ers re things of the Tortilla Fresca offers new Mexican flavor, ousts American standard hree days after classes started, junior Andrea Copeland entered the student center with a craving for a hamburger. Unfortunately for Copeland, she never received the letter sent to students over the summer that informed them Burger King had been replaced. "I walked into the student center and I was like, 'Where did the Burger King go?'" Copeland said. "I was sad to see that it was gone, especially since I really wanted to eat a burger - that was the whole reason I went in there," George Strachan, retail mana9er for Aramark, said Burger King 5 decreasing sales seemed to indicate that the fast-food restaurant was losing its popularity among students. In order to find a replacement, staff from Harding and Aramark surveyed students and found Mexican food was the top pick. The Mexican restaurant Aramark officials chose was Tortilla Fresca, which offered madewhen-you-order Tex-Mex. The menu included beef, chicken and portabella mushrooms, as well as vegetarian alternatives. "It's good, cheap Tex-Mex," .' FRESHMAN REBEKAH GIBB, aTortillaFrescaserver, ha nds sophomore laura ~ck her late afternoon snack Sept 27.Tortilla Fresca, amade-to-order Tex-Mex restaurant g""ted ~udents this fall in the student center food court. "Irs good to have anew option- somethi ngdlfferen\" ~ck said. ·A.INGRAM senior Ashley Kennedy said. "The average college student can afford it, and the staff there is friendly and efficient." However, student opinions of the new fare ranged from thrilled to under-whelmed, and not all complaints centered on food style or quality. 5 t u - dents with particularly hectic schedules yeamed for the gralrand-go style of the past. "Overall, I miss Burger King," senior Christa Abernathy said. "We no longer have a cheap meal to eat on the go." Aramark said itwas trying to please both students who wanted to eat and run and students who wanted to sit and eat by diversifying food choices and campus options. "We just try to keep it different and new and exciting for the students," Strachan said. As for Copeland, she said that. while she missed Burger King, she liked Tortilla Fresca. "I'm kind of sad we don't have Burger King anymore. but the quesadillas are good," she said. "Of course, you can't really mess up a quesadilla - it is just cheese and tortilla." -BONNIE BOWLES 101 - FRESHMEN
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