STL Donut Blog

My dad lives in Chicago and as genetics would have it, also loves a good donut! We stopped by Stan's Donuts after eating an insane amount of Polish food. I really wish I had been more hungry and could've tried more donuts, because they had lots of fun varieties that sounded good. Donuts I thought about ordering included: Pistachio Captain Crunch Bismark Glazed Pretzel Biscoff Pocket Boston Cream Coconut Cream So as you can see, there were lots of options. My big complaint is that I didn't have time to see all my options before ordering. You see, the line is set up backwards. You go through the line with a bunch of people standing in front of the donuts and then you're IMMEDIATELY expected to know your order. I even had a snarky comment made from the guy behind the counter - he said something like "I can help whoever knows their order" - and he said it like he was frustrated with me staring at the 5 trillion options. Hard to see here, but t...

My mom is in town and staying with me for a few weeks, so this morning I convinced her to join me for some pre-work doughnuts! I made sure to wear my Fitbit and put it in the foreground of the pic so that everyone knows I'm actually a very healthy person that just happens to eat donuts ;) I'm super happy about the new Vincent Van Doughnut location in The Grove! I work in the CIC buildings right by IKEA and as the official self-dubbed Party Planning Committee of my company, I can plan company outings here now! We ordered a  Coffee Chocolate Doughnut  and a variety of  Doughnut Holes - cinnamon sugar & glazed.  We also got a  savory breakfast pocket with Ham, Egg and Cheese . It's nice that they serve more breakfasty items in addition to doughnuts. Breakfast pocket, fresh donut holes, and some seriously delicious donuts I liked the cinnamon donut holes better than the glazed. There are even gluten free op...