Tahoe’s Sweet, Sugary Doghnuts

a discount while dining out at several local restaurants. Funds directly benefit the classrooms of Tahoe Truckee Unified School District. | exined.org PINTS & PIES TO OPEN IN TAHOE CITY

Pints & Pies, a new eatery featuring pizza, classic Italian dishes and craft beer, will open in early November in the Boatworks Mall in Tahoe City. The new restaurant will replace Mirada’s Tacos & Tequila, which closed in late September.

The lakeside Italian eatery will feature classis pasta dishes like linguini with clams & prawns, fettuccine alfredo, veal piccata and chicken parmigiana, along with a selection of sandwiches, calzones and pizza. | boatworksatlaketahoe.com

Tahoe Blue Vodka is rolling out a colorful, eye-catching new bottle design that reflects the various hues of Lake Tahoe and highlights the brand’s ongoing commitment to preservation efforts. Tahoe Blue Vodka has donated more than $200,000 of its proceeds to organizations that work to protect Lake Tahoe and its surrounding environment. | tahoebluevodka.com

area venues | Truckee | Oct. 12-26 $49 | achievetahoe.org

virtual | Truckee | Oct. 12-15 6-7:30 p.m. $10 | slowfoodlaketahoe.org

The Idle Hour Lake Tahoe | South Lake Tahoe | Oct. 12-19 5-8 p.m. | (530) 600-3304, visitlaketahoe.com

Tahoe Wine Collective | Tahoe City | Oct. 13 5-8 p.m. | (530) 584-2714, vonpablo.com

Commons Beach | Tahoe City | Oct. 13 & 20 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | tahoecityfarmersmarket.com

Food Bank Garden | Truckee | Oct. 13 & 20 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | slowfoodlaketahoe.org

Tahoe Wine Collective | Tahoe City | Oct. 15 5-8 p.m. | tahoewinecollective.com

Food Bank Garden | Truckee | Oct. 15 & 22 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Free

Tahoe Club Crawl | Stateline | Oct. 15 & 22 7:45-11 p.m. | tahoeclubcrawl.ticketsauce.com

Food Bank Garden | Truckee | Oct. 17 & 24 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | slowfoodlaketahoe.org

Truckee River Regional Park | Oct. 18 8 a.m.-1 p.m. | chamber.truckee.com

Valhalla Tahoe | South Lake Tahoe | Oct. 18 5:30-8 p.m. $150 | visitlaketahoe.com

Glass Wine Bar | Incline Village | Oct. 25 3 p.m. | glasseswinebar.com

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STORY & PHOTOS BY KAYLA ANDERSON

Glazed & Confuzed.

In my opinion, biting into a soft sugary pastry (usually with a hole in the middle) accompanied by a coffee is the ideal way to begin a lovely autumn day and it’s nice to treat yourself and/or your crew every so often.

I was fortunate enough to meet owners Anthony and Mara Cavallaro when they opened Glazed & Confuzed Tahoe Donuts in 2018 — their offerings have only gotten better. After moving to their current location in the Bijou Shopping Center on the South Shore, the pair opened the soup-based Ladles by the Lake. The store is bright and fun with walls filled with brightly colored local art and framed pictures of Glazed & Confuzed’s signature Pink Floyd the Donut. Cases are full of mouthwatering edible gems such as crullers, Tutti Fruttis and Floyds. I couldn’t resist getting a Floyd, biting into the glazed donut with crazy, crunchy, candy eyes and rainbow-sugared fruit strip vomiting out of the donut hole mouth. Many other Floyds have been scarfed down just as quickly and is so popular it has its own Instagram account @floydthedonut. | glazedandconfuzedtahoedonut.com

Over at the Y next to Raley’s on Emerald Bay Road on the South Shore, TV Donuts has an impressive selection of sweet doughy treats. Manager Karen admits that people come all the way from the North Shore to stock up on donut holes, bacon maple bars, apple fritters, mochi donuts and specialty confections such as The Bomb, consisting of a glazed bar with chocolate icing on top filled with homemade whipped cream and fresh strawberries. It’s been in business since 2019. Everyone in my household liked the basic, pink-sprinkled doughnut and talked about it for days. It was kind of crumbly, buttery and sweet, the perfect size. The smell and taste lingered for a while. The green tea mochi donut was a little more pillowy, while the Starfish and Shark specialty topped with blue raspberry frosting and gummy candy could be all you needed to get your sugar fix. It’s also worth noting that the apple fritter was the best I have ever had, like biting into a brown sugared/candied cinnamon apple. Karen said that one donut reviewer travelled all over the country looking for the perfect apple fritter and found it at TV Donuts. | @TV Donuts

White Rabbit Ramen + Donut in the Village at Northstar California specializes in mochi donuts but keeps inconsistent hours during off season, preventing me from visiting for this story. Let us know what you think when you visit; tag us @thetahoeweekly. Suzie Scoops in Incline Village, Nev., was making doughnuts, but someone complained about the smell, so they had to halt operations. | whiterabbitnorthstar. com n

OCTOBER 13-26, 2011 | Fall colors in all their glory along the Truckee River in this fine art photography entitled “Autumn Sunshine, Truckee River.” Photography by Elizabeth Carmel, TheCarmelGallery.com.

OCTOBER 11-24, 2012 | The Truckee Regulators were featured on the cover for the Historical Haunted Tour in Truckee. From bottom to top are: John Creveling, Vince Devaney, Dennis Cook, Josh Susman, Toot Joslin and Greg Van Loon. Photography by Scott Thompson, ScottShotsPhoto.com.

More covers from our past will be featured @TheTahoeWeekly on Facebook and Instagram and in our newsletter throughout the year.