptional quality.

Keep an eye out for our special events and interactive culinary offerings such as: omelets to-order, pasta to-order, Pancake Paradise, "bakeshop live," Fridays on the Quad and other seasonal and special events throughout the year.

For guests with special dietary needs, please schedule a meeting with our Registered Dietitian, communicate with a manager, reach out to Chef Matt at phillips@roanoke.edu.  

We value the input of students and guests on how we can best make Roanoke, yours. Please don't hesitate to call, email, submit feedback online or connect with a manager with your questions, comments or concerns. 

Sutton Commons Nutrition Hours of Operations

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