STL Donut Blog

Dear Donut-Eaters, Of course I have a lengthy list of places I need to review, including John Donut St. Louis Hills Donuts Eddie's Southtown Donuts Donut Stop Tony's Donuts O'Fashion Donuts Inc. just to name a few. But I'm interested to know where YOUR favorite STL donut shops are located! Comment below! What's your favorite donut they make?

Donut Drive-In is seldom forgotten when STL's donut scene is discussed. And for good reason.  Sandwiched between tourist attractions like Ted Drewe's and Gooey Louie, Donut Drive-In is a Route-66 essential stop. Loyal patrons & South City residents have been super friendly to me. Once, when I forgot the cash only rule*, a nice gentlemen bought my donuts. And last night, while deliberating donut choices, the nice employee gave me a fresh Apple Fritter.  Despite my coaxing for variety, Mike and Randy each bought an  Apple Fritter.   I'm told there are 2 bakers and patrons have preferences on whose Fritters are better. I went on a Thursday night (9:30pm) and had a fresh one. Mike said it was, "like there's pie in my donut" and Randy mused that "the inside was airy" and it had "the right amount of crunch".  "I got everything I wanted from that," noted Randy.  ...

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...

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...

Nearly every local St. Louis magazine, at one time or another, has attempted to catalog the best donuts in our city. Cherry tart tangets or atmospheric floof has overshadowed what we really need to know. And with magazine or newspaper deadlines, how can one hungry reporter even begin to catalog STL's wealth of delicious fried, icinged, and sprinkled treats? I have no deadline. I have no incentive. I'm just a girl that likes to eat donuts and talk about them in my free time. And you know what I talk about the most? The necessity of a blog (this blog!) to guide and inform my donut decisions. My name is Tori and I'm setting out to give the St. Louis public an honest critique of every donut I eat.