Alumni rally to resurrect the Doodle
Efforts to save Broadway’s iconic eatery include Facebook groups, online fundraising
Yankee Doodle may come back to town, riding on support from University students and alumni.
Since the restaurant closed Monday, citing “economic considerations” — and provoking sadness and shock among Yalies past and present — The Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop’s owner Richard Beckwith has received thousands of e-mails and phone calls in support of the Doodle. And in the three days since the store shut its doors for good, a group of alumni have begun organizing an effort to revive the Doodle through online donations.
But the short and long-term viability of a comeback remains...
Alums, this is the time to rally your spirit and your savings and give to save The Doodle!!! Give till it hurts. The Doodle is an integral part of the Yale Community, and the Beckwith Family deserves our respect and support. Long live The Doodle!!!
For the legions of alumni who want to contribute a few bucks to the Doodle's resurection, but do not have paypal accounts, will someone, for the love of God, tell us where to send the money?
Thinking of eating at the Doodle always puts a smile on my face. I don't want to lose that smile.
Hey Beckwith ! not so fast,just where do you think your going..you have 40 years left on your inherited contract.
and what if you bail him out now ,the problem will still be there,exorbitant rent money needed, how many dogs does one need to dispense to pay the Madison Ave. fee?...But boy were those burgers slammin
My precious seconds spent there joined at the shoulder with wonderful Yalies will never be forgoten
I've never before heard of people donating money to save a business that has not been able to be profitable. Seems kind of anti-freemarket. I guess the Doodle must have been very important to these people's lives.
This is very exciting news, but I agree with D.L.--Facebook and Paypal are obstacles to alumni older than 30. Granted, I'm a bit of a Luddite, but I'm class of '03 and I don't have a Facebook account. We've got to make the movement more accessible.
Furthermore, the Doodle's going to remain inviable if it's not open all night. I'm a huge fan of fried donuts and egg sandwiches, but I only really craved them at 2 a.m., when I'd look longingly out of A1's windows at the Doodle's dark sign. Hiring people to make burgers in the middle of the night would be an added expense, but it might give the Doodle the profits it so desperately needs.
Long live the Doodle Dog!
I can remember painfully walking over to the Doodle from (gasp) Silliman after a raucous night of partying. I hope it stays!
I don't know what they've been charging these last couple of years, but they really should raise all their prices. And they would make a lot more money if they were open late. Like Morgan says, they could hire someone if they need the extra hours filled.
Idea: Undergraduate volunteer staff could work the extra late night hours, effectively making The Doodle our 13th College Buttery!
Let it the place go. Embrace change. It's obivous the owners did not want to make the establishment viable.
Move forward and don't look back. A greasy spoon joint with limited hours does not warrant this kind of attention.
If you save it the owners still don't care. Let's put a business in there that wants to serve customers with attentive staff and normal operating hours. It's the 21st Century guys. Let this artifact from the 50's die.
We are going to get it done. Please get involved to help and contribute.