Plaza Pastries and Donuts

Tower Grove has a donut shop! It is sandwiched between South Grand and Kingshighway, and since it's not on a main road, it is easy to overlook.

 South Grand and Tower Grove Park are some of the greatest places in St. Louis. Sometimes tourist destinations like the nearby Botanical Gardens overshadow this area, but if you're visiting STL, make it a point to go here.

 Employee was super friendly and gave us complimentary donut holes while we debated. She recommended her favorite, the Buttermilk Donut Stick, which was delicious. Mike noted that it would be "the best donut to go with coffee". 
As I write this, I'm already wanting to go back. A good sign.

 We also got a Strawberry Iced and Chocolate Cake donut, both of which were tasty, homemade, and old fashioned. 

 Plaza Pastries and Donuts has been open for 4 years.  Their location and endearingly ancient signage gave me low expectations, but they make some good donuts! 

 On Sunday by 11am they had sold out of their most popular customer favorites and I found myself being happy for them about this. 

Plus, they sell pre-made trays of donuts. Great for bulk purchases. I've never seen that before.

 *Note: You can use a card if you spend more than $6. This is reasonable!

Hours
Tue-Fri 6 am - 6 pm
Sat 6 am - 3 pm
Sun 6 am - 2 pm

Location
3182 Morgan Ford Rd
Saint Louis, MO 63116

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fried Croissant or Fried Danish Cruller?

Image
Michael recently developed a fondness for Fried Croissants and of course they are delicious. So I get it. But I feel one of my favorite types of doughnuts is being overlooked- the Fried Danish Cruller - the figure 8 shaped doughnut with twisty middle. And my main question: do these actually exist in Denmark? So we taste tested them from Schnuck's bakery one day & agreed the Fried Croissant was better. I still think the Danish from Federhoffer's tops it, but will have to do further research to be sure. If you know anywhere that makes delicious Fried Croissants or Danish Crullers, please comment below!
Read more

Beignets in STL - Bar 360 (Downtown)

Image
What's a beignet? "Beignet, synonymous with the English "fritter", is the French term for a pastry made from deep-fried choux pastry. Beignets can also be made from other types of dough, including yeast dough."- Wikipedia Thanks, Wikipedia! It's basically a fried little donut covered in powdered sugar. Sometimes they come with a dipping sauce that is chocolatey. Bar 360 in Downtown STL has beignets and they are a great sharable treat. They are bite sized and airy, like little pillows. These beignets tasted like they had cinnamon involved. They came out hot, but I almost liked them better cold. For $7, they give you a lot of beignets! We had 6 friends trying to conquer this plate and could barely do it. We also ate pizza, though. I read some Yelp complaints that the beignets weren't all cooked the same (some doughy, others crispy), but I didn't have this issue. They were good, but it was really all about the sauce, for me. They
Read more

Travel Edition - Pikes Peak "World Famous Donuts" at 14,000 ft

Image
The sign says they are "World Famous", so I had to break my gluten free streak for 1 bite. Maybe 2. But honestly, they are really only good if you dunk them in coffee. Otherwise, they were really oily. Kind of crunchy on the outside and more like a french fry than a donut. Or a funnel cake minus the powdered sugar. Why don't they add some powdered sugar?! There's an idea. According to the Rocky Mountain Food Report , doughnuts have been sold on the mountain for around 125 years... "They’re high-altitude [cake] doughnuts — they can only be made above 14,000 feet. … We just make high-altitude adjustments to the recipe. And of course we do have our secret ingredient, which we can’t reveal, sorry.” I'm sorry, too, Pikes Peak. Maybe you were having an off day, but I wasn't impressed. I guess I'll have to wait until I'm at 14,000 ft elevation again to give them a second try. ** Note: Oddly enough, after writing this, I'm totally craving
Read more