Keep Ike's in Huang: We love our Dutch Crunch!

Please don't make me eat more RD&E food. I would rather you put a toaster in Huang than another Axe and Palm.

please no! ike's is the best food vendor we currently have on campus. they also have the best staff. no on surveyed me. please reconsider!

This is egregious. The only decent food on campus goes for more cookie-cutter, bland nothingness. Ick.

KEEP IKE'S

SAVE IKE'S!!! It's the best

R&DE does not serve quality food nor do they give you a fair quantity of food for the money you pay.

I visited Stanford in January 2012 to see if I wanted to apply there. Several students recommended we eat at Ike's before we left. I had one of the best subs I had ever tasted there, and I recall the names being clever and memorable. The caramel apple lollipops oddly made a lasting impression; now whenever I see them, I ask my mom what they remind her of, and we both say "Ike's at Stanford!!" Please don't let such a landmark at Stanford be destroyed.

LOVE IKE'S. Would be really sad to see them leave

Dear Andrew, As the Executive Director of Stanford Hospitality & Auxiliaries (SHA), I wanted to take the opportunity to follow up on your email and clarify some of your concerns. I am also hopeful that we can set up a direct meeting with you this week. My team and I are excited about this new opportunity to provide students, faculty and staff with a new menu concept and an additional place to use their cardinal dollars. While we responded to the RFP, Stanford Hospitality and Auxiliaries was not involved in any decision related to Ike’s contract. We were invited to respond to an RFP alongside approximately 12 other vendors. Lindsey Akin, the Committee Chair, made the following announcement to the community message board on Friday afternoon: “I am excited to announce that we have selected a new café partner for the Forbes Family Café space in the Huang Engineering Center. The awarded vendor, Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE), will begin operations on September 2, 2014 (the day after the Labor Day holiday). R&DE will offer a variety of menu options inspired by fresh and locally grown products. An added benefit of this new café partner is that you’ll be able to use Cardinal Dollars, which allow you to pre-load your Stanford ID and turn it into a fast payment method. The selection is the result of an RFP which was conducted by Stanford’s Procurement Department to select a café partner after Ike’s contract ended. Selection was based on several criteria, including the ability to meet the needs of Science and Engineering Quad (SEQ) users. Other deciding factors included sustainability and commitment to green practices, as well as reputation and staff pay, benefits and turnover.” SHA operates multiple retail concepts across campus and have forged numerous partnerships based on feedback from students, faculty and staff with a diverse portfolio of outside vendors from Ray Klein’s Pub at GCC, Starbucks, Panda Express, California Pizza Kitchen, Fraiche,

Ike's offers gluten-free sandwiches, an invaluable alternative to R&DE dining which has in my experience been overwhelmingly ignorant of this dietary need. Ike's is one of the rare places on campus where a prepared gluten-free meal is available, not to mention that it is loved across the community and not only by students on campus.

Dear Andrew, As the Executive Director of Stanford Hospitality & Auxiliaries (SHA), I want to take the opportunity to follow up on your email and clarify some of your concerns. I am also hopeful that we can set up a direct meeting with you this week. My team and I are excited about this new opportunity to provide students, faculty and staff with a new menu concept and an additional place to use their cardinal dollars. While we responded to the RFP, Stanford Hospitality and Auxiliaries was not involved in any decision related to Ike’s contract. We were invited to respond to an RFP alongside approximately 12 other vendors. Lindsey Akin, the Committee Chair, made the following announcement to the community message board on Friday afternoon: “I am excited to announce that we have selected a new café partner for the Forbes Family Café space in the Huang Engineering Center. The awarded vendor, Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE), will begin operations on September 2, 2014 (the day after the Labor Day holiday). R&DE will offer a variety of menu options inspired by fresh and locally grown products. An added benefit of this new café partner is that you’ll be able to use Cardinal Dollars, which allow you to pre-load your Stanford ID and turn it into a fast payment method.The selection is the result of an RFP which was conducted by Stanford’s Procurement Department to select a café partner after Ike’s contract ended. Selection was based on several criteria, including the ability to meet the needs of Science and Engineering Quad (SEQ) users. Other deciding factors included sustainability and commitment to green practices, as well as reputation and staff pay, benefits and turnover.” SHA operates multiple retail concepts across campus and haveforged numerous partnerships based on feedback from students, faculty and staff with a diverse portfolio of outside vendors from Ray Klein’s Pub at GCC, Starbucks, Panda Express, CaliforniaPizza Kitchen, Fraiche, Subw

SAVE IKE'S!!!

A vital part of lunch, a vital part of Stanford.

First the NetAppetit and now this :(

Please keep Ike's!

Ike's was the only decent veggie option place for grad students. Cant live without sesame street

I LIKE IKE'S

Parents at last year's admit weekend campus tours were told to go to Ikes as it was "the best place to eat on campus". How could you take away one of the reasons listed for students and their parents to enjoy Stanford!

I'm a profo and I will not commit to Stanford if Ike's is closing.

As a vegan, Ike's is one of the few places I can actually enjoy my food on campus. If R&DE can promise me vegan sandwiches that are on par with these, I'm happy to have you. Yeah, I didn't think so...