Donut Bar

Where: 621 B St, San Diego CA
What: Lemon filled powdered donut
When: Friday, April 12th, 2013
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My last donut stop of the great donut tour of 2013 was at The Donut Bar, a trendy new place in San Diego. The first time I found it, it was closed. They're only open until they run out of whatever donuts they made that morning. It was slightly disappointing, but I made it back the next day before they ran out (although they had a limited selection by that time, probably around 11-12pm or so.

I got the lemon filled powdered donut, and I do like lemon filling so it wasn't like I got whatever they had left. They were definitely out of maple by then, so that was slightly disappointing. The donut was $2 plus tip, tipping kind of makes donuts not so cheap anymore, but the prices seemed fair when you think about the love that they obviously put into all the donuts. The lemon filling was excellent, I could have done without all the powdered sugar just because I'm normally not a powdered donut fan. 3/5.

Super Donuts

Where: 590 Grand Ave, Carlsbad CA
What: Maple cake donut
When: Friday, April 12th, 2013.

After Hilltop, I took another bus to Super Donuts in Carlsbad. I had been in the area visiting a friend who commented after all my trips that I knew more about his local public transportation than he did! :-)

 They had a smaller selection than Hilltop, my maple cake donut cost 85 cents. The maple was more of a glaze than a frosting and not as flavorful as Hilltop. The cake donut was very good for a cake donut and slightly dense (but not too dense, still spongy). I'd give it a 3/5.

Hilltop Donuts

Where: Corner of Vista Way and Coast Hwy, Oceanside CA
What: Maple Bacon Raised Donut
When: Friday, April 12th, 2013.





There was a break in my donut tour of the West Coast in April because I had trouble finding open donut places while I was out and about going to actual tourist destinations. Apparently sight seeing got in the way. Sorry! The last day I was in California I made a point to visit some donut places and Hilltop was my first stop!




Got my first maple bacon donut and the woman asked if I wanted it warmed up. Sure, if that's how you eat a maple bacon donut. It was pretty amazing. The bacon was cooked just right and the maple frosting was the slightly artificial flavor I go for. The bacon was also cut into about 1 inch squares so it was easier to eat than if it had been in strips, which I have seen before. 5/5. It cost $1.50 and was totally worth it. They had a large selection of cake, raised, filled, and bar donuts. Even some twists and coffee rolls. Also large, like face sized large, fritters and bear claws. Lots of maple options.

Donuts & Things

Flattened donut. My bad.

Where: 1459 Polk St, San Francisco
What: Maple raised
When: Monday, April 8th, 2013


This place possibly has the best name of all the donut places I've been too. I almost wanted to name the blog Donuts and Things, but I didn't want to steal their name. It may have the worst location though, about half a block from Bob's Donuts. So I wasn't exactly hungry when we stumbled across it. Good thing that didn't stop me!

Oops...

The place was more of a cafe than a standard donut shop. One donut was 90 cents. Since I didn't eat my donut right away, it kind of got squished. Sorry for the horrible photo. It was pretty good though, exactly what you probably think of when you think raised donut. The maple was the more artificial flavoring that I like and the donut had a night flavor to it, not sure how it would have been better if I had no squished it so badly though. :-( 3.5/5

Bob's Donuts & Pastry Shop

Look at the giant donut!

I was enthralled!

Where: 1621 Polk St, San Francisco
What: Maple frosted cake donut
When: Monday, April 8th, 2013.

Maple Cake for me

Chocolate raised and coffee for my friend

So many yummy donuts in the window!

This place was super cute and old fashioned. Tons of donuts in the window and a counter to sit and drink some coffee. If you like coffee. I don't like coffee. They also had a 9" novelty donut for $5.95 which would be an awesome birthday cake! A standard donut was $0.85. My maple cake was awesome, my friend said her chocolate raised was also super yummy, but the coffee was pretty mediocre. I tried a bite of the raised donut and may have actually liked it better than the cake. It was super fluffly. 4/5.

Trish's Donuts

Where: Pier 39, San Francisco
What: Warm minis with cinnamon and sugar
When: Sunday, April 7th, 2013

This may have been the third donut stop of the day. Don't judge. I didn't eat full donuts at all the other places...

Anyways, 6 minis for $3. You could also buy an entire bucket of yummy, warm mini donuts. I refrained from buying the whole bucket. Sugar was sprinkled on top and almost melted into the donuts. They were very good, about two bites each and just almost melted in your mouth. The donuts at the bottom of the bag ended up covered in sugar to the point that you had to dust some of it off. 4/5, mostly because they were served warm. They probably would have just been a 2 or 3/5 if they were room temperature.

Barboloni

I'm sure the tablecloth was what attracted us.

Where: Ferry Building, San Francisco
What: Chocolate Creme
When: Sunday, April 7th, 2013

Menu, and proprietor in her hat

After I bought my organic donut, my friend bought one from this stand in the Ferry Building so we could compare the two. The woman had on a black trench coat and hat. It was interesting...anyways, they had a couple types of donuts and canolis, everything looked very authentic. The donut cost $3 with a tip in the tip jar. I wonder if you really have to tip for a donut. Hmm...

Sidetracked! The donut was yummy (especially compared to that other one from Pepples...). It had cinnamon and sugar sprinkled on the outside and the chocolate filling was light and fluffy. 4/5.

Just looks so nice and homemade, right?

Barboloni donut on the left,
Pepples on the right

I also like how some places I forget to take any pictures of and some places I end up with a bazillion pictures for one short review. I shall have to practice more! And eat more donuts!

Pepples Donuts

Where: San Francisco Ferry Building
What: Coffee Cake Donut
When: Sunday, April 7, 2013

Pepples was a little stand in the Ferry Building that advertised organic donuts. My friend also thought they were vegan, but the sign didn't say anything so I figured it was safe to try them. Plus, some vegan desserts are yummy. Vegan doesn't necessarily mean gross.

But possibly in this case...I couldn't even finish the donut. It was dry and had a weird after taste to the frosting. It was $3 including a tip. 0/5. Definitely not my favorite...