Campus Coffee and Tea now serves Starbucks products in Bridwell Activity Center. The coffee shop menu’s expansion to MSU’s on-campus dining services caught the attention of several students, who say they are excited to have Starbucks back at Midwestern.

“I come here every day,” freshman Dayanara Delgado said, “Ever since I got back from winter break, I’ve been here non-stop.”

Starbucks first opened in 2015 at Moffett Library, but closed in the spring of 2022.  Matthew Park, director of student affairs, explains that due to limited spacing and outdated infrastructure, the university planned to relocate Starbucks to Bridwell Activity Center at the start of fall 2022.

However, students had to wait almost two years before they could have their on-campus Starbucks again.

Even so, many Mustangs are happy with the coffee shop’s new location in Bridwell, and some prefer it over the library. The Activity Center provides more accessibility to students who don’t have to go out of their way to grab their favorite coffee.

“I think it’s better that Starbucks is in Bridwell because CSC is right here and it’s closer to the dorms too,” radiology sophomore Celeste Avalos said.

“Yeah, and the library is pretty far,” Delgado added, “All of my classes are near Bridwell.”

Another reasons some students prefer the activity center over the library is the uncomfortable smell that would make studying in Moffett a challenge.

“I heard from a few people that it would get a bit nauseous from the smell, so I feel like Bridwell is better and is more of a study area, whereas in the library I can’t actually focus,” Avalos explains.

Campus Coffee and Tea is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is closed during the weekends.

The coffee shop offers a limited selection of menu items, but students can still find their favorite classics. The students’ top picks include the caramel Frappuccino, the white chocolate mocha and the vanilla bean hot chocolate.

Prices are around $5 and students can use their Flex dollars for payment.

Campus Coffee and Tea is managed by MSU Dining Services. Further questions or concerns can be addressed to Director of MSU Dining Jaime Jaramillo via email at [email protected].