The Crossroads Culinary Center on the North Campus is UB’s
newest dining facility.
Located in the Red Jacket Quad of the Ellicott Complex on the
North Campus, the Crossroads Culinary Center (C3 for short) is the
university’s new residential dining center.
UB’s new Crossroads Culinary Center officially opened on
October 25, 2012 and will serve more than 2,000 students per day.
The $12-million project began construction in May 2010 and has
added 10,000-square-foot of space to UB’s existing Red Jacket
Dining Center and renovated an additional 20,000-square-feet.
With a seating capacity of more than 650, the Crossroads
Culinary Center will replace the aging dining center in Richmond
Hall, transforming Red Jacket’s 1970s-era dining center into
a modern facility that will feature everything from Brazilian-style
barbeque to authentic Asian food.
The center has been designed with a glass-walled lobby leading
into the dining area which, unlike traditional dining halls, will
feature Marché-style dining stations. The Marché
concept is centered on fresh foods prepared to order in full view
of customers at a variety of internationally and nationally themed
stations.
Another aspect of the project was a focus on local manufacturing
and sourcing materials from the Western New York area. About 30
Western New York companies are engaged in the project. New York
state manufacturers Niagara Ceramics and Liberty Tabletop will
supply the china and flatware, respectively, for the new dining
center.
C3’s environmentally friendly design also sets a new
standard for sustainable dining at UB. The facility is LEED silver
certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), an
environmental building rating system developed by the U.S. Green
Building Council, and all pre- and post-consumer food scraps will
be composted on site and the cooking oil recycled into biodiesel by
Buffalo Biodiesel in Tonawanda.
