Dining Options

The Cafe at Saint Francis

Located on the first floor of Building 1

Menu offerings include a choice of gourmet and traditional style foods, popular grab 'n go items including pizza, grilled items, and self-service salad and deli-bars.

Please call 43663 (4FOOD) to place your order.

Family members may assist you in placing orders from outside the hospital by calling 860-714-3663.

Panera Bread

Panera Bread at Saint Francis Hospital is NOW OPEN on the first floor across from the pharmacy! We offer a variety of menu options for dine in, to go and Rapid Pick-Up®. Visit our new café or avoid the line and order online for Rapid Pick-Up® at panerabread.com or in the Panera app.

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Hours:

Hot Breakfast

Monday-Friday: 6:30 am–9:45 am 
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays: 6:30 am–9:30 am

Continental Breakfast

Monday-Friday: 9:45 am–11:00 am 
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays: 9:30 am–10:00 am

Lunch

Monday-Friday: 11:00 am–1:45 pm 
Saturday, Sunday and Holidays: 11:00 am–1:30 pm

Dinner

Monday-Sunday: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

We encourage everyone to eat a well-balanced diet with a focus on a variety of food groups that nourish your body and spirit. To enhance your health, we recommend the following steps in selecting your meals:

• Focus on consuming a variety of foods and start with small changes to build healthier eating styles.
• Limit the amount of food consumed to balance calories with activity.
• Select nutrient-rich foods:
  • Consume at least five servings of fruits and vegetables each day, including fresh seasonal produce when possible. Try to fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables.
  • Fill ¼ of your plate with grains and make half of your grains whole grain.
  • Choose low-fat or fat-free dairy products.
  • Select protein-rich foods, including lean meat, poultry, fish and plant-based proteins.
• Restrict foods and beverages that are high in saturated fat, sodium and added sugars, as well as those that are highly processed, contain trans-fat, or high fructose corn syrup.

Your doctor may have ordered a special diet for you. Our team will help you make menu choices based on your doctor's order.

• Heart-healthy items are designated with a heart. Entrees, sandwiches and salads with a heart are limited to:
  • <500-700 mg of sodium
  • <600-750 calories in a serving
  • <10% of saturated fat per daily allowance of calories
• Many foods without added sugar, fat and those that are gluten free are available upon request.
• Carbohydrate information for patients on a carbohydrate-controlled diet is listed on a separate menu insert for your reference.

Please note Nutrition Services is not an "allergy-free" zone. Foods that contain eggs, milk, wheat, soybeans, peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish are present in our facilities. It is important that you communicate any food allergies to our team upon your admission.

Stewardship & Responsibility 

We are committed to creating a healing environment. This includes making healthy choices available and easily identifiable. Our team also works to ensure and support that fresh ingredients are from local, regional and in-state food suppliers are utilized, as able.