Round Table has only been open for just over two weeks, but it has already made a huge impact on Sacramento State?s campus.

“First week sales have been better than I expected,” Round Table manager Patrick O?Brien said of the new pizza place. “People are in here studying and hanging around. Tuesday and Thursday around lunch are the most crowded.”

The main difference between the Round Table on the first floor of the University Union, which has filled the hole left by The Hive, and those in other places is simple: More beer sales.

Students have been lining up for the alcohol, according to O?Brien. The beers served at the new restaurant are Moosehead, Sierra Nevada, Widmer Brothers Heffeweizen, Michelob Amber Bach, Bud and Bud Light.

One pint of premium beer costs $2.75, while a pint of domestic beer is $2.25. Sixty ounce pitchers are $7.50 for premium and $6.25 for domestic.

The Round Table name is not new to campus as its product has been sold at Sac State for years. But only as of last week, do members of the Sac State population have access to the real deal right on campus.

“We?ve done business with Sac State and they have sold our product at three different locations,” O?Brien said. “But all they sold was skins, prep skins and sauce. The University had finished the product and sold it.”

One major issue that the restaurant faces, being on a college campus, is that of time. A lot of students don?t have time to wait around and enjoy the surrounding ambiance, which includes dozens of television sets. Sac State senior, Phil Voong, said that good pizza is not enough to please the hurried students.

“The food is good,” Voong said. “But it takes 25 minutes to get your pizza. That is way too long.”

O?Brien insists that this is not the case at all.

“Pizzas take five minutes to cook at 500 degrees,” he said. “Whether there is a big line or not, we definitely shoot for pizza being out on the table within 15 minutes.”

O?Brien also realizes that Round Table is regarded as one of the most expensive pizza chains in the business, and that Sac State students are not rich. But he feels that the restaurant?s “Quickie Lunches” will be enough to entice students to eat there.

“The lunch specials are discounted,” said O?Brien. “You can get a pizza, salad and soda for five bucks. That is only here, not at other Round Tables.”

O?Brien explained that these (Quickie Lunches) are made in other Round Tables, but that the difference is that these just have to be heated. This allows them to be ready in only 15 seconds.

The prices and menu of the restaurant are very similar to other Round Tables. Small pizzas start at just under $8 while a large goes up to $18.Round Table is open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Sunday through Thursday, and 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the weekends. We will see if it can stick to its 15 minutes or less goal, and whether students will continue to support the pizza and beer as the semester progresses. O?Brien has no doubts that they will.”Round Table sells itself. Put a quality product out there and people will buy it,” he said. “The first (couple) weeks have been really, really, good.”