Donut You Wish

DONUT YOU WISH! Where to Get the Best Donuts in New Orleans

Buttermilk Drop Bakery District Donuts

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Blue Dot Donuts 218-4866, facebook.com/bluedotdonuts Gerald’s Donuts By Steven Melendez

When you think of delicious fried dough in New Orleans, your first thought is likely of beignets, the white pillowy treats beloved by visitors to the French Quarter, City Park, and numerous other locations around the area. But they’re not the only form of donut (or doughnut, if you’re feeling fancy, rather than phonetic) around. Here are some of the local donut shops throughout greater New Orleans offering their own delicious blends of sugar, flour, and fat. Whether you prefer a Homer Simpson-style neon glazed offering or something a bit more subdued, you’re likely to find it at one of these spots. And if you don’t feel like trekking out to get your donuts, remember that

many of these restaurants are available on food delivery apps.

Tastee Donuts

Stop by this homey Treme spot, near where St. Bernard Avenue and Broad Street meet, Tastee Donuts, a local chain with locations around the New Orleans area (a handy one can to grab their namesake type of donut. Though it’s shaped like the donut holes you might be found at the corner of Esplanade Avenue and Broad Street), is a perfectly good spot to get from the big chains and eat by the fistful, just one of these is likely to be (more drop in for a donut or several. Many enjoy the simple old-fashioned donuts, but there are than) enough to satisfy. It’s a big, delicious fried lump of sweet buttermilk dough with a cream-filled and glazed offerings as well, if that’s more your speed. And if you’d rather have gentle glaze on top. The bakery also offers other types of donuts, including classic jelly your grease in a salty form, give their Kastleburgers—hamburger or cheeseburger sliders and cream-filled donuts, as well as coffee. 1781 N. Dorgenois St., (504)252-4538, laden with sautéed onions on miniature buns, of the kind that you would find at Krystal buttermilkdrop.com or, yes, White Castle—a try. Various Locations, facebook.com/

Street in the Garden District and one on Harrison Avenue in Lakeview, Grab a jelly-filled, glazed, or old-fashioned donut at this bustling is a great place to stop in for classic donuts, including basic glazed shop in New Orleans East, located just down the street from the and cinnamon options, as well as rotating, usually intriguing flavors area’s location of the Office of Motor Vehicles. And keep in mind of the day. It also offers a variety of classic and fancy coffee options, that Chris’s is also a full-service bakery, offering customized cakes such as nitro cold brew coffee and Vietnamese iced coffee. If you’re made to order for birthdays and other occasions. Not only that, more in the mood for something savory, you can also grab a sack but it’s also a restaurant offering an assortment of breakfast food, of cheeseburger, fried chicken, or even tofu sliders. District is also including greasy Southern staples such as eggs, sausage, and grits. known for the donut croutons found in its salads, but call ahead or 7030 Bullard Ave., (504) 218-5814, facebook.com/pages/ check the online menu to see if and when those are available during category/Bakery/Chriss-Cakes-and-Donuts the coronavirus pandemic. Various Locations, districtdonuts.com Blue Dot Donuts

You can’t miss this bright blue building on Canal Street in Mid-City offers a variety of sugary creations, from king cake donuts available near the Carrollton Avenue shopping district. Its early hours—typically all year long to almost comically enormous bear claws and glazed open only from 6 a.m. to noon—have made it a favorite of both ultra- apple fritters. There are also breakfast, lunch, and dinner options late-night revelers and early-morning workers and joggers on their available, also including many items of the fried persuasion. Dayway to City Park. Blue Dot offers a good assortment of classic round old donuts, not yet stale, are often available by the sack at a steep donuts, as well as other options, such as its log-shaped maple bar, discount. 3301 S. Claiborne Ave., (504) 619-9954, facebook. which tastes like deliciously sweet syrup. 4301 Canal St., (504) com/Citydonutscafe2019

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Located amid the strip malls of Claiborne Avenue, this all-night spot

Terrytown Cafe & Donuts

As much of a diner as it is a donut shop, Gerald’s was known before Tastee Donuts If your donut craving strikes you on the Westbank, don’t despair: Terrytown Cafe & Donuts is open long hours with a mix of standard the coronavirus pandemic as a 24-hour hangout in St. Bernard Parish, donuts and some specialty items, including a super-sweet “apple just across the border from New Orleans. Feel free to grab a classic plate of eggs, bacon, crumbler.” The shop can get busy, but staff know how to keep the line moving. On a and toast or a juicy hamburger with fries or onion rings. But if you’re looking for something recent weekend visit, the parking lot was completely full, but savvy donut-lovers getting sweet instead or in addition, you can’t go wrong with Gerald’s blueberry donut, a big, heavy, their sugary fix could briefly leave their cars at a less-popular spot: the lot for a nearby sweet dose of what tastes like muffin dough, coated in a sweet but unobtrusive glaze. 6901 exercise track. 2018 Carol Sue Ave., Terrytown, (504) 393-1323, facebook.com/

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