Food Services

Food Services offers a wide variety of high quality, nutritious and made-to-order food/beverage menu selections at the Main Campus. Food Services also provides catering needs for college, community and corporate events.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Cafeteria will Be CLOSED Wednesday, July 9th - Thursday, July 24th due to the removal and installation of new cooking equipment, electrical work and the resurfacing of the floor and wall in the Grill/Fryer Area.

During this time, The Beanery/Deli will be open from 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Breakfast Sandwiches, Pizza, Fried Chicken Sandwiches, Soup, Packaged Salads and Fruit Cups will also be available. 

FINANCIAL AID FOOD CARDS:

Students can use their remaining financial aid each semester after all of their tuition, books, and supplies have been purchased to open a Financial Aid Food Card account. This card then can be used to purchase food/beverages from the Cafeteria or Beanery.

Students with financial aid can open an account on the first day of each semester. Any remaining funds on their Financial Aid Food Card at the end of each semester is refunded back to the student.

The next available dates to open a Financial Aid Food Card account are Monday, August 11, through Friday, September 19, 2025.

To apply for a Financial Aid Food Card, please click on the link below and complete the form.

https://forms.office.com/r/UNgKN5K7MJ

For more information, please stop by the Food Services Office in A-1007 or call 815.280.2338.  Please have your Student ID available.

ON-LINE ORDERING:

If you experience a blank page or error message when attempting to access the links below, please use Google Chrome or Edge as your browser.

The web address is: wolvesdentogo.hrpos.heartland.us/menu

Today's Soups and Specials

Visit Wolves Den To Go to place a cafeteria order to-go.

Main Campus

2025 Summer Session

Operating Hours:                                                                              

Beanery:  7:00 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.  M-TH                                          

Cafeteria: 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. M-TH

J-Building Outlet "Howl Hut": CLOSED

The Beanery, Cafeteria and Howl Hut accept cash, credit/debit cards, JJC Swipe and Financial Aid (PELL) Cards. Customers can order and purchase food and beverages via walk-up, Kiosk, and online orders.

The Cafeteria will be the pick-up point for Wolves Den To Go orders.

Our menu includes:

• Breakfast and lunch favorites from the grill and fryer
• Made-to-order deli sandwiches & salads
• Salad Bar
• Pizza
• House-made soups
• A special priced entrée will also be featured on select days.
• Chips, snacks, candy
• Fountain and Bottled Beverages

You will experience our new state-of-the-art Heartland Point of Sale System with the following features:

• Contactless payment options such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay and digital gift cards
• Credit card readers that will allow you to insert your own card for credit/debit transactions bypassing the cashier ever handling your card
• Kiosk-style ordering using an iPad for Hot Breakfast, Grill, Fryer and Deli items eliminating the need for filling out paper tickets
• Purchase and send a digital gift card via your email to co-workers and friends
• Online Ordering/Payment from your office desktop. Click and save this link to your desktop: https://wolvesdentogo.hrpos.heartland.us
• Download the FREE Heartland Guest App to order and pay from your mobile device. With the Heartland Guest App, you will be able to view your order history and track your points no matter if you purchased at the cafeteria, ordered on-line or ordered thru your mobile device regardless of if you paid with cash or credit/debit card. Every purchase earns you points.
• A loyalty program to reward you for your on-going patronage throughout the year regardless of if you pay with cash, credit/debit card or order online. Your points can be redeemed with rewards for discounts on food and drink

Throughout the semester:

• Spend $50.00… earn a $2.00 discount reward
• Spend an additional $50.00… earn a $3.00 discount reward
• Spend an additional $50.00… earn a $5.00 discount reward
• You can save your rewards and use them at the time of your choosing

If you have any questions, please call Food Services: 815-280-2338 or 815-280-6653.

Catering Services

Food Services offers catering services for group events. Please visit CATERTRAX at First Choice Cuisine for more information or call 815-280-2541.

Operating Hours for Catering are from 7:00 am - 2:30 pm (Monday thru Friday) during the fall and spring semesters and (Monday thru Thursday) in the summer.  Prior approval from Food Services is required for orders to be delivered after 2:30 p.m. or on weekends and are subject to a 19% service charge.

All catering orders require a minimum of 7 days advance notice. 

Internal and external customers must coordinate all food and beverage provisions with JJC Food Services.  JJC Food Services has the right of first refusal for all catering needs.  Outside food and beverages are not permitted.

Catering Exemption Request:

• A process by which an outside food provider or caterer may be used for your event instead of utilizing First Choice Cuisine, JJC Food Service Catering.
• The request must be submitted 14 days in advance prior to the event date so that it can be properly reviewed by Food Services.
• Alternative pricing is not the sole criteria for a request being approved.
• Requesting an exemption is not a guarantee the exemption will be granted so you should assume you will be using First Choice Cuisine, JJC Food Service Catering until you are notified otherwise.
• If an exemption is granted, the event contact person must submit copies of the outside provider’s or caterer’s food license, most current health department inspection and certificate of $1 million dollar liability coverage to the Food Services Office seven (7) days prior to the event.
• A Catering Exemption Request form can be found at the link below under the Policies section.

Please see the links below for more information:

Use of College Facilities Procedure: 

College Facilities Procedure

Catering Exemption Request Form: 

Catering Exemption Form

Vending Machines

Vending machines are located in the following buildings at Main Campus:

• Campus Center - A Building
• B Building
• D Concourse
• E Building
• H Building
• J Building (First Floor and Lower Level)
• T Building
• U Building

Romeoville Campus

Vending machines are located in Building A on the first floor.

City Center

City Center vending machines are located on the second and fifth floors.