Mean Greens Café 

 – Growing strong since 2011

Mean 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 broccoli and seitan stir fry, nachos, pizza, roasted veggies, salad bar, decadent desserts and more.
Vegan Verified Logo
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
  • 7 unique stations inside:
    • Olive & Vine
    • La Tierra
    • Bountiful Bowl
    • Eastern Sun
    • Maple Street Eats
    • The Acres
    • Clark Bakery
Mean Green Acres Logo

Growing Our Own

– Leafy Greens and Fresh Herbs
Mean Greens was home to Mean Green Acres, a hydroponic garden built inside a specially designed, upcycled freight trailer behind the original 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! Now, at its new location at Kerr Hall, Mean Greens is next to the second hydroponic garden, Diamond Eagles Garden.

Mean Green Acres and Diamond Eagles Garden drastically reduce food shipments and impact 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.

 


Upcoming Events