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Construction continues on drive-thru and indoor cafés

By Melissa Holman
Staff Writer

Jazzman’s Café will be re-

turning in a new location with
added features in June, and
a new Student Engagement
Center will be added even
sooner in February.
Jazzman’s Café will be lo-
cated near Gouaux Hall and
construction will begin im-
mediately, executive director
of auxiliary services Brenda
Haskins said.
Construction for the café,
previously housed in the Stu-
dent Union, is funded by So-
dexo Food Services, Haskins
said. The project will cost
about $500,000.
A larger variety of coffee
and food items will be avail-
able than was previously at
the Student Union location,
Haskins said. Menu items will
include hot and cold drinks,
pastries and paninis. Fresh
beignets will also be served
along with other grab-and-go
items. All products will be
photo by Meagan Gervais

available inside the café and Jazzman’s Café, which will be located across from Gouaux Hall, is scheduled to be completed by June.

“We’re going to offer some different things there so that it does not look exactly like
the one at the business building.”
— Brenda Haskins

through a drive-thru service.

The new location will offer
a contemporary atmosphere,
Haskins said, with indoor and
outdoor seating as well as TVs.
The Student Engagement
Center, which will be located
between Beauregard Hall and
Peltier Hall, will offer a variety
of food and beverage items as
well.
Haskins said the center will
be an off-shoot of Aspretto
Café, located in the outside hall
between Powell Hall and White
Hall, in that it will offer similar
options such as sandwiches and
salads. However, it will not be
an exact imitation.
“We’re going to offer some
different things there so that it
does not look exactly like the
one at the business building,”
Haskins said.
Equipment for the center is
already in, Haskins said, and the
finishing touches and inspec-
tions are currently being taken
care of.
The opening of the center is
photo by Patrick Boudreaux
slated for the first week of Feb-
The Student Engagement Center, which will be located between Beauregard Hall and Peltier Hall, is scheduled to open in February. ruary.