Doughnut Plant, Manhattan

What: Creme Brule, Lemon Poppy Seed, Blackberry, Cashew Orange Blossom
Where: 379 Grand St, Manhattan 10002
When: Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
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Doughnut Plant is celebrating it's 20th anniversary this year. FYI. They have a couple locations and we went to the one right on the other side of the Williamsburg Bridge during our 2014 Donut Tour. Sorry, Doughnut Tour. Gotta match the location. The set up was very industrial and polished. They had four main kinds of doughnuts: yeast, cake, square filled, and seeds. The seeds are smaller filled donuts with about a 3in diameter. We chose four of those; this was our 3rd stop of the day.

CW from top left: Blackberry, Cashew
Orange Blossom, Lemon Poppy Seed,
Creme Brule

The creme brule was well done with a great burnt sugar glaze and delicious filling. The lemon poppy seed was also excellent, great lemon flavoring. The blackberry was good with a strong filling, but almost seemed boring compared to the other flavors. The cashew orange blossom had good citrus flavor and reminded my sister and I of Apple Jacks for some weird reason. It also had some crushed nuts sprinkled on top. My sister's favorites were the cashew orange blossom and lemon poppy seed, my favorites were the creme brule and lemon poppy seed. In fact, in my notes for the review (what, you don't take notes about doughnuts you're eating???) I simply said: "Lemon is awesome."

The store's design scheme revolved
around these stylized representations of
their styles of doughnuts. This was the
bench seat.

The seeds ranged in price from $2.50-3.50, making this our most expensive stop of the day. They had a large (6in square) special doughnut for St. Patrick's Day that was $5.50 and had mint frosting, but we didn't try it. No bathrooms.

Blackberry: 3.5/5
Cashew Orange Blossom: 2/5
Creme Brule: 4.5/5
Lemon Poppy Seed: 4.5/5