Late nights and good, cheap foods come hand in hand at Penn State, and when one of State College's popular restaurants moves downtown this summer, there will be yet another option for that perfect midnight snack.

For the past 13 years, D.P. Dough has been located at 1460 Martin St., but this July it will be operating from the new apartment complex on the corner of East Beaver Avenue and South Garner Street.

D.P. Dough has become popular among Penn State students over the years because of its variety of calzones, a food which is rarely found anywhere else in State College, said Maurice Oksman (sophomore-communication arts and sciences). "When you get sick of all the typical foods offered around here, D.P. Dough is a great change, and that's aside from the fact that their buffalo chicken calzone is ridiculously good," Oksman said.

Ashley Robinson (sophomore-communication arts and sciences) said students would be happy to hear about this move because D.P. Dough is so popular.

"It can get really tiring to always have the same food options downtown, so when new types of food come, especially inexpensive food, everyone gets really excited," Robinson said.

Turtle Patterson and his wife Lee Ann own D.P. Dough.

In the past, the two have owned multiple locations of the restaurant in State College, but for now they are going to stick with one location and simply move the restaurant, said Patterson.

"We need to get ourselves downtown where all the action is and the students are," he added.

Patterson said he hopes that moving downtown will provide D.P. Dough with the opportunity to speed up delivery services.

Aside from moving, D.P. Dough will also expand its restaurant by 500 square feet.

"Right now we can seat 16 people in our restaurant, but we are hoping to double that number for a late-night crowd," Patterson said.

The biggest modification that D.P. Dough will make is changing its hours of operation to accommodate the late-night downtown scene, Patterson said.

"Now we close at 2 a.m. on the weekends, but once we move downtown, we plan on being open until at least 3:30," he said.

Patrick Schweiker (junior-labor and industrial relations) said he thought the move was a good idea.

"As long as they keep it real and accept LionCash, we can always use more late-night snack spots in the downtown area," Schweiker said.

Claudia Neiner, the senior manager at D.P. Dough, said there are some great things the restaurant can gain from the move.

"We will be downtown and will be able to get in on the activities that occur there, like homecoming and football games," Neiner said.

Neiner said D.P. Dough likes hiring freshmen because they are available to work for four years.

He said that most of them end up staying with the business. "This move will help freshmen employees and students without transportation who could not have worked at D.P. Dough otherwise," she said.

Diana Morales (sophomore-political science) said that she thinks the new location will also help customers without transportation, like the many students here.

"It's going to be nice to have another restaurant in walking distance since a lot of students don't have cars," she said.

Jay Santana (sophomore-political science and economics) said that he thinks the move will create more competition downtown.

"That could be really beneficial to students if it makes some of the restaurants lower their prices," he said.