What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

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    What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/10/2011 1:07 PM EST

    Sure, Boston is Dunkin' Donuts' domain. But when you want a really good doughnut, where do you turn? What mom-and-pop bakeries are serving up Boston's best unheralded sweets? Tell us your picks and check out our sweet 16!
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/10/2011 1:36 PM EST

    Panara rocks!  I love their Bear Claw in particular, and the coffee is strong but not bitter or sour.  They could give lessons to Starbucks!
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/10/2011 4:18 PM EST

    Kanes Doughnut's in Saugus, MA.  The best!
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/10/2011 4:44 PM EST

    Donut King in Quincy on Copeland Street rocks. They have great coffee, amazing doughnuts and Lois is always happy to see you.
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/10/2011 6:58 PM EST

    In Response to What are your favorite local doughnut shops?:
    Sure, Boston is Dunkin Donuts domain. But when you want a really good doughnut, where do you turn? What mom-and-pop bakeries are serving up Boston's best unheralded sweets? Tell us your picks!
    Posted by BostonDotCom


    HANDS DOWN Kane's donuts in Saugus!!!  From the atmospehere to the unbelievably delicious donuts.  Make sure you can handle the sugar high, these donuts are on steroids.  ENJOY!  AND get there early, they sell out.
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/10/2011 9:59 PM EST


    Top Donut    , Lowell 

    In the summer - 

    Fleming's Donut Shack, N. Eastham
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/10/2011 10:08 PM EST

    My Place in New Bedford, MA for the best malassadas.  (Portuguese fried dough - not to be confused with fried dough from traveling fairs.)
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/10/2011 11:31 PM EST

    "But when you want a really good doughnut, where do you turn?"

    Or we could talk about Panera, bagels, cream cheese and bear claws...

    Personally, I prefer Santarpio's pizza, american or german cars, the color blue and cuddling.  Aside from that, I hate clowns. 
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/11/2011 6:11 AM EST

    Twin Donut in Winthrop.
    Only available on Sat and Sun.
    they are big heavy and yummy.
    Boston Cream made with real pastry cream.
    the jelly donuts explode with jelly....

     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/11/2011 8:49 AM EST

    Marty's Donuts, Ipswich MA.  Made fresh every day, muffins too.  If you get there real early, before the counter staff, you can go to the back, get coffee and donuts and pay on the honor system---a good old fashioned way of doing business. 
    There's a Dunkin Donuts in town too, but Marty's blows them away!
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/11/2011 11:36 AM EST

    Vera's in Cambridge are oldfashioned handmade awesomeness. Actuall honey dippeds, real chocolate, real pastry cream .. . mmmm, donuts.
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/11/2011 12:20 PM EST

    kanes in saugus and mkt basket is a close second if you dont want to go out of your way
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/11/2011 1:03 PM EST

    Olin's on Trapelo Road in Belmont. . . and I know it's not just a personal prejudice.  My work mates never stop bugging me to stop there.
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/11/2011 1:13 PM EST

    Heavnl'y Donuts in Methuen!!  Buttermilk dount is a must.  Yummmmmm!!-

     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/11/2011 3:39 PM EST

    Supreme in Brockton.  CRUSTY and perfect!  The plain, the jellystick, or, if you don't want to have to eat the rest of the day...the buttercrunch stick.  Nirvana
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/11/2011 4:41 PM EST

    Kanes... Duh....
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/11/2011 6:26 PM EST

    7-11 has an incredible blueberry donut
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/11/2011 11:14 PM EST

    The GE crowd in Lynn live on Kane's!  Thank you for keeping our coffee club happy! 
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/12/2011 12:09 AM EST

    Wow, I am writing from SF where every donut store is called "Happy Donuts" and they usually aren't very good.  When I lived in Boston --uh over 30 years ago my boyfriend and I would drive to Waltham from Brighton to work.  We passed about 4 different donut shops every day and would change them up.  More often than not, regardless of the store, they would be hot out of the oven.  My boss used to always comment on how good I was at resisting pastries at work.  I couldn't tell him it was because I ate 3 on the way in. 
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/12/2011 2:20 AM EST

    I remember DD when all they sold were doughnuts and coffee. Sadly, the DD of today is a shell of what it use to be..My favorites as a child use to be Coconut, honey dipped and an incredible doughnut filled with apples and cinnamon. 


    I can't eat commercial doughnuts because they are too heavy to digest but would pay a king's ransom for a light fluffy home made doughnut. hmmmmmmm!

     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/12/2011 8:02 AM EST

    Donna's Donuts in Tewksbury
    Their Boston Kreme is awesome
     

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    The best in New england.......

    posted at 2/12/2011 8:24 AM EST

    Marty’s makes big, hefty donuts. They include the Yankee classic, a “honey dew,” which is a simple raised, glazed sinker with a substantial sweet cake texture that is perfect for dunking, as well as a “honey dipped,” which is a airy raised round of which we easily eat half a dozen with a few of cups of coffee. Chocolate frosted donuts are weighty and crunch-skinned; and there are jelly-filled and powdered and coconut-spangled, too. Many regular customers come for big goopy coffee rolls. 

    A simple storefront with scarcely any decoration other than a wonderful oil portrait of Marty hanging on the back wall, Marty’s has a counter where take-out dozens are sold and where customers sit and converse as life comes in and out. And there are counter seats in the front window that afford a view of passing traffic on Route 133. It is a true local hangout; one Cape Ann native told us that when he or his friends go on a ski trip, they stop by Marty’s long before the doors officially open to get boxes of hot donuts to go. Although the donuts are ready – and especially delicious while still hot! – the counter gals haven’t yet arrived, so the boys help themselves to what they need and leave their money on the counter. (Not a recommended strategy for out-of-towners!) 

    As we hoisted ourselves to the register after a really satisfying Marty’s breakfast, we asked the cashier if she had a business card she could give us with the address, phone number, etc. of the establishment for our records. “This is Marty’s, hon’,” she informed us. “We don’t do business cards.”
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/12/2011 10:01 AM EST

    Kane's. - Saugus, MA.

    You had to ask?

    Of course, all us natives knew about the place *before* it was on TV.


     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/12/2011 10:54 AM EST

    Donut King in Quincy...Big and always fresh...Honey dipped lemon sticks are D-licious...mmmm........also friendly happy people work there...
     

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    Re: What are your favorite local doughnut shops?

    posted at 2/12/2011 3:19 PM EST

    Kane's Donuts in Saugus
    Demet's Donuts in Medford
    Twin Donuts in Allston are good but they tend to make less of a variety.
    (Dunkin' Donuts doughnuts are sewage compared to hand cut donuts)