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Student Publications University of Houston 151C Communications Bldg Houston, TX 77204-4015 713.743.5350 ©1991-2007 Student Publications, All rights reserved. Last modified: Contact: ktruitt@uh.edu	Volume 68, Issue 70, Thursday, December 5, 2002 News Taqueria open at Satellite By Sheree Stubblefield The Daily Cougar The wait is over for those looking for real food to be served in the University Center Satellite. The Tejanitais Express taqueria opened Wednesday in the underground facility. The restaurantis food got good reviews on its first day in business. 'Itis really great,” sophomore business major Khoa Do said. However, some limitations may cause people to continue finding their meals elsewhere for the rest of the semester. Jim McCormick/The Daily Cougar Tejanitais Express taqueria is the newest eating establishment on campus and the first restaurant to reopen in the University Center Satellite since it flooded in June 2001. Tejanitais will only be open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday until Dec. 18. Also, like the convenience store that opened in the Satellite earlier in the semester, the taqueria cannot accept credit cards because of the continuing construction on the rest of the building. However, Cougar 1Cards are being accepted, and come spring, the facility will be fully functional and open later hours. Other establishments, including Starbucks and Chick-fil-A, are expected to open Jan. 13, the first day of the semester. Construction on the building is near completion. It has been undergoing repairs since it was ruined by Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001. Except for the restaurants, renovations on the underground facility are nearly finished. The Satellite now offers pool tables, arcade games, sitting areas with televisions, restrooms, a convenience store and Tejanitais, the only open eatery. After the construction is complete, the Satellite will offer 'familiar (restaurant) favorites plus new ones,” said Charles Gray, retail director of operations for Chartwells, the food vendor at UH. The new design will also offer room for 50 to 100 more seats than were available before the flood. Starbucks will be open for business from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the other fast food restaurants will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 'Iim very excited about the Satellite,” said Supriyo Chowdhury, the project manager for the Satellite. 'Iill be happy when itis over.” Chowdhury said the construction process has been 'challenging” and marred by many delays because of all the different voices with input in the project, including UH, Chartwells and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which helped UH and many other Houston agencies recover after the flood. But with the flood came an opportunity to redesign and improve the facility, which some see as the silver lining to the clouds that once poured rain upon the popular student center. 'The result is well worthwhile,” Gray said. *Send comments to dcnews@mail.uh.edu*		To contact the News Section Editor, click the e-mail link at the end of this article. To contact other members of The Daily Cougar Online staff, click here .

Taqueria open at Satellite

By Sheree Stubblefield

The Daily Cougar

The wait is over for those looking for real food to be served in the University Center Satellite. The Tejanitais Express taqueria opened Wednesday in the underground facility.

The restaurantis food got good reviews on its first day in business.

'Itis really great,” sophomore business major Khoa Do said.

However, some limitations may cause people to continue finding their meals elsewhere for the rest of the semester.

Jim McCormick/The Daily Cougar

Tejanitais Express taqueria is the newest eating establishment on campus and the first restaurant to reopen in the University Center Satellite since it flooded in June 2001.

Tejanitais will only be open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday until Dec. 18. Also, like the convenience store that opened in the Satellite earlier in the semester, the taqueria cannot accept credit cards because of the continuing construction on the rest of the building.

However, Cougar 1Cards are being accepted, and come spring, the facility will be fully functional and open later hours.

Other establishments, including Starbucks and Chick-fil-A, are expected to open Jan. 13, the first day of the semester.

Construction on the building is near completion. It has been undergoing repairs since it was ruined by Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001.

Except for the restaurants, renovations on the underground facility are nearly finished. The Satellite now offers pool tables, arcade games, sitting areas with televisions, restrooms, a convenience store and Tejanitais, the only open eatery.

After the construction is complete, the Satellite will offer 'familiar (restaurant) favorites plus new ones,” said Charles Gray, retail director of operations for Chartwells, the food vendor at UH. The new design will also offer room for 50 to 100 more seats than were available before the flood.

Starbucks will be open for business from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the other fast food restaurants will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

'Iim very excited about the Satellite,” said Supriyo Chowdhury, the project manager for the Satellite. 'Iill be happy when itis over.”

Chowdhury said the construction process has been 'challenging” and marred by many delays because of all the different voices with input in the project, including UH, Chartwells and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which helped UH and many other Houston agencies recover after the flood.

But with the flood came an opportunity to redesign and improve the facility, which some see as the silver lining to the clouds that once poured rain upon the popular student center.

'The result is well worthwhile,” Gray said.