Food & Beverage Policy

The Champaign Public Library strives to create welcoming, clean, and comfortable environments for the public.

• Food may be consumed only in designated areas, including the cafe, Robeson Pavilion rooms, Douglass Branch Library meeting room, and at designated special events.
• Consuming non-alcoholic beverages from lidded containers is permitted in the library. Lidded containers include covered coffee, water, soda, and juice cups, glass and plastic beverage bottles, and  cans. Consuming beverages from open non-lidded containers is prohibited.
• Customers are expected to properly dispose of all trash and inform staff immediately of any spills.
• Library staff will not receive or deliver food orders for customers; customers must arrange to meet delivery personnel in the Lobby or outside the Library.
• Food and beverage use during afterschool teen activities is subject to Appendix C of the Library Rules of Conduct.

Reviewed and approved by the Board of Trustees on September 17, 2025