Banner – UMC Tucson Hospital Cafeteria Services Moving to New Tower—Last Full Day April 18!

Banner – University Medical Center Tucson will phase out use of the current cafeteria in favor of the completed cafeteria in its new nine-story hospital tower, for which an open house for University of Arizona and Banner employees was held April 4.

An announcement of the impending closure came out the evening before the open house. The last full day of service for the old cafeteria and the adjacent Daily Grind coffee shop will be April 18.

A lot of UA Health Sciences and UA College of Medicine – Tucson people commonly use the hospital cafeteria for meals, snacks and beverages, so Banner – University Medicine wanted to get the information “on your radar so you can plan properly.”

Cafeteria conference rooms will remain available for use, but major construction in the existing dining area will start in May to add administrative offices as well as a new faculty lounge and residents lounge, according to Banner hospital administration. As the Daily Grind coffee shop will close with the cafeteria’s relocation to the new building, coffee, snack and frozen yogurt seekers can still go to the Route 66 Café on the Diamond Children’s tower first floor.

The attached flyer [PDF] details what will be available in the old cafeteria (or see below) as far as food and beverage services through April 21, after which the new cafeteria will open with full service along with the grand opening of the new tower to patient services.

CAFETERIA MOVE SCHEDULE:

Thursday, April 18

Last full day of service
Last day for the Daily Grind

Friday, April 19

No home breakfast, lunch or dinner
No healthy station
Combine Metro & Crisp stations
Grab n’ Go, Soup, Sushi and Pizza stations will be available
Tropical fruit and nut vendor available in the New Tower

Saturday, April 20

No home breakfast, lunch, Crisp & Deli or Soup stations (7 a.m.-9 p.m.)
Grill, Pizza Grab N’ Go stations open
No Daily Grind until Monday
Route 66 (coffee) open

Sunday, April 21

No home breakfast, lunch, Crisp & Deli or Soup stations (7 a.m.-9 p.m.)
Grill, Pizza Grab N’ Go stations open
No Daily Grind until Monday
Route 66 (coffee) open from 7 a.m.-9 p.m.

EXTRA INFO

The following segment was part of a news item originally posted on Feb. 11, 2019 — “Photo Galleries Underscore Busy New Year for UA Department of Medicine”:

Construction Update for New 9-Story Banner – UMC Tucson Hospital Tower

Anticipation is beginning to build for the opening of the new, nine-story hospital tower at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, which will occur in April with a series of events to celebrate the achievement.

The following photos were shot on Jan. 24, 2019, during a tour of construction of the new tower hosted by Christian Watkins and Steve Brigham (retired), from the Banner strategic development and construction team. This includes:

April 4 — Banner – University Medicine employees should look for invitations soon for tours, great food, live entertainment, and giveaways.
April 7 — Cyclovia, one of Tucson’s biggest community events, is coming right to the new tower. This open streets event and its 40,000 participants will start and stop on our campus to allow the community to come through and see the new space. Staff will be welcome to showcase services and programs in addition to live music, a juice bar, activities for kids and more
April 11 — Finally, the hospital will hosting a VIP event for elected officials, media, community leaders, donors, UA leadership and Banner leadership.
April 22 — The new tower opens for patients.

Along with the move, Banner – UMC Tucson’s address will change to 1625 N. Campbell Ave., leaving the prior address (1501 N. Campbell Ave.) exclusively for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson. In addition, the hospital towers will be renamed Towers 1-4 and all rooms will be renumbered to reflect that. We’re excited and hope you are too. Look for more details coming soon.

See the FULL photo album here