Food Services
The Market
The Market provides supplemental groceries* including produce, non-perishables, and hygiene items to Bearcats experiencing various insecurities.
Market Policies
- Make a PantrySOFT account prior to your visit PantrySOFT link
- We allow one visit per week per student.
- 25 lbs (11 kilos) per visit (this is a really full basket!)
What to Bring
- Required: Physical Bearcat ID
- Highly Recommended: Reusable bags- but we may have donated bags available for use.
Location: Stratford Heights Building 16, First Floor, Room 101
Address: 2634 Stratford Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220
Satellite Markets
CECH
For those Clifton Bearcats unable to join us in Stratford, the CECH satellite is located in Student Services Center: Room 360 Teachers-Dyer Complex.
Please make sure to bring your Physical Bearcat ID and a bag!
The CECH Satellite summer hours are to be announced.
Allied Health
The College of Allied Health Sciences has a Satellite location available to all UC students, especially our hardworking medical students due to its distance from main campus.
It is located on the first floor of the Health Sciences Building, in the back left corner near the vending machines.
Please have your physical Bearcat ID.
It offers limited shelf stable items and some hygiene products.
The Allied Health Satellite will be closed for the summer. Reopening in Fall 2025.
To Go Bags
To Go Bags are located at various sites around campus for any Bearcat that needs them. When you arrive, you will complete a quick intake survey and then recieve your grocery bag of prepackaged shelf stable foods.
- DAAP- Aronoff 5470
- College of Arts and Sciences- Suite 114 Arts and Sciences Building
- College of Arts and Sciences- Advising Desk, 2nd Floor of French Hall West
- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences - 665 Baldwin Hall, Suite I
- College of Education, Criminal Justice, & Human Services - Student Services Center, 360 Teachers-Dyer Complex
- College of Allied Health Sciences - G60 Health Science Building
- College of Medicine - E-450 Medical Sciences Building
- College of Nursing - 413 Proctor Hall
- College of Pharmacy - 169 Kowalewski Hall
- UC Police Department - 3 Edwards Center (UCPD Dispatch). This location is open 24/7 every single day of the year, and is an ideal option for after-hours need.
Healthy Bites
You can apply for Healthy Bites (link) funds once per semester that can be redeemed for healthy items at Campus Services markets: Market on Main, MainStreet Express Market, DAAP Café, Teachers Café, Clermont and UCBA Cafés. Students can apply for more Healthy Bites dollars each semester. Funds can be used to purchase granola and protein bars, nuts and trail mix, fruit cups, bottled water, milk, sandwiches, hummus and pretzels, cheese and grapes, pepperoni and cheese, and crudite.
Meal Vouchers
Meal Voucher Applications are temporarily suspended.
You can apply to receive 3 per semester while supplies last. Once approved, vouchers will be added directly to your Bearcat Card and can be used at Center Court, On the Green (OTG), Stadium View, Bearcats Cafe and the UC Blue Ash dining centers. Vouchers expire at the end of the semester. Students must re-apply on every semester to receive more.