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| - It goes without saying, Dunkin' Donuts is pretty damn good. This one in Scottsdale is pretty awesome. I don't know about you, but I'm definitely not above ignoring national chains like DD in Yelp reviews.
Coming from Southern California, we're not getting any in my home region until 2015. That's two years too long, and so Las Vegas, Nevada and the Phoenix, Arizona metros are the closest places to get my fix in the interim.
This location is close to the home of my college roommate, and, while visiting him a few weeks ago, this particular DD would be where you can find me most mornings, getting a donuts and loading up on caffeine. I would make it a point to get up early before anyone in the house was awake and walk on over (one of the few instances of getting any real physical activity while visiting and a vain attempt to offset the donut I would be consuming).
It's that good. It literally got me out of bed early while on vacation.
Scottsdale is a pretty affluent community, and so it's only appropriate that their local DD is pretty nice. Their charity donation boxes were full of dollar bills (the first time I've seen such a full donation box!) as well.
Though located in a nondescript strip mall, the store itself is well kept and still feels new. The inside is large enough and employees here are friendly.
During my week-long visit, there were a few snowbirds visiting from the East Coast each morning (which you were able to determine by their accents and the license plates of cars outside). Obviously, DD brought back memories of the northeast for them as well.
The quality of the donuts here were consistently fresh and well-stocked. I usually go for an old fashioned chocolate donut or a chocolate sprinkle donut to go with my raspberry coffee (creamed and sugared, naturally).
The Scottsdale location participates in all the promos (including the trivia scratchers game on medium and large coffees, whereby you can win more free stuff like another donut or another coffee). If you plan on visiting regularly, you can download the app or take their online surveys on the receipt, many of which I was able to complete while still in the store and write down for a future visit.
This place also had more variety of flavors for their Munchkins (at least compared to the other one I frequent in Las Vegas whenever I'm there). By request from members of my traveling party, I got an assortment for take-out during one of my visits. It was then that I noticed that they had more than just powdered sugar and chocolate to pick from (they also had cinnamon and a seasonal flavor I couldn't quite remember...but it was four total choices).
Man, DD needs to hurry the hell up and open one in my hometown already! With the rising costs of plane tickets to Phoenix, this habit is becoming increasingly unsustainable.
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