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| - Overall, I'm not buying the hype. My inner fat kid refuses to rate a doughnut shop anywhere below 3 stars, but the reality is that I just wasn't impressed.
Having been to Duck Donut locations along the coast, I'm not sure why I thought this one would be much different. Let me clarify by saying up front that this is just my opinion. To each his own, but I don't dig "caky" doughnuts. Keep it flaky, not caky. Think Krispy Kreme. Are you with me? Anyhow, caky it is at this place.
Again, my experience was less than stellar. It had been years since I last visited an OBX location, so I needed a refresher on how things worked. The employee behind the counter gave me a look as though I had just asked him to multiply 3,288 by 1,787 in his head. Eventually I figured out that the doughnuts aren't sitting in a window to be selected until sellout. Each doughnut essentially has the same caky base, and is then "topped" with your selections in an effort to transform them into something else. Want a chocolate doughnut? Well, you're gonna get a cake doughnut topped with warm chocolate goo. Basically a cake hot from the oven that was frosted too soon, creating a soup like consistency that can hardly be called icing. Not. A. Fan. It's a literal hot mess. Giving one of these to anyone under the age of 14 is just asking for it. Hopefully you have baby wipes handy because no napkin in the world could clean up the aftermath. I myself had little paper pieces stuck between my fingers clinging to chocolate schma, after the closest napkin disintegrated in my hands, until I could get to a sink. That was after eating only half the doughnut, as the warm chocolate goo started to make me nauseous.
The shop is tucked back in the never lands of the Kenilworth Commons shopping center. Seating in the place is limited. The coffee was nothing special. The lack of service was mind-blowing considering the place had yet been open a week when I visited. After paying, I awaited my doughnuts and coffee only to realize that the cashier should've given me my coffee cup. I went back over to claim said cup, but he was still clamoring to find the solution to 3,288 X 1,787. Hopeless.
BTW, in case you were wondering, 3,288 X 1,787 = 5,875,656
You're welcome.
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