Restaurant in New Haven, CT that served sandwiches with fries on them
March 29, 2024 3:05 PM   Subscribe

I'm trying to recall a restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut, near (or near-ish) to the Yale campus that served sandwiches with french fries on the sandwich. This woulda been in the mid-to-late 90s. Anyone else remember this spot? And if so, is it still around? Would love to know!
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell to Food & Drink (5 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Was it the Yankee Doodle? I am not 100% sure but it seems plausible. If so, it closed.
posted by virve at 4:58 PM on March 29, 2024 [1 favorite]


It's not the Doodle.
I think I found it - Bulldog Eatery. This 1997 YDN article specifically describes the fries in with the meat.
posted by cobaltnine at 5:35 PM on March 29, 2024 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: Wow! Tremendous find. Must've been Bulldog Eatery. There's virtually no mention of it online, so I can only assume it's long since closed. How did you unearth this?

(And no, it definitely was not the Doodle, though sad to see that they're gone, too.)
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 12:18 PM on April 1, 2024


I figured the Yale Daily News would have some stuff about, or at least ads for, local restaurants, and I knew it would be archived online. I would have been in high school puttering around New Haven at this time so I kind of figured it might bring back memories for me, too! (e.g. I saw Fight Club first run at York Square on a date with my now-spouse.) I don't remember this restaurant at all, so I expect it failed rapidly and/or could no longer afford the atrocious Yale rent.

BTW, one can get replica Doodle burgers at Ordinary, which is a bar located at the old Richter's.
posted by cobaltnine at 6:06 PM on April 1, 2024


Response by poster: Amazing. I just want a sandwich with fries on it and have been missing it ever since!
posted by Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dell at 9:13 AM on April 4, 2024


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