B-Town Pizza to offer beer delivery via Btown Menus

Pizza and beer, a classic combination on any college campus, is becoming more accessible.

Next semester, students will be able to use Btown Menus to order beer for delivery from B-Town Pizza.

B-Town Pizza started offering beer delivery about two months ago, said Haley Locke, a B-Town Pizza employee.

“It’s been a little slow. We’d like to see more orders. So far I’ve seen mostly small groups of a few friends ordering,” Locke said.

Locke said she expects orders to increase once ordering beer with pizza online becomes an option.

“I can see myself ordering pizza with a beer if I had a couple friends over and we were short,” junior Tyler Adelsperger said.  

Besides the convenience of having beer delivered with dinner, students consider other factors such as the cost of the beer and the sobriety of the group ordering it.
 
Senior Bob Goode said he would order beer for delivery if he was out and the liquor store was closed or if everyone he was with had had a couple drinks and did not want to drive.

“Price is a huge factor,” Goode said.

B-Town Pizza does slightly increase the price of beer, charging $1 for a can and $2 for a bottle.

Students might appreciate the convenience of delivery, but restaurants have to consider the additional liabilities of delivering alcohol.

“We are very strict,” said Ray McConn, co-owner of Mother Bear’s Pizza. “You must have your ID ready, and we do not deliver to campus addresses.”

Mother Bear’s has been delivering beer for five or six years and has had no problems,
McConn said.

“When you understand the responsibilities and adhere to them, there are very few liabilities,” he said.

B-Town Pizza also takes preventative measures to avoid providing alcohol to anyone
underage.

“When we deliver, we always take two IDs and evaluate how intoxicated they are,” Locke said.

B-Town Pizza also puts a limit on the amount of alcohol it will deliver.

Three cases is the maximum order, but a six-pack is the minimum, Locke said.

“I don’t think I can eat pizza without beer anymore,” Adelsperger said.