Bistro Verde, LLCC’s student-run café, will be open during the fall 2020 semester as Bistro To Go for curbside pickup. It will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Sept. 17-Nov. 19 (except for Nov. 3). You are invited to enjoy takeout soups, salads, sandwiches, baked goods and coffees prepared by LLCC culinary arts, baking and pastry, and hospitality students.

Local chef Jordan Coffey, formerly of American Harvest and of the upcoming Luminary Provisions, is serving as the executive guest chef instructor for this fall’s student-led restaurant. View the  menu, which includes such items as smoked chicken tortilla soup, roasted pear salad, grilled and chilled shrimp tacos, short rib melt, chicken pot pie and apple bread pudding. In addition, weekly chef specials will be available. They will feature possible dishes for Coffey’s new restaurant. More information is available at www.llcc.edu/bistro-verde. Specials will be posted on the LLCC Culinary Arts and Hospitality Facebook page.

Lunch orders may be placed online at https://orders.cake.net/11205518 or by calling 217-786-2821, and must be paid for by credit or debit card when ordering.

Reserved parking spots for curbside pickup are available on the east side of the Workforce Careers Center on LLCC’s Springfield campus. When parked, call 217-786-2821, provide the name on the order and the vehicle make/model to have the order delivered.

For those joining us from campus that prefer to walk over, still order online and please pick up orders under the covered pavilion (signs will direct you to the pickup spot).

If you are a student attending classes at Workforce Careers Center or are an LLCC employee within the building, and you have already completed the daily health check as well as scanned your forehead temperature within WCC, you may wait for your order in the foyer. Please continue to follow the social distancing guideline of staying six feet apart.