STL Donut Blog

World's Fair Donuts is important. Bottom line. On the corner of Shaw Blvd, this is a great stop along the way if you're hitting up the Missouri Botanical Gardens.  Things to enjoy at WFD: the old couple that runs it their DONUTS license plate on their car the ancient cash register fruit or chocolate-filled fried pie reasonable prices! Fried Pies:   In the video I'm eating a blueberry fried pie, which tastes to me a lot like a home-made toaster strudel. Less flaky, but same concept. If this was hot, it'd be perfect. I'm kind of a temperature snob about pie.  The biggest complaint against WFD I've heard and experienced is freshness. While the donuts do seem to be made fresh every day, if you get there towards closing time, you'll want a glass of milk. So if you want these donuts in their prime, go early. On the plus side, they have pretty decent hours. I suggest pulling an all nighter and going at 4:30ish. Hours: Mon-Fri 4 a

Today the donut craving hit around noon. Uh oh. On a Saturday, that means most donut shops are closing about now.  So my co-donut-eater, Mike, and I ran out the door.  We tried a shop I'd been wanting to blog about, but this unnamed donut shop was closing. Figures. So we almost settled for Kabobs, the logical second choice. But wait! Federhofer's! Federhofer's has sentimental value for me, because this is the bakery of my childhood. We came here when we needed bread, donuts, or sheet cakes. Today I got a chocolate long john, vanilla custard filled, and twisted danish dough cruller. I highly recommend anything with Federhofer's chocolate icing. French crullers are also excellent and I would've gotten one if I'd woken up earlier. My fault, no excuses. Seriously, though, if you like chocolate, this icing is top of the line. What I love about Federhofer's is that I don't feel terrible about myself after eating these donuts. The