Goudy Commons Cafe

This is a fun place to stop for breakfast. Serve yourself style with about every breakfast option you can think of available: oatmeal, pancakes, waffles, french toast, bacon, sausage, cereal, muffins, bagels, fruit, yogurt. There’s something for everyone here!

Goudy is a frequent destination for Capitol employees during lunch. Lunch at Goudy is always pretty solid, with a vast array of options. The food is also inexpensive relative to other areas in town. For lunch, I recommend getting there as close to 11 as possible, as it gets pretty packed.

I love having lunch here! Great people watching, reasonable prices and an ever-​changing menu keep me coming back.
I usually choose a soup /​salad /​bread combo or one of the weekly specials. They are willing and able to accommodate any dietary restrictions with ease.
Goudy is a common luncheon spot for government employees working in and around the capitol. It’s common to see politicians and other government big-​wigs dining here. Of course there are lots of young people and folks like me that are somewhere in between.
The campus is lovely and makes for a nice pre /​post lunch walk. I cant wait to dine alfresco this summer.

Great if you need to stop in for lunch quickly.

I’ve been back a couple times since my initial review. While the breakfast and dinner are OK, it’s really the lunches that steal the show here.
The Small Plates that Chuck B. writes about are petite gourmet dishes not found in just any ol’ college cafeteria. While they only surface during the academic year, anyone can partake in this Thursday lunch spread. There’s new dishes each time, and you can get all five for under $ 15 (that’s what I tend to do).
Today, I met a friend and we got some wraps. I chose a whole wheat tortilla with some veggies, cheese, teriyaki chicken, and some parmesan chicken (this chicken being a special choice of the day) for $ 5.25. Yeah, I passed on the rice, but it’s still a huge honker anyway. Finishing it off with some Frank’s Red Hot sauce and sriracha, I got the happy spicy rush I crave all the time. Sometimes I wish they carried fresh chiles (habaneros or ghost peppers, anyone?) to incinerate my insides. Heck, it’s a college campus, there must be some brave souls here…
Note: The line for the wrap always gets the longest lines at lunch. Even if you get there at 11 a.m., it’s still a considerably long wait compared to the other choices. We went after 1 p.m., and the line wasn’t as daunting. Good stuff… check them out!

One of our favorite places to eat. Great variety, reasonable prices, clean, all in all a nice place to eat. There is a stream next to the windows on the north side of the dining hall They are closed when classes are not in session.