Unicafe

Unicafe, officially operating as HYY Ravintolat Oy (formerly Oy UniCafe Ab), is a Finnish restaurant company that runs student restaurants and event restaurants in Helsinki. It is part of HUS Gruppen and is owned by the Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY). The brand is best known for its UniCafe student restaurants, which serve daily lunch on university campuses and other locations in the Helsinki area. The company traces its restaurant operations back to 1953, when the Student Union of the University of Helsinki began running restaurant services in Domus Academica. Over the decades, the operation expanded into a network of campus restaurants serving students, staff, and the public. Today the UniCafe network includes locations such as Biocentrum, Brunakärr, Chemicum, Exactum, Forsthuset, Huvudbyggnaden, Kookos, Korona, Mejlans, Olivia, Physicum, Porthania, Rotunda, Soc&Kom, Statsvetenskapliga, Studentplatsen, Topelias, Valdemar, and Viikuna. In addition to student restaurants, the company operates event restaurants including Gamla studenthuset, Restaurang Domus, Viola, and Gustus & Vera. Unicafe's offering focuses on everyday meals, with an emphasis on organic ingredients. According to the company's website, organic raw materials are a natural part of the selection, from breakfast products and lunch dishes to the salad table, pastries, and buns. In October 2015, HYY Ravintolat reached the highest podium for the second time in the Luomu SM competition, reflecting its commitment to organic food. The company is private and owned by the Student Union of the University of Helsinki, a non-profit student organization. Its restaurants primarily serve the university community, but many locations are open to the public. The brand is a familiar part of student life in Helsinki, providing affordable and accessible dining across campuses.

The restaurant operations that would become Unicafe began in 1953, when the Student Union of the University of Helsinki started running restaurant services in Domus Academica. This marked the beginning of organized student dining under the Student Union. Over the following decades, the operation grew into a network of student restaurants across Helsinki, serving the university community. The company was later incorporated as Oy UniCafe Ab, and in more recent years it has operated under the name HYY Ravintolat Oy. It is part of HUS Gruppen, which is owned by the Student Union of the University of Helsinki. By the 2010s, the UniCafe network included numerous student restaurants in Helsinki, such as Biocentrum, Brunakärr, Chemicum, Exactum, Forsthuset, Huvudbyggnaden, Kookos, Korona, Mejlans, Olivia, Physicum, Porthania, Rotunda, Soc&Kom, Statsvetenskapliga, Studentplatsen, Topelias, Valdemar, and Viikuna. The company also operated four event restaurants: Gamla studenthuset, Restaurang Domus, Viola, and Gustus & Vera. A notable milestone came in October 2015, when HYY Ravintolat reached the highest podium for the second time in the Luomu SM competition, an organic food competition. This reflected the company's long-standing emphasis on organic ingredients, which are a natural part of its offering from breakfast products and lunch dishes to the salad table, pastries, and buns. Today, Unicafe continues to serve students and the public in Helsinki, maintaining its role as a key provider of affordable campus dining.

• 2015

  HYY Ravintolat reaches the highest podium for the second time in the Luomu SM competition (October 2015).

• 1953

  Student Union of the University of Helsinki begins restaurant operations in Domus Academica.

Affordable, everyday student dining with a strong emphasis on organic ingredients, operated by the Student Union of the University of Helsinki.

• Student lunch

• Breakfast products

• Lunch dishes

• Salad table

• Pastries

• Buns

1. 1Etusivu - HYY Ravintolathyyravintolat.fi
2. 2Unicafe - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Unicafe - Wikipedia (Swedish)sv.wikipedia.org