Trust me, if you pull out your meal card at Fortinos, people will DEFINITELY give you funny looks. I was half-asleep and grocery shopping, pulled out my student card instead of my debit card and tried to swipe it three times before realizing what I was doing...
A list of places where you can use your meal card off campus can be found here:
http://hospitality.mcmaster. ca/loc...offcampus.html
After finding that link, I'm SO HAPPY to learn that Bula takes student cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!