Serving OSUOnly the bestfor over 30 years

Since 1986, Brenen's has provided university communities with fine specialty coffees, baked goods, and café style sandwiches and salads. We specialize in custom fitting our retail locations, whether kiosks or full-scale cafes, to fill niches in libraries or other academic buildings on campuses.

Biomedical Research Tower
460 W. 12th Avenue
Monday–Friday
7:00 am–4:00 pm

Your campus cafe

Good food. Great coffee.
No fuss.

For four decades, Brenen's has fueled university communities with specialty drinks, baked goods, satisfying breakfasts, and fresh cafe lunches. Everything is built around one simple idea: make every campus day a little better.

Express pickup

Skip the line.
Keep the good part.

Order ahead and we'll have breakfast, lunch, or your coffee waiting when you arrive.

Order for pickup

Meetings taste better with Brenen's

Let us take lunch
off your plate.

From customized boxed lunches and hot coffee to a complete self-serve spread, we'll help you create an easy, memorable meal for your next event.

Please order at least 24 hours ahead. Send the details here and our catering team will reply by email.

Prefer email?

catering@brenenscafe.comSend your event date, guest count, and what you have in mind. We'll follow up by email.

Start a request

Tell us about your event.

Share the basics and we'll build a quote. Email is our primary way of following up.

Delivery or pickup?
What are you interested in? (pick any)

Brenen's Cafe seating at Ohio StateBrenen's Cafe interior

Our story

Campus hospitality,
made personal.

Brenen's Cafe is the culmination of decades of restaurant experience in both large and small campus settings.

Since 1986, we've created warm, inviting spaces where students, faculty, staff, and visitors can find high-quality food, a comfortable seat, and genuinely friendly service.

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