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Food Services

Campus Restaurants and Cafés

Mount Vernon Campus

Backdoor Bakery

The Backdoor Bakery is a student-run bakery for the Culinary Arts program at Skagit Valley College. Students produce a wide range of scratch-made breads, cakes, cookies, tarts, and chocolates.

Location: Next to the Culinary Garden, across from the Norwood Cole Library.

Hours: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Tues. – Thurs.

Cardinal Café

Cardinal Café is a student-run restaurant for the Culinary Arts program at Skagit Valley College. The menu showcases students’ talents and abilities as part of their capstone projects.

Location: Behind the cafeteria in the Cardinal Center. Enter through the Cardinal Center or from the outdoor entrance across from the DuVall Pavilion.

Hours:

  • Lunch: Tues. –Thurs. | 11 a.m –  1:30 p.m.
  • Breakfast: Wed. | 9 – 11 a.m.

For reservations, email cardinalcafe@skagit.edu or call 360.416.3999.

Note this is a classroom setting. The food may not be served as quickly as a restaurant. Please be patient with our students, and if you are in a hurry let us know.

Cardinal Café: American Harvest

Vegan and Vegetarian options available!

Soups and Salad

  • Cup of Soup | $5
  • Soup and Half Sandwich | $8
    • With meatloaf | $9
  • Southwest Chop Salad | $8
    Lettuce, corn, beans, cabbage, tomato, pickled red onions, pepitas, cheese, avocado dressing, and crispy tortilla strips
    • Add Roast Pork: $3 | Add Bacon: $2

Sandwiches

  • Meatloaf | $10
    Not your mom's meatloaf! Tomato, lettuce, pickled red onions, and celeriac-horseradish cream on a brioche bun.
  • Skagit BLT | $8
    House-cured bacon, last-of-season tomatoes, lettuce, and basil aioli on approachable bread.
  • Margarita | $8
    Tomato, basil, mozzarella, balsamic, and olive oil on telera.

More Lunch

  • Corn and Smoked Poblano Quesadilla | $8
    • Add Roast Pork: $3
  • Southwest Student Bowl | $6
    Rice, beans, roast pork, corn, pickled red onions, cabbage, cheese, poblano salsa, and avocado crema.
  • Chile Relleno Burrito | $9
    Roast Anaheim chile, stuffed with cheese and fried, with rice and beans.

Drinks

  • Coffee | $2.50
  • Coffee BYO Mug | $2
  • Latte | $4.25
  • Pumpkin Spice Latte | $4.75
  • Bubbly | $1.50
  • Soda | $1.50
  • Izze | $2.75
  • Large smoothie | $4.25

Cardinal Café Omelet Bar (Wed. 9 – 11 a.m.)

Offerings

  • Frittata | $6
    Baked eggs with choice of fillings. Served with a scone and fruit.
  • Omelet | $6
    With choice of fillings. Served with a scone and fruit.
  • Poached | $6
    Served with beans, cheese, salsa, and a tortilla.

Fillings (Choose up to Three)

  • Fire-roasted chilis
  • Cured salmon
  • Bacon
  • Roast mushroom
  • Corn
  • Cheese
  • Onions

Add avacado: $2

Drinks

  • Coffee | $2.50
  • Coffee BYO Mug | $2
  • Latte | $4.25
  • Pumpkin Spice Latte | $4.75
  • Soda | $1.50
  • Izze | $2.75
  • Raspbeery smoothie | $4.25

Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.

Mobile Food Lab

Skagit Valley College’s Mobile Food Lab is run by students in the Culinary Arts program. Students gain hands-on experience and culinary skills in a mobile food truck setting.

Location: Parked by Blackburn Pickleball Pavilion.
Hours: Current closed

Coffee Kiosk (Operated by Cardinal Bookstore)

The Mount Vernon campus coffee shop serves brewed coffee as well as grab-and-go snacks and drinks.

Location: Inside the Cardinal Center Lobby
Hours:

  • Mon. – Thurs: 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
  • Fri: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Whidbey Island Campus

Beaver Tales Coffee

Location: Inside the Old Main building.
Hours: Mon. – Fri: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Visit Beaver Tales Coffee website for more information and to order online.