{"id":176191,"date":"2025-08-26T05:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176191\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T05:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:25:10","slug":"williams-cafe-to-open-second-location-in-houston-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176191\/","title":{"rendered":"Williams Cafe to open second location in Houston Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"blocked-top\">The Daily Pennsylvanian is a student-run nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blocked-bottom\">Please support us by disabling your ad blocker on our site.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedp.com\/multimedia\/487d3ced-f1cb-4711-95af-926c245214f0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img img-responsive img-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3faa3596-d76e-494a-aef4-36179ef82e2d.sized-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"09-21-23-wilcafe-weining-ding\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tWilliams Cafe on Sep. 21, 2023.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedp.com\/staff\/weining-ding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weining Ding<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Williams Cafe will open a second location in Houston Hall as part of its 25th anniversary celebration.\n<\/p>\n<p>The cafe, which is operated by Penn Student Agencies and staffed by students, offers food and drinks \u2014\u00a0including coffee, cold brew, bagels, and pastries \u2014 independent of the University\u2019s dining plan. The second location, to be called WilCaf Houston Hub, was announced on Aug. 13 in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNTXahtpeca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram post<\/a> by WilCaf.\u00a0\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The announcement said that WilCaf Houston Hub will feature new menu items in addition to Williams Cafe\u2019s existing offerings. A current WilCaf employee \u2014 who requested anonymity for fear of professional retaliation \u2014 told The Daily Pennsylvanian that additions to the menu will include a\u00e7a\u00ed bowls and smoothies.\n<\/p>\n<p>Members of the WilCaf managerial team declined multiple requests to provide a statement about the opening.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As part of WilCaf\u2019s 25th anniversary celebrations, the cafe also released anniversary-themed crewnecks that are available for preorder until Aug. 31. The <a href=\"https:\/\/psa.universitylife.upenn.edu\/williams-cafe-shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">preorder site<\/a> \u2014 linked on the PSA website \u2014 described the launch of the crewnecks as a \u201ctribute\u201d to the cafe\u2019s \u201chistory at Penn\u201d and \u201ccommitment to \u2026 quality service.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to 25 more years of serving your favorite drinks and memories!\u201d the website read.\u00a0\n\t<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 22, the new location opened temporarily for a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nso.upenn.edu\/event\/the-houston-hurrah-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Houston Hurrah<\/a>\u201d event during Penn\u2019s New Student Orientation. The soft opening featured new merchandise options and allowed students to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNlbTrPRxTL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">collect free punches<\/a> on their WilCaf punch cards, a reward system for purchases that earns customers a free drink.\n<\/p>\n<p>WilCaf first opened in Williams in 1999 and was operated by Bon App\u00e9tit, the University\u2019s campus caterer. One year later, Penn Student Agencies took over management of the cafe, which has been student-run since.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Pennsylvanian is an independent, student-run newspaper. Please consider <a href=\"https:\/\/host.nxt.blackbaud.com\/donor-form\/?svcid=tcs&amp;formId=2a8f65aa-ece3-49c4-98c1-8b4da49881bd&amp;envid=p-BbGbRoTNyEqlmBrbIkE5nw&amp;zone=usa\" style=\"color: #fff; text-decoration: underline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">making a donation<\/a> to support the coverage that shapes the University. 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