02-10-2021, 09:25 PM
JPK wrote:
We have an amazing new donut emporium called Stan's, but Dunkin is well entrenched here in the Chicago area. There are a handful of local shops, but they are slowly fading away.
They are great, but at $20/doz for basics or $30/doz for fancy donuts - it is not an regular purchase.
JPK
Up until the current pandemic started to take hold, we had a more original Stan's Donuts in the Westwood Village shadow of UCLA's main campus. Fabulous, famous, and many, if not most, would say iconic, until Stan decided it was time to retire after 55 years (mostly due to Covid). Thankfully, the UCLA/Westwood donut void was promptly taken over by Primo's, an even older donut entrepreneur, whose long-time donut home has been just a few miles down the road from the UCLA campus (and perhaps not-so-coincidentally, walking distance from UCLA Married Student Housing).
Around L.A. we have quite a few excellent M&P donut options. I'm not a big donut person, though spousal unit is a true donut aficionado; but I was always a fan of our Stan's (R.I.P. 2020). OTOH, the other human was/is big on Primo's. She also likes Randy's, Bob's, DK's, Sunshine's among other M&P donutteries. Most road trips can be counted on to include at least one tasting at the highest rated local M&P donut shop.
According to Mrs. Buzz, if/when a M&P donut shop delivers a stellar incarnation of any one of her faves, it's on her list; even if their other offerings do not reach the same taste-bud-tingling heights.
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