Thanks to a new partnership with the online food delivery service Tapingo, LSU will be one of 40 college campuses across the nation to have easier access to Chipotle Mexican Grill this fall, according to a news release from the restaurant chain and Tapingo.
LSU is one of only six campuses where the service is currently available.
Though the restaurant already has its own delivery service, the new partnership will now make delivery to dorms a reality, said Eina Lang, store manager of the Chipotle Mexican Grill on West State Street.
“I think it’s pretty popular,” Lang said.
Communication disorders senior Alex LaFosse said she is excited about Chipotle’s new partnership and expanded delivery area.
“That’d be way easier than driving down Highland with the traffic,” said LaFosse. “All my friends would use it for sure.”
Tapingo and Chipotle Mexican Grill hope to expand service to more than 100 campuses by spring 2016, according to the release.
Accounting sophomore Mario Diaz said he is glad to see a convenient on-campus food option that reminds him of his family’s roots.
“Chipotle has very good food,” Diaz said. “It’s delicious and kind of Mexican. We are from Latin America, so we like that food a lot … It will be good if they deliver on campus.”
But not every LSU student thinks campus delivery will be met warmly.
“If I have to pay extra for it, though, I probably won’t do it,” said biology senior Logan Chapman. “It’d be kind of pointless paying people extra money when I can just walk and get it.”
Psychology senior Zackari Murphy said he knew of issues with ordering food for delivery from certain off-campus restaurants. He said some of them only deliver to particular dorms, but if the Chipotle delivery service covers his dorm, he is likely to use the service.
“It seems like a good idea,” Murphy said.
Chipotle Mexican Grill finally opens it doors on Tuesday Aug. 18 2015, on 101 West State Street outside of LSU's campus.
