Students can now eat local ethnic cuisine for lunch on IU’s campus with rotating restaurants in the Indiana Memorial Union food court.
The Globe, which is now located in the IMU space where Burger King used to operate, will offer items from five local restaurants. It started Aug. 20 and will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every weekday.
IMU retail director Rachael Splain said the Globe was created to offer students more variety in dining.
“We wanted to offer things that we weren’t currently offering within the building,” she said.
Students can order from Btown Gyros on Monday, Juannita's Authentic Mexican Food and Drink on Tuesday, Samira Restaurant – which serves Afghan food – on Wednesday, Taste of India on Thursday and Dats Cajun and Creole Restaurant on Friday.
“I went off of recommendation of cuisine that people seem to really like around the area,” Splain said.
When vendors are at the Globe, they will only offer a few of the items from their full menus.
Splain said she thinks Taste of India is planning to offer a different dish every two weeks to give variety, but item rotation is up to the individual vendor.
Samira owner Anwar Naderpoor, said the restaurant will be serving rice, chicken, okra, eggplant, bread and Baklava for dessert. For now, his business will serve the same thing each time, but that could change.
Naderpoor said he was approached by the IMU to be one of the restaurants.
“I do a lot of catering for IU as well so I knew about this,” he said.
Sophomore Emily Gear visited the Globe for lunch around 1 p.m. Monday and got a gyros sandwich from Btown Gyros. Gear said she thinks she will come back if she is able to use her I-BUCKS which she couldn’t do because they can only be used before 11 a.m. or after 1:30 p.m.
She said she didn’t know about the Globe or what it was before going.
“I just walked by it and saw gyros,” Gear said.
