Raleigh Take-Out, a third party delivery service, delivers from 11 different restaurants to apartment complexes, dorms and offices. The delivery service also added alcohol to its delivery menu Sept. 24.

Along with business offices, Raleigh Take-Out delivers during weekdays to Meredith College, Peace College and N.C. State. It specifically delivers food from restaurants that wouldn’t deliver otherwise, such as, Baja Burrito, Beer Wine Cigarettes, Damon’s Grill and Mellow Mushroom.

Ryan Faircloth, owner of Raleigh Take-Out, said adding alcohol to the menu has benefits.

“I felt like there was a need for it, a market for it,” Faircloth said. “The benefits for it are obviously that when people are ordering food, they are wanting beer along with dinner.”

Faircloth said delivering alcohol will also limit people from drinking and driving.

“Later at night, it keeps people from drinking and driving because they don’t have to go out to the store to get more [alcohol],” he said.

Molly Robinson, a freshman in business management, agreed.

“Raleigh Take-Out will prevent people from drinking and driving to get more beer, assuming that [Raleigh Take-Out] checks IDs,” she said.

When ordering food, the customer has the option of paying with cash, credit card or an off-campus meal plan. However, when ordering alcohol, customers must pay with credit card over the phone or Internet.

“In order to deliver alcohol, it has to be paid for before it leaves our premises,” Faircloth said. “We have an off-premise beer and wine permit, so it has to be paid for before it leaves our office.”

The driver checks identification for proof of age upon delivering the food to the customer’s door. The name on the credit card that paid for the alcohol must be the same name as the person showing identification to the driver.

The driver also records the customer’s driver’s license number.

“We check that just to make sure we have somebody who’s liable if they give it to somebody underage,” Faircloth said.

If the customer orders beer and is not of age, Raleigh Take-Out charges that person half the price of the alcohol as a delivery fee for the driver’s time.

Faircloth said Raleigh Take-Out has no company policies regarding alcohol delivery to substance-free residence halls on campus.

“Right now, we don’t have any reason not to deliver there, we haven’t been told that we can’t,” he said. “If we are to do a delivery there and the person who orders isn’t allowed to have alcohol in their dorm, then that’s their general decision if they want to take it inside the dorm or not.”

The alcohol policy forbids a person to drink and possess alcohol if under the legal age of 21. The policy also said possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages by those of legal age on campus or any University building is also prohibited, except in the person’s room.

Possession and consumption of alcohol by students 21 and older are also prohibited in the rooms of persons under the legal drinking age. Consistent with State law, sale of alcohol on University property is also prohibited.

Faircloth said there is no law saying they can’t deliver to the residence halls.

“If the University calls us and tells us to not deliver to the dorms, than we won’t,” Faircloth said. “But as of now, we haven’t been told that they don’t want us to do it. So as long as the person is of age, we are allowed to.”

Residence halls that permit alcohol include Alexander, Avent Ferry Complex, North Hall and Watauga. Bragaw has one alcohol-free floor.

Jason Emmerton, a sophomore in computer science, said the option of ordering alcohol delivered through Raleigh Take-Out doesn’t change much.

“People are going to get alcohol on campus either way,” he said. “I don’t think this will make it significantly easier.”

According to Faircloth, since the initiation of alcohol onto Raleigh Take-Out’s menu, business has somewhat increased.

“We have had a little bit more business, but it hasn’t really gotten out,” he said. “We haven’t done any marketing to let people know about it. Business has increased, but it hasn’t gone through the roof.”

Most of Raleigh Take-Out does business online, where a customer can place an order. The dispatcher calls or faxes the customer’s order into the restaurant and sends the driver to pick up the order.

Raleigh Take-Out recently extended weekday lunch hours in order to meet the demands of alcohol delivery. Lunch hours now extend to 2 p.m.