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| - I have been putting this review off for a little while now. I don't like mixing politics with food. Food is not political. They are like oil and water. I respect my fellow Yelpers' opinions and I can only hope they will respect mine. I feel that reviewing a restaurant should be based of the food and the experience. If the owner was there and he made comments to, about, or around you that you feel are reprehensible, then by all means, lower the rating. However, I feel that it is wrong to write a review, give a score, and then go back and change it, or to write a review along the lines of "I used to like it until I found out about his radical ideology" because you found out new information from a third party source. I do not agree with Mr. Razete's views, in fact I find them deplorable, but I am not reviewing his political and personal op pinions. I am reviewing his donuts. Here we go.
We will start, as I usually like to, with the decor. Peace Love and Little Donuts in the Strip makes it's little donuts out of an equally little space. There is a counter, a drink case, the prep area, the donut fryer, and room for maybe five customers to squeeze in. The walls are painted with the cliche flowers. peace signs, and other hippie motifs over a tye-dye background. The space is clean, adequate for what they need, and nothing I can knock. They aren't winning any points for the space, but they aren't losing any either.
As far as the staff go, yes, I understand they owner holds some radical views. I have met him on occasion, and he has never shared them with me, but then again I am a white, heterosexual, male so he really had no objection to me, I guess. As far as the rest of the staff goes, I have never seen or heard anything that would make me think their shared their boss's views. They have all been polite, engaging, and helpful. That is everything I expect when I go into a business, so again, no points gained, and no points lost in that department.
The little donuts are, obviously, the reason anyone would come into the shop. They make a variety of donuts staged in three different price points. The plain donuts with a dusting of sugar are the cheapest, followed by the frosted ones, with the priciest donuts being the ones with frosting and toppings. The pricing has upset some Yelpers in the past. I don't mind it because I don't see this as an everyday stop. PL&LD is a once in a while treat. They make specialty, novelty donuts that you are meant to enjoy once in a while, not the corporate processed garbage you consume every day like at Dunkin'.
As far as the actual donuts themselves, I like them. I always go in an lie saying it's my first time so I can get a free sample. Fresh out of the fryer they are crispy on the outside and dense and cakey on the inside. These are not to be confused with Krispy Kremes. They are cake donuts, very dense with none of that lightness and airiness that melts into nothing with other varieties. PL&LD makes one flavor of donut, but a wide selection of frostings and toppings to put on them. AS far as frostings go I have seen chocolate, vanilla, banana, strawberry, lemon, and many others. Combine the frosting with toppings and this is where my favorites lie and things get very interesting. My favorite, by far, are the Maple Bacon Donuts. Maple frosting covered with chopped bacon on the donut tastes like a bite of pancakes with syrup and bacon. Following that I like the Oreo, banana split, and cherry cheesecake. The donuts are best fresh, and, like others have noticed, if you let them sit for a while, the quality takes a dive. Great for a little treat if you happen to be in the Strip early in the day.
Once everything is said and done and the dust storm clears, I like PL&LD. They are ok in my book. Service is (to me at least) pleasant and the donuts, while not the best I have ever had, are pretty good for the occasional treat. They do everything right, but it seems to me that once they hit the "Good Enough" mark, they stop. So, that is where I will stop. PL&LD is good enough in my book. Three Stars.
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