Campus Housing - Finding Food, Groceries and Other Necessities
The Dining Hall reopens Tuesday, September 5 and serves breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00 am, Monday through Friday. Buffet lunch is served from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Vending machines with soda and snacks are located at the bottom of the stairs on the lower level of Fuld Hall and in the laundry facility. The local Wawa Market is open 24 hours and is a 20-minute walk (1.4 miles/2.25 km); however, the route can be very dark at night.
The Institute provides free shuttle service between the Institute and Princeton. The scheduled service runs Monday through Friday. The shuttle makes several daily stops at Palmer Square (Monday through Friday) where you will find a number of coffee shops, restaurants, banks, and stores along Palmer Square, Nassau Street, and Witherspoon Street.
Two New Jersey Transit bus routes, the 605 and 606, serve the Princeton area and stop at Palmer Square in downtown Princeton and the Princeton Shopping Center. The closest bus stop is 0.8 miles (1.29 km) from the Institute near the corner of Stockton Street and Elm Road.