The Iris Café is a place that appeals to the senses: the warmth of a morning coffee, the sound of milk being steamed, the delightful colors of fresh fruit, salads, and juices. Yet the most highly developed sense at the café is the sense of community you feel when you walk through the door. This is a place where faculty and students run into each other, where conversations start, and new ideas are born.
Managed by Provence Breads, the Iris Café is located on the ground floor of the Peabody Library, just a short distance from the Bridge and the Medical Center. The café takes the Vanderbilt Card.
Check the patio webcam to make sure your favorite table is available before you head over.
Thanksgiving Week Hours
Monday, November 16th from 12-2pm free sampling
Tuesday, November 17th from 10:30-12:30 free sampling
Monday, November 23rd 9am-2pm
Tuesday, November 24th 9am-2pm
Customer Appreciation Days:
**$3 breakfast (coffee and pastry;
**$6 lunch(sandwich, chips, and coffee, water or can of soda)
Wednesday, November 25th
Preorders for Thanksgiving pickup TBA, but Café not be officially open.
Thursday, November 26 - Sunday, November 29: Café Closed
Monday, November 30: Café normal hours
(615) 322-8887 (phone)
(615) 322-8886 (fax)