Local restaurants tend to attract Sion students and faculty. Whether it is during lunch checkout or when you just need a quick bite to satisfy you until practice, places such as Fuzzy’s Taco Shop on Wornall Road have captured the regular business of Sionians.

Lunch checkout is just one of the times when students like Senior Mackenzie Manning enjoy leaving school to grab a taco or two. She says Fuzzy’s Taco Shop has become one of her favorite places to spend her lunch hour.

“I go probably at least once every two weeks, but a lot of girls go every Friday and I’m starting to get into that habit as well,” Manning said, “When my family doesn’t have much time or needs to go get something quick Fuzzy’s is definitely one of our first options. And if I go there with my family for dinner, I see other Sion girls there.”

She is not the only one gravitating towards the taco shop. Junior Maria Wagner enjoys a crunchy chicken taco every Wednesday at Trivia Night with her family.

“Almost everyone I’ve talked to loves Fuzzy’s,” Wagner said, “If I ever go there after school, I always see a couple Sion girls.”

Bri Mullen, Fuzzy’s Assistant Manager, says Sion has added to the restaurant’s business.

“We are seeing many more new faces of Sion girls this year than we did last year,” Mullen said, “I think that as word of mouth got around the area as a whole our business has picked up.”

Mullen says business, especially during lunchtime, has increased at this location because of local students, including Sion girls. According to Mullen, Sion girls and other students in the area have brought so much business that Fuzzy’s now offers ten percent discounts to local students with their IDs.

But Fuzzy’s is not the only place appealing to the Sion community. Among others are Chipotle, Fresh Grill, Quik Trip and Panera. With 400 hungry teenagers in the area, many inexpensive restaurants have seemed to receive more business according to counselor Erika Ellwanger.

“One Friday I ran into the majority of the Senior class at Fuzzy’s,” Ellwanger said, “I would call that good business. I think Sion gives Quik Trip and Dunkin lots of business too.”

At the end of each lunch checkout and after school every Friday, QuikTrip cups, Panera bagels, and Chipotle burrito bowls make their way into the cars of hungry Sion girls. People such as Mullen and Ellwanger agree that Sionians and the local restaurants benefit mutually; One side gets the business and the other gains a satisfied stomach.