Cafe 51 opens at 51 Fulton Street

The new Cafe 51, located in 51 Fulton. Source: Noelle Alfano '25

Since the Dyson building is under renovation, some classes have been relocated to 51 Fulton Street, a building bought by Marist College in 2013, complete with a cafe and study space. 

51 Fulton, located just across the street from the tennis courts, is designated a “tech hub” for Marist. It houses office and technology space for Information Technology as well as an “Innovation Center” for Marist. Now used for classrooms as well, the building has far heavier foot traffic than it did in previous years. 

Cafe 51, newly opened this semester on the ground floor of 51 Fulton, is open Monday-Friday from 7:30 am-2:30 pm. Students can purchase hot and iced coffee and tea, as well as Simply-to-Go products, candy, chips, bottled drinks and baked goods. 

Students can grab a drink and a snack between classes or just sit and study in the newly-designated cafe space at tables or booths bathed in natural light from the glass wall.

Despite the added traffic from students in the building, the pop-up cafe is not yet common knowledge to all members of campus. Cafe 51 has not been widely advertised and is not on the dining hall website, though it is featured on the MaristEats Instagram under “dining hours.” 

“I think that’s our biggest problem,” said Marist Dining Services employee Kristopher Crogan, who currently runs the cafe, “is that [students] are not aware that we’re here because we’re kind of in a weird place in the building.” 

However, Crogan says advertising for the rather hidden cafe will increase soon. 

Cafe 51, the only cafe near the far-east end of campus, is a temporary coffee fix for Marist students until the Dyson renovation is complete. The new Dyson building will feature a new cafe, permanent and much larger than the one on Fulton Street. 

“It’s going to be much fancier over there,” Crogan said. “I’m pretty excited for it.