Posted November 2, 200618 yr Where are some places around OH to get a good donut? I want mostly local places, but chains, especially Tim Hortons and DD, (no KK), are welcome as well. BTW, are there any Tim Horton's located in OH?
November 2, 200618 yr There are Tim Hortons scattered across Ohio, here is the link to find one near you: http://web.sa.mapquest.com/timhortons/?tempset=search Central Pastry in Middletown is delicious, but I'm not much of a donut guy.
November 2, 200618 yr Jack Frost Donuts in Old Brooklyn (Cleveland) are the Best! It is located on the corner of Fulton/Pearl across from "Don's Brooklyn Chevrolet". Donut Connection on Memphis/Fulton (also O.B.) aint bad either. Great sunday morning talk with the old timers there!
November 2, 200618 yr I second Bill's Donuts in Centerville Also, growing up, I was always a fan of Charlie's Pastry Shop in Celina, but it's been quite awhile since I've been there...so I don't remember if I really like the donuts or if it's more a nostalgic things, as they have been around forever.
November 3, 200618 yr gosh... there was/is one on high street across from the OSU main campus... can't remember the name... must be getting too old... ouch...
November 3, 200618 yr Bill has retired, but the donuts are still good at Bills. The place as a big reputation in the Dayton area, though there are a lot of local donut places around, it seems.
November 3, 200618 yr BTW, are there any Tim Horton's located in OH? It's headquartered here, just an FYI. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 3, 200618 yr gosh... there was/is one on high street across from the OSU main campus... can't remember the name... must be getting too old... ouch... Buckeye Donuts. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 3, 200618 yr Spudnuts! Locations in Rocky River (on Center Ridge Rd), Berea, and Mentor. "The upper crust of the donut world"
November 3, 200618 yr BTW, are there any Tim Horton's located in OH? It's headquartered here, just an FYI. You're right. It mergered with Wendy's in 1995. It stayed a separate entity though. The same year it entered the U.S. market; according to the site, I just found: http://www.timhortons.com/en/about/history_1995.html But, apparently it got its start in Hamilton, Ontario in 1964. Interesting
November 3, 200618 yr Schuler's in Springfield is a regular bakery but their glazed donuts & chocolate covered-cream filled donuts are, uh, good.
November 3, 200618 yr Meek's Pastry on Linwood Ave in Norwalk: excellent The Doughnut Factory on Ohio 61 South in Norwalk: excellent ...............both places closed a few years ago :(
November 3, 200618 yr I highly recommend Becker's Donuts & Bakery in Fairview Park (western Cleveland suburb). They had several shops around Cleveland for decades, closed them all in the 1990s (?), then the family's descendants reopened their Fairview Park shop a few months ago. They still have the same family recipies and some of the same employees. http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&q=doughnuts&near=Fairview+Park,+OH+44126&radius=0.0&latlng=41441389,-81864444,3971974372199626946&sa=X&oi=local&ct=result&cd=3 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 3, 200618 yr I'm not generally a fan of doughnuts, but I have a serious sweet tooth for pastries, particularly anything combining coconut and chocolate. My vote goes to Corbos in Cleveland's Little Italy, http://www.corbos.com/ and specifically, these (I don't know the name, they're basically a macaroon encased in dense chocolate): And a close runner-up: Corbos: clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
November 4, 200618 yr Buckeye donuts are the best. Although with the way N. High is changing....it'll be knocked down for another crappy Starbucks in a few years.
November 5, 200618 yr Donald's donuts on Maple Ave (SR 60) in Zanesville is fabulous, the best I have ever had! I was there one time at about 6:30 in the morning and a couple from Marion came in. They drove down just to get some donuts from Donald's.
November 6, 200618 yr Buckeye donuts are the best. Although with the way N. High is changing....it'll be knocked down for another crappy Starbucks in a few years. Even if they do, there is a Buckeye Donuts on S. High near Merion Village. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 6, 200618 yr ^Isn't that the one Dave Attel went into in the Columbus episode of "insomniac"?.
November 6, 200618 yr ^Yes. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 6, 200618 yr I highly recommend Becker's Donuts & Bakery in Fairview Park (western Cleveland suburb). They had several shops around Cleveland for decades, closed them all in the 1990s (?), then the family's descendants reopened their Fairview Park shop a few months ago. They still have the same family recipies and some of the same employees. KJP - I took your advice this weekend and tried Becker's...they were awesome. Very fresh and tasty. I never noticed their store before, and I drive by there all the time (Presto's is one of my favorite sandwich shops). Thanks for the tip!
November 7, 200618 yr Dough...nuts? I said no ethnic food! I would do anything for a Tim Horton's in Wooster.... honey crueller... ahhhh... I don't believe Corbo's has doughnuts? But they do have superb cannoli
January 20, 200718 yr Buckeye Donuts in Merion Village may be fine, but the campus Buckeye Donuts is fantastic because of the location, history, character and characters. Name me another donut shop in the world that delivers gyros to your house. It's open 24 hours and features patrons speaking any number of languages. I was in there once at 3 a.m. years ago and was writing in a little notebook I had. I looked around and realized the only other customers were three other men also writing in notebooks. Scary.
January 21, 200718 yr There are Tim Hortons scattered across Ohio, here is the link to find one near you: http://web.sa.mapquest.com/timhortons/?tempset=search Central Pastry in Middletown is delicious, but I'm not much of a donut guy. Eh, Milton's Donuts in Middletown are better.
October 3, 200816 yr I was going to put this in the "Cleveland Restaurant Discoveries" thread, but then I remembered this thread. The Doughnut Pantry in Lakewood has the best doughnuts in NEO, and its not even close. Their glazed chocolate cake doughnuts might just be the best doughnut in America, and I'm not exaggerating. They are airy and light, soft, and just a little undercooked in the middle so its moist. I could eat 5 of those right now, and I'm not even really a doughnut guy.
October 3, 200816 yr Deluxe pastries in Ravenna. Yum... I tried to get a job there in high school just for the employee discount.
October 3, 200816 yr Deluxe pastries in Ravenna. Yum... I tried to get a job there in high school just for the employee discount. A grumpy dude with a sweet tooth! LOL
October 4, 200816 yr ^ I love Jolly Pirate! I don't eat donuts that much though. I'd rather fill a giant salad bowl with fruity pebbles. I've been meaning to check out the new dunkin donuts and Soup Nazi place at Broad and High. I went in there and got a menu and couldn't believe how friendly the service was. They're all like "thank you, we really hope you come back and see us!!" I wish they had a real soup nazi there like in Seinfeld.
October 4, 200816 yr amy joy duuhhhh! seriously presti's sour cream are thee best. also cool is buckeye donuts on high st osu. bills donuts in centerville fills up our containers of coffee. nice. oh and historically thee best of all, bob's ghetto glazed yeast style & ladyfinger style donuts....and chicken (!) in lorain. r.i.p. :| heh.
October 4, 200816 yr Jack Frost Donuts at Pearl and Fulton Roads in Old Brooklyn (Cleveland)! I think now they're called JF Glaze.
June 6, 20232 yr according to Yelp 🤔-- Biagio’s in Eastlake ranked 29th on Yelp’s Top 100 best doughnut shops in America https://www.news-herald.com/2023/06/05/biagios-in-eastlake-ranked-29th-on-yelps-top-100-best-doughnut-shops-in-america/ http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 6, 20232 yr Also, Bill’s Donut Shop in Centerville was in the Top 100 as well. https://www.yelp.com/article/yelps-top-100-us-donut-shops-2023 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 6, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Also, Bill’s Donut Shop in Centerville was in the Top 100 as well. https://www.yelp.com/article/yelps-top-100-us-donut-shops-2023 Logged in before I even click on the thread title because I planned to comment on Bill's even if it wasn't here already. Love Bill's. I spent a lot of my evenings in high school hanging with friends there (CHS '03). My son now asks whenever we're in Dayton to go down there. My super "scene" Brooklyn transplant cousin raves about them. It's a special place. Ohio gold!
June 7, 20232 yr Yeah, Bill's is a treat...especially at 3am. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 7, 20232 yr Not that I've tried a ton of donut places, but George's Donuts in Twinsburg is the best I've had in NEO area.
June 7, 20232 yr On 10/3/2008 at 10:52 PM, cd-cleveland said: Jack Frost Donuts at Pearl and Fulton Roads in Old Brooklyn (Cleveland)! I think now they're called JF Glaze. My boss sometimes brings in donuts from Jack Frost. OMG are they good!
July 12, 20231 yr the legendary bob’s donuts of lorain family are all in on their donut history! 😂🍩 Lorain: 20 years later, memory of Bob’s Donuts lives on https://www.morningjournal.com/2022/12/28/lorain-20-years-later-memory-of-bobs-donuts-lives-on/
August 11, 20231 yr On 11/2/2006 at 2:50 PM, bry456 said: BTW, are there any Tim Horton's located in OH? Several years ago, way before the pandemic, it was reported the Tim Horton's was planning to open several locations in the Cleveland area. Well, that never happened. There is one in Akron, but nothing else in NE Ohio. There are quite a few in Columbus, Dayton and Toledo. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/02/whatever-happened-to-the-105-tim-hortons-coming-to-northeast-ohio.html Edited August 11, 20231 yr by LibertyBlvd
August 11, 20231 yr 40 minutes ago, LibertyBlvd said: Several years ago, way before the pandemic, it was reported the Tim Horton's was planning to open several locations in the Cleveland area. Well, that never happened. There is one in Akron, but nothing else in NE Ohio. There are quite a few in Columbus, Dayton and Toledo. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/02/whatever-happened-to-the-105-tim-hortons-coming-to-northeast-ohio.html Wow. I'm sure he appreciates the info, seventeen years later lol.
August 29, 2024Aug 29 On 8/11/2023 at 9:48 AM, LibertyBlvd said: Several years ago, way before the pandemic, it was reported the Tim Horton's was planning to open several locations in the Cleveland area. Well, that never happened. There is one in Akron, but nothing else in NE Ohio. There are quite a few in Columbus, Dayton and Toledo. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2019/02/whatever-happened-to-the-105-tim-hortons-coming-to-northeast-ohio.html I contacted Tim Horton's recently and asked about this. Here is the response: Thank you for taking the time to contact us at Tim Hortons with your location suggestion. While I don't have an answer as to why they haven't opened stores in Cleveland, a copy of your suggestion has been forwarded to our Real Estate Department for their review and consideration. We sincerely thank you for thinking of us and helping us to continually grow as a company. Please reach out again should you need anything else. We greatly appreciate your support and thank you for your ongoing patronage at Tim Hortons. Kind Regards, Krista Tim Hortons Guest Services
August 29, 2024Aug 29 When Tim Horton's was still a Columbus-based company they probably had their eyes on all of Ohio. Now that they aren't Ohio-based it probably got put on the back burner.
August 29, 2024Aug 29 I believe the relevant franchisee opened TH locations in Youngstown, none of which lasted very long. The Akron Ellet location failed. Only the US 224 location near Springfield Lake remains. I would think that Cleveland would be a tough doNUT to crack, as there are Dunkins up the wazoo. Then there is the franchisee's track record. Please correct me if the above is wrong. Also, I believe the presence of many TH's around Ohio is due to their old dalliance with Wendy's with whom they were sometimes co-located. Edited August 29, 2024Aug 29 by urb-a-saurus
August 29, 2024Aug 29 There was a Tim Horton's planned for Berea a couple years ago that made it all the way to approval by the planning commission, but apparently it's on an "indefinite hold". https://bwexponent.com/berea-tim-hortons-plans-placed-on-indefinite-hold/
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