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Crumbs is closing
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#25Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 10:14amMy wife wants to open an Only Bundt store, and I point to the end of the cupcake craze as a reason to avoid fad franchises.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#26Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 10:14amTheir employees got their termination notice by phone. Thought the law was 60 days notice.
#27Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 10:18am
"I point to the end of the cupcake craze as a reason to avoid fad franchises."
I'm surprised cupcakes are still in. A while back, they said that cupcakes were out, and pies were in. that didn't work out, and cupcakes are still around.
#28Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 10:54amI hated going to Crumbs becaause they sold Starbucks Coffee which I dispise. There is a Starbucks on almost every corner where we can get that disgusting burnt bean taste.
bwaylyric
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/22/03
#29Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 11:09amI never tried BAKED BY MELISSA but I can't understand why anyone would want a cupcake the size of a quarter that costs a buck.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#30Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 11:11amCrumbs was like Krispy Kreme in NYC. They expanded too quickly and didn't have the clientele they thought they would have.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#32Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 11:32am
For some reason, people bring in Baked by Melissa to work all the time. They're sugary nuggets of mediocre quality...BUT the feature is you can get a quick sugar fix with far less calories than a Magnolia cupcake.
I'm stunned by the sturm und drang happening on my FB wall about Crumbs closing.
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#33Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 11:36amsturm und drang Theater History 101 flashback circa 1986!
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#34Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 11:39am
I've always appreciated Howard Ashman for using "sturm and drang" in Little Shop Of Horrors.
Now back to our regularly schedule programming.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#35Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 12:19pm
Nothing is forever.
If they ever close the cronut place, I will expect nothing less than mass suicides.
#36Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 1:02pm
It's so odd--Crumbs is described as "ubiquitous' in the OP's linked article, and a number of posters allude to their over-expansion--suggesting there are a lot of them.
I swear, I can't think of a Crumbs that I pass regularly except for when I visit a friend who lives in Hoboken, where they have 1 on their main street. Their web-site appears to be defunct now, so I can't check to see where they are/were. Somehow, they were invisible to me.
The closing is not that much of a surprise--there was an announcement back in late spring that said that unless things really turned around, they were on track to shut their doors. This year's losses were on track to exceed last year's, which were substantial, apparently.
#37Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 1:08pmI might be the only one here who will miss Crumbs. I used to buy the ones that were like Hostess cupcakes, with the white swirls on top and the cream filling. I'd put it in the freezer and when I wanted some, I'd cut a third of it and save the rest for another time. yum!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#38Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 1:26pm
Ditto to Hostess.
They are like an old friend - there when you need them . They also taste good. Do prefer Little Debbie Hostess knock offs. 8 in a package for $ 3 & you cannot taste the difference.
Never had a crumbs and now can never have one.
#39Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 1:34pmInteresting reading all the negative feedback on Magnolia's (in NY, I presume). I wonder if my positive experience - moist, wonderfully densely flavored cake and rich, but not cloyingly sweet frostings - was an anomaly. Or perhaps they're not using the same recipes/methods here in LA.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#40Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 1:34pmTalk about your refined taste, Mr Roxy! A class axt!
#41Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 1:43pmI won't miss Crumbs because I've never gone into any. Hard to miss something you've never tried.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#42Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 1:52pm
You're all sexist!
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#43Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 2:01pm
I won't lie. I'd sleep with anyone who offered me a Devil Dog.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#45Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 3:19pm
Most of my animus towards Magnolia comes from the hordes of 'Sex & The City' tourists, crowding the sidewalk and streets for a 3-block radius around Bleecker/11th well after Carrie & Co had lost any relevance (to me).
They are even more aggravating than the bus-loads (literally) of morons who think that they will bump into Rachel & Monica at the corner of Bedford & Grove. They just take their pictures and move on.
ETA: Just read Goth's linked article: "The kind of woman who watches Sex and the City (an important driver of the cupcake trend) and takes the bus tour to Magnolia Bakery. "
Yep--they've got my number...
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#46Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 3:33pmThat Baked By Melissa is the most hilarious one of all. She was using boxed cake mixes when she started.
#47Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 4:10pmNever went to Crumbs, but we had several locations in Chicago all spring up in the Loop very close to each other. I'm in Magnolia a lot. I like their cupcakes better than their cake slices, but neither really wow me. I go there strictly for the banana pudding, which is HEAVENLY. For cupcakes in Chicago, Sugar Bliss is my favorite.
#48Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 4:21pmMatt, I was just going to say that the best thing in Magnolia is the banana pudding!
#49Crumbs is closing
Posted: 7/8/14 at 5:55pmI think they use marscapone and heroin.
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