“Yeah. I was in a house in college, and we would all make late-night runs. It kept us going. Joe's is a part of Lawrence, just like the Wheel or the Hawk. I can personally thank Joe's for my freshman 15.”

— Renee Petrik, actress, Overland Park

“I am. Very much so. I wish they'd been open all summer.”

— Patrick Bukaty, Kansas University graduate student, Lawrence

“I'm very happy to hear that they are back. They're a long-established Lawrence tradition, and I think it's important to be able to get hot fresh doughnuts well into the night.”

— Alison Olewnik, pastry chef, Lawrence

“Yes, because it's under new management.”

— Edwin Morales, disk jockey, Lawrence