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| - Having personally learned how to make donuts from scratch, my review may be a little more critical than others so I'll try to stick to the other things first.
Strange smell upon arriving inside.
Not only was the girl sick while handling the food AND money by herself but she seemed to kind of be rushing me while being extra friendly to others. Two guys in front of me and she was chatting it up with them. With me, it felt like I was annoying her by asking what is popular to try. Then, at the register, as I'm paying, a customer wanted more coffee and was all up in my face trying to push his way in. ALSO, another customer that was just coming in ( who it sounded like she knew ), her attention was on him before I was even done. Tables were dirty.
Ok, so onto the actual product, the donuts. I'm not so sure I like the idea of being able to create your own. I learned how to make donuts from scratch and I found that the toppings need to be applied while still warm. The donuts for create yourself are in room temp storage so I'm curious as to how those actually are. But, tasting the donut, I realized why...they use a different type of flour that is more of a cake type batter so it can sustain the sitting. Furthermore, the toppings are also more of a cake icing ganache based topping.
This place should be called CAKES....not donuts. So, in that sense, they aren't bad cakes but they certainly aren't traditional type donuts. They are just shaped like donuts. Donuts are fluffy and moist. These are full bodied and more towards the dry side which is why the icing is important.
This is why I give 3 stars. If there was another helper and the service was better, I might give a better rating. But, with donuts a block away that are real donuts and less than a dollar for one, it's gonna be hard to compete. Also, 7/11 next door with dollar donuts ( given again that these are more cakes ), I will be curious to see how this place does in the coming year.
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