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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2006
A large group of scholarship hall residents line-up at the grand re-opening of Joe's Bakery, 616 W. Ninth St., at midnight on Wednesday
Chris Neal/KANSAN
Joe's Bakery New twist on sweet tradition
New owners extend pastry service hours; students celebrate with long lines, Hawk Week Joe's Run
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
The tradition continues — hot, fresh doughnuts available into the late hours of the night.
That sweet, sugary smell wafting around Ninth and Indiana streets is luring customers back to Joe's Bakery, home of the original glazed-doughnut recipe that has kept pastry lovers returning for 55 years.
Joe's Bakery, named after its owner Joe Smith, had its grand re-opening Tuesday evening after a three-week closure in July. That's all it took for new owners, Kenny Tibbits and Ron Hall, to take over.
And with new ownership comes new hours, nearly around-the-clock pastry service. But the hours are nothing new for residents who remember the original owners of this Lawrence landmark.
The new hours are the same as they were when Joe's first opened: 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through
Friday, 6 a.m. to 3 a.m. on Saturday and 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. as well as 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday.
Julie Patterson, Lawrence resident, has lived in the city for 30 years and remembering goes to Joe's Bakery since she was young. She said she was excited for it to return to its extended hours because it's a Lawrence tradition. Her boyfriend lives above the bakery, and she said she can smell the doughnuts all day.
"The thing at joes was we got the glazed doughnuts at night when they were fresh," she said. "It was like eating a piece of heaven."
Steven Thompson knew it was worth the wait. As the first customer
in line, he waited 45 minutes for the bakery to open. He wanted his dollar bill to be the first used as an exchange of loyalty to the owners, who had repeatedly visited his place of employment, next door, Presto Convenience Store No. 25, 602 W. Ninth St.
Rettle, who helped new owners
Tibbits and Hall get ready for the
The nighttime hours are expected to draw even more college students. The previous owner, Brad Rettle, didn't offer extended service during his one-year ownership. He said college students didn't come in the morning because they didn't get up that early.
grand re-opening, said he called Hall in July to see if he would buy the business. It took only four hours for Hall to confirm and call Tibbits to ask if he would be his partner.
"It's the first time I've ever owned a business," Tibbits said. "I'm excited but it's a lot of work and cleaning up."
Before Rettle, Joe's son, Ralph, owned the bakery for the last 12 years. He said that it was always going to stay Joe's Bakery and that all the recipes have stayed the same too.
The grand re-opening also came just in time for another tradition — Joe's Run, an annual scholarship hall event that happens the Tuesday of
Hawk Week. About 250 scholarship hall residents walked from their halls to Joe's at midnight for doughnuts.
Between bites of her jelly-filled doughnut, Clarice Amorim, Recife, Brazil, freshman and resident of Miller Scholarship Hall, said a lot of the events during Hawk Week made her feel more at home. She said they only had Dunkin' Donuts in Brazil and no one really went to it, but she might go to Joe's more often.
Kansan staff writer Erin Castaneda can be contacted at ecastaneda@ kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
(left) Lawrence residents select doughnuts at Joe's Bakery, 616 W. Ninth St., in 1977. The bakery recently returned to its original, extended hours.
(right) Students and Lawrence residents express their excitement that Joe's is back in business at midnight on Wednesday at 616 W. Ninth St.
Photo courtesy of University Archives, Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Chris Neal/KANSAN
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