Panther Café

The Panther Café is our cafeteria located in the Bel Alton Commons. 

The café is open for:
Breakfast from 7:15 - 7:40 a.m.
Lunch from 11:00 a.m. - 12:55 p.m. except Wednesdays 10:40 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.
(Liturgy Days 10:30 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. except Wednesdays 10:15 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.)
Snack from 3 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. except Wednesdays 2 - 2:25 p.m.

The food service team does a great job of creating entrees that are delicious and nutritious, along with some standard student favorites, such as pizza and Panther fries. 


Our café is cashless. All purchases are made through the convenient and secure student meal account through MySchoolBucks which is linked to their student ID.

Bel Alton Commons is named for the hometown of Sydney E. Albrittain (1929-2012). Mr. Albrittain, along with his wife Gloria (1930-2018), was a longtime resident of Arlington, Virginia, a St. Agnes parishioner, and a generous philanthropic supporter of the Catholic Church and Arlington Diocese. Mr. Albrittain grew up in the southern Maryland town of Bel Alton, and he worked at the general store operated by his parents. It was there he learned humility, integrity, a strong work ethic, and respect for others. These principles guided his life as a Catholic, as a U.S. Army officer in the Korean War where he received a Silver Star for valor, and as a leader of the Dittmar Company, which build thousands of homes and apartments in Northern Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Albrittain had eight children: Nancy, Clare, Matthew, Chris, Mary, Michael, Syd and Kerry. Their children have dedicated this area in honor of their parents.