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| - This place did not live up to my own hype. Perhaps the fact that I've tried to go there unsuccessfully at least three times before my actual visit made me have unrealistic expectations of fluffy donut clouds, but yeah, the real stuff was just not up to par. First, I find it astonishing that the owners are charging so much for donuts in, let's face it, a pretty impoverished area. Why do these hipster joints like to move to so-called up and coming areas? Well, to take advantage of the cheap rent! And in this case, advantage of our wallets! Anyway, the service was very stony faced, the interior was, to me, more run down than chic, half the donuts were on a tray simply sitting on the counter near the cash with a few flies flying around....you get the drift. We got six donuts, set me back almost $3 a donut, and I ended up throwing out three of them once at home. The dough is super greasy, to the point that when I had my first bite of the strawberry donut, I didn't understand what the liquid I felt on my teeth was! It surely wasn't the jam, since that was relegated to a tiny spot somewhere near the middle and the rest was simply just sugared, greasy dough! Not to be a snob, but if any of you grew up with Eastern European grandmas making homemade jam filled donuts, you will NOT be dreaming of granny when you come here. Way too much grease, hardly any filling, crazy price and a hard to find store with, at best, neutral staff. Might as well go to Dunkin in Verdun when they get a new shipment in and save some cash at least! This is far from artisanal as the store would like to say!
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