STL Donut Blog

I'm sick for the 4th time this season. Woe is me. But in transit to the doctor's office, I spot this: Grand Opening! Wahoo! Ray's Donuts has 2 location- Brentwood and Olive. The cashier tells me they want to open 2 more locations in Kirkwood and the Central West End.  The donuts are not baked in the store. They have a separate baking facility from which the donuts are delivered each morning around 4:30am.   I got an Old Fashioned Sour Cream, Maple Long John, Chocolate Iced Old Fashioned, and Buttermilk. My favorite was the Old Fashioned Sour Cream , because it is small and simple. All of the donuts at Ray's are extremely sugary. The chocolate and maple icings were too sugary for my taste. I enjoyed them, but couldn't finish a whole donut in fear of a sugar coma. The Buttermilk is heavy and reminded me of gooey butter cake. It tastes great, but again, I could only handle 3 bites. Mike struggled to eat his half of the long john. These long j...

Donuts should be available to me 24 hours each day. Is that so much to ask? Old Towne Donuts in Fenton is open 24 hours on Saturday and Sunday. So I already love them for that. I got a French Cruller and a Buttertwist . The Buttertwist, I'm told, is made with more butter in the batter. Delicious. The Cruller was perfect. Mike got an apple-raspberry jelly-filled glazed donut. The filling is not as sweet as most, which we enjoyed. If you get there at the right time, I've seen them fill the donut in front of you. Exciting! Shane scarfed his chocolate long john in seconds. Long Johns are popular choices and come in chocolate, vanilla, and carmel. Apple fritters are popular, too. The bakers informed me that on weekends, most of the donuts are baked/fried between 7-9pm. The entire selection is out, in all its glory, by 10pm. I will say they could use an interior decorator. But love is blind, right? And cold water is not the knob you'd think. You've been w...