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Mean Greens Café
Mean Greens Café
– Growing strong since 2011Mean Greens Café, UNT’s nationally acclaimed Vegan Verified dining hall accredited by MenuTrinfo, presents a selection of healthy, plant-based meals that redefine campus dining. Students can indulge in a range of flavorful choices, including a fried rice bar, a Vietnamese pho station, a Mediterranean grill, and the ever-popular fresh guacamole.
Chef-crafted Plant-based Goodness
Proudly holding the title of the first 100% vegan Dining Hall in the country, Mean
Greens at Maple Hall isn’t just for vegans. It’s popular among all looking for satisfying,
healthy options.
Points of Pride
Mean Green Acres—a hydroponic garden that sustainably produces 650 to 750 heads of leafy greens per week.
Five consecutive years of “A+” ratings and Dean’s List honors from animal advocacy group peta2.
Serving Up –
- House-made, 100% plant-based dishes
- Flatbread pizza
- Made-to-order paninis
- Fresh desserts
Daily Themed Menus –
Monday
Homestyle
Tuesday
Asia
Wednesday
India
Thursday
Mediterranean
Friday
Breakfast all day
Tex-Mex
Tex-Mex
Growing Our Own
– Leafy Greens and Fresh Herbs
Mean Greens is home to Mean Green Acres, a hydroponic garden built inside a specially
designed, upcycled freight trailer behind the dining hall. At any given time, five
to eleven different varieties of lettuce and herbs are grown in the container, allowing
UNT Dining Services to produce up to 750 heads a week for Mean Greens Café and other
Dining Halls on campus — all on about one gallon of water per day!
Mean Green Acres drastically reduces food shipments and impacts the university’s carbon footprint. We’re proud to produce non-GMO greens with superior flavor — grown from organic seed stock in an organic growing medium.
Mean Green Acres drastically reduces food shipments and impacts the university’s carbon footprint. We’re proud to produce non-GMO greens with superior flavor — grown from organic seed stock in an organic growing medium.