Twenty-six weeks, halfway there! I wasn’t sure at the beginning of this project I would be able to find 52 different donut shops or that I would find the motivation to stay on track with my plan of eating only one sweet each week. I’ve had only one small detour from the one sweet a…
Week #25, KC Donut Company, Olathe, KS
John had spotted one location of the small local chain, KC Donut Company, while zipping through Olathe, Kansas a month or so ago. Further research revealed four locations, all within just a few miles of each other. We visited the location at 2014 E Santa Fe in Olathe. This location is in a strip mall…
Week #24, Duke’s Bakers Dozen
A friend of a friend recommended this week’s donut stop, Duke’s Bakers Dozen in Belton. John joined me for the 30+ minute drive in the rain to a part of the city we are not overly familiar with. I could not recall ever being in the business district of Belton before. Several miles of taquerias,…
Week #23, National Donut Day!
Friday was National Donut Day, the High Holy Day of the Donut Kingdom and I had big plans to celebrate. I had planned a menu that included a donut in every meal for the whole day. And then came the recommendation from the doctor that I eat a gluten-free diet for the next three weeks….
Week #22, Donut King, KCMO
Update 5/11: After 42 years in the funky purple shack, Donut King has relocated to a sparkly new strip mall. The original location is part of a road widening project. Donut King is now located at 2320 Armour Road in North Kansas City, MO. Read about the new location here. This week’s Donut Adventure…
Week #21, The Donut Whole, Wichita, KS
This week’s post is a pretty lengthy donut adventure. You’ve been warned. Go get a few donuts and a glass of milk, then settle in for a few moments of sugar-enriched reading… A couple of months ago I heard about The Donut Whole, reportedly a super cool donut shop in Wichita, Kansas. I was immediately…
Week #20, Gold-n-Glaze Donuts
We hit the road early yesterday, driving about an hour north to visit Gold-N-Glaze Donuts & Coffee Shop in St. Joseph, MO. Friends in the area suggested we visit this locally-owned donut shop, one of those “there forever” kind of places. The recommendation was a good one! We met our friend Bentley at the mid-way…
Week #19, Market Pantry, Target
Last week while at work I met a little guy, Daniel, who was celebrating his eighth birthday with his family. I asked him what exciting things he had done for his birthday and he said, “We had Canadian donuts!” My thoughts immediately turned to Tim Horton’s, but further conversation revealed that wasn’t it… Daniel has…
Week #18, Houlihan’s
This week’s Donut Adventure took me to Houlihan’s for their Bedhead Brunch, which includes Italian donuts. John and I met Em and B mid-morning and were a bit surprised at how empty the restaurant was. We don’t eat at Houlihan’s often, I think it was over a year ago the last time we were there….
Week #17, Slivinski’s Bakery, Kearney, MO
This week I pointed the Donut-mobile north to Kearney, Missouri. An online review claimed Slivinski’s Bakery had the best old fashioned donut in the whole world. That claim required verification. Upon pulling in to the strip mall, the first thing I noticed was an interesting barber chair sitting on the sidewalk in front of the…