Vanilla-frosted cake donut from Tonalli’s Donuts & Cream
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Vanilla-frosted cake donut from Tonalli’s Donuts & Cream
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Buttermilk bars at Tonalli’s Donuts & Cream
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Buttermilk bars at Tonalli’s Donuts & Cream
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Maple bar at Coco Donut
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Maple bar at Coco Donut
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Sesame cake donut at Sesame Donuts
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Sesame cake donut at Sesame Donuts
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From top left, the Fairy Princess cake donut, French cruller & cardamom cake donut at Staccato Gelato
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From top left, the Fairy Princess cake donut, French cruller & cardamom cake donut at Staccato Gelato
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The glazed blueberry old-fashioned at Donuts Plus
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The glazed blueberry old-fashioned at Donuts Plus
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The Butterfly at Annie’s Donut Shop
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The Butterfly at Annie’s Donut Shop
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The bacon-maple bar at VooDoo Doughnut
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The bacon-maple bar at VooDoo Doughnut
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The glazed regular at Krispy Kreme
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The glazed regular at Krispy Kreme
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The coconut-maple cake donut at Delicious Donuts
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The coconut-maple cake donut at Delicious Donuts
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The chocolate-frosted devil’s food donut at Heavenly Donuts
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The chocolate-frosted devil’s food donut at Heavenly Donuts
From buttermilk to maple bars, cakes to cream-filled, and fritters to old-fashioneds, we wanted to know who is doing—and who is not doing—classic “donuts” right. Sure, there are plenty of restaurants doing delightful gourmet donut holes with salted caramel sauce or crème anglaise, but we wanted the nostalgic versions that Homer Price would approve of. So, without further adieu, he…
