Odd that this thread would be brought back today.

Today is National Donut Day (Thanks Roadfood Calendar!)

DD is giving away a free donut with a drink purchase.  And KK is giving away free donuts as well; although, don’t they always?

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I haven’t seen the donut with the knob on it for years, and New England is ground zero for DD.  I don’t miss that donut, but do sorely miss cruellers (not the “Truck tire” “French Cruellers”, which they still have, the long twisted stick ones)

Although there is a huge variation in franchises as well.  The first one I pass on the way to work has noticeably smaller and, well, crappier donuts than the second one I pass.  

It’s also extremely rare now to find one that makes donuts on-site, most have them trucked in from regional bakeries.

Krispy Kreme…but the big one that opened to great fanfare about ten years ago here in Brick, closed about 4-5 years ago!!

Not all Dunkin Donuts stores get their donuts from off-site.  I was in one in Framingham, MA, last weekend and saw someone shaping some dough for frying.

As best as I can tell, in Miami-Dade county (2.3 million people) there are no independent doughnut shops. [:(]

Not all Dunkin Donuts stores get their donuts from off-site.  I was in one in Framingham, MA, last weekend and saw someone shaping some dough for frying.

As best as I can tell, in Miami-Dade county (2.3 million people) there are no independent doughnut shops. [:(]

 

Don;

Do you recall the location of that shop in Framingham?  Would be nice to try it.  I have ehard that out of the 1,000 or so (no kidding) DD’s in MA, about six actually still make their own donuts in store.  But DD corporate will never tell the public which stores these are since DD corporate thinks that the centrally produced donuts are of equal quality to those produced in stores.

Thanks

Sure.  It’s at 692 Cochituate Road, next to the Red Roof Inn.  That’s just east of the ramps leading to I-90.

Someone bought the DD Franchise rights to the Phoenix area and has opened a bunch of them here. They’re not the same product mix as “Back East”. For example, they don’t make the original Old Fashioned one with the knob handle on it. That was their Signature Donut! And they don’t make the Toasted Coconut either. Ain’t the same.[:(!]

Coffee is good at Dunkin’ – KK not OK.

Sorry – but both can more than often be mediocre to lousy
 
We have some good – though still hit and miss – mom and pop shops in Northeast PA.
 
The cake donuts from Sheetz (convenient chain) are actually pretty good.  

Krispy Kreme has the quality over DD…dd is the fast food of donuts…bigger and more popular isn’t always better,,,look at the millions who still give their money to McDonalds!!!!!

dunkin is awsome. There building a second one here. kk went out in like 3 years..  Now its a chick fillet. There first free standing store….

Not all Dunkin Donuts stores get their donuts from off-site.  I was in one in Framingham, MA, last weekend and saw someone shaping some dough for frying.

As best as I can tell, in Miami-Dade county (2.3 million people) there are no independent doughnut shops. [:(]

Don;

Do you recall the location of that shop in Framingham?  Would be nice to try it.  I have ehard that out of the 1,000 or so (no kidding) DD’s in MA, about six actually still make their own donuts in store.  But DD corporate will never tell the public which stores these are since DD corporate thinks that the centrally produced donuts are of equal quality to those produced in stores.

Thanks

Locally we had a DD open several months, I have been there once and didnt finish any of the donuts I ordered.  They all tasted artificial and loaded with preservatives.

I will agree with Chris on the KK hot from the fryer before the glaze cascade.

Other than that

I really wish we had a good local bakery around here.  I love me a good locally made, hand crafted (ie no mixes) donut.

Sistergldnhair,I also had gastric bypass…No doughnuts since 2003…Miss them,especially the lemon filled ones.

The only place to get KK around here are a few gas station stops. Used to be able to buy them in Quik Check, but they stopped carrying them. I do cave when I see them in the Exxon and each time DH and I go into our Hess, we remember when we would stop on the way home from work, get a hot cup of coffee, and two KK’s each and eat them on the way home. KK is way above DD, I think. Haven’t had a KK in three years since my gastric bypass…::::sigh::::::::;

LOYLESS DOUGHNUTS in Dothan,Alabama….. A wonderful locally owned family business… They beat out both Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts by far !