Best doughnuts in Calgary?

[ExtraSlow]

Looking for the best doughnuts in Calgary. Lots of good bakeries make some very mediocre doughnuts. Timmies no longer excites my tastebuds, and I was never a fan of Krispy Kreme, although i think they are closed now.

So where do you get your Doughnut fix?

Also, on a related note, does anyone know any bakeries that are open evenings? Prefer North and Central locations.

[signature7]

I really like Safeway doughnuts lol.

[pf0sh0]

Originally posted by signature7
I really like Safeway doughnuts lol.

haha first thought that came to my mind too! lol

[Tenz]

The Boss and I were talking about this out of the blue yesterday and we really couldn't think of a place. Maybe Robins Donuts? I haven't been to a robins in like 6+ years. I don't think there are any Country Style places around either. We concluded that everyone just wants coffee these days. :(

[ricosuave]

superstore (when freshly baked) FTW

[nismodrifter]

Safeway Donuts are CRAZY good!! :drool:

[bashir26]

Originally posted by nismodrifter
Safeway Donuts are CRAZY good!! :drool:

:werd:

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by signature7
I really like Safeway doughnuts lol.

Safeway FTW. +1000.

Freshly baked every morning, you can smell the donuts and bread throughout the whole store. It's definitely my favorite place to go to.

I agree that Superstore might have decent donuts when baked fresh, but who knows when that is :nut: . I find superstore baked goods to be so disgusting due to how they're stored. Everyone touches them with their grimy hands, etc.

[swak]

another +1 for safeway.

So good, especially the ones covered in the caramel maple stuff.

[ExtraSlow]

I'll answer the second part of my question.
Urban Bakery on Edmonton Trail is open till 9pm weekdays. I doubt if it's fresh at that time of day, but it's open. Just picked up a pie. Will report back.

[sputnik]

Safeway/Sobeys

[Neil4Speed]

There is a place near Gasoline Alley (Red Deer), called I beleive the donut mill? Really good doughnuts, also another place heading west of Calgary on Highway 1, near COP.

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Neil4Speed
There is a place near Gasoline Alley (Red Deer), called I beleive the donut mill?

:barf:

Everytime I go there and have a doughnut, it tastes like it was sitting there for a couple of days.

[VaN_HaMMeRSTeiN]

Try the croisant doughnut from safeway.. it is a mad winner

[adidas]

I thought i was the only one who enjoyed Safeways doughnuts, but im glad everyone else likes them as well!

[Pahnda]

Another one for safeway. Their danishes are likewise great. I hate superstore's pastries, they're always crazy hard, even the fresh ones. I'm a softie.

[pf0sh0]

Originally posted by VaN_HaMMeRSTeiN
Try the croisant doughnut from safeway.. it is a mad winner

I know what you speak of. with the chocolate all over it,.

[Disoblige]

Haha I like the croissant donuts there but I feel like shit after eating one. Maybe it's because a croissant is already so fucking fat already, then you glaze the shit out of it and drizzle chocolate on top.

[nrt_vw]

yep safeway doughnuts are good

[calgarian99]

Buy the safeway donuts a day or two after they have been baked. Big savings.

[Disoblige]

Originally posted by calgarian99
Buy the safeway donuts a day or two after they have been baked. Big savings.

:barf: :barf:

[Trini]

+1 on the safeway doughnuts :drool:

[bignerd]

My favourite is also Safeway, Chocolate long john with sprinkles... When I read the title of this post the first thing I thought was " Not Timmies!"

[redsrt4]

try glamourgan bakery, along richmond rd. sw..

[Rohling]

Glamorgan Bakery has an awesome Mocha Cake

[Jonel]

safeway donuts with cinnamon sugar =D

[GMC99]

Gas stations have good donuts. I usually gas up at Petro and grab a donut and then put it in the microwave there. Not bad even though it was probably sitting there all day. :drool:

[Power_Of_Rotary]

did no one mention krispy kreams...?

seriously it was the biggest thing in calgary the week/month it opened

people seemed to have forgotten those damned delicious but heartstopping donuts...

[signature7]

krispy kreme was just okay for me, too soft for my liking I think. I thought they closed down a while back? Can anyone confirm?

[clem24]

Originally posted by signature7
krispy kreme was just okay for me, too soft for my liking I think. I thought they closed down a while back? Can anyone confirm?

Yeah they packed it up, but I believe you can still get the pre-packaged ones.


Originally posted by Rohling
Glamorgan Bakery has an awesome Mocha Cake

My wife bought some ham and cheese bread from there, and it was pretty effing good, but I could only eat a bit before feeling all the lard and butter that goes into it.

[Rat Fink]

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[cdnsir]

I went there at 10am today and you guys are right! OMG, best donuts in town!!! Had a fresh maple and an apple fritter, both are crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. Unbelievable donuts, wow!

[AtkinsApproved]

Drive out to strathmore in the morning and go to Rocky's bakery. They are usually sold out by 10:00am. They are soooo good and always still warm when you get them. So fresh

[cooker99]

Originally posted by calgarian99
Buy the safeway donuts a day or two after they have been baked. Big savings.

Interesting. I am not picky, so this may have to be tried out soon.

[psycoticclown]

Safeway doughnuts are amazing when they come right out.

Used to work at Safeway and I would always go to the bakery at 6 or 7 in the morning if I had a morning shift and get em right from the oven... so fucking amazing :drool:

[projekz]

Originally posted by Rat Fink
assholes, now I'm going to drag my fat ass to safeway for breakfast donuts.

Exactly what I was thinking....MUST HAVE DONUTS :drool: :drool:

[xxxazntigerxx]

now i want donuts from asfeway fcukk and there closed

[Unknown303]

I hope they open soon! I need to check this out. Time for a early morning donut run when I complete work.

[nonlinear]

question from a corn-raised yankee:

why do canadians love doughnuts so much?

i really don't get it.... doughnuts are even used to coerce the secretary in Strange Brew into giving up the secret code to the evil factory!

[Disoblige]

Mmm.. It's not just Canadians. It's North America and more, probably more in the States as there are more variety.

Busy people = Not much time in their day/morning to eat, and donuts and coffee are quick, easy, full of energy and delicious.

[Melinda]

Originally posted by signature7
krispy kreme was just okay for me, too soft for my liking I think. I thought they closed down a while back? Can anyone confirm?
Haha yeah they closed down and as irony would have it, a Tim Hortons is moving into their location haha

[D'z Nutz]

haha actually Tim's has been opened for a while. I was there twice last week

[nonlinear]

Originally posted by Disoblige
Mmm.. It's not just Canadians. It's North America and more, probably more in the States as there are more variety.


nope, i'm from the states, and can assure you that this is a Canadian cultural thing... i've never seen any culture anywhere in the world so obsessed with doughnuts as canada. i mean c'mon, i'm typing about doughnuts on a canadian car forum :)

do a google search on "canada doughnut consumption" and you'll see that canada has the highest per capita doughnut consumption in the world. (e.g. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2008/04/12/canadas_holey_icon_our_eyes_glaze_over/

there is also a book about canada's love affair with the doughnut: http://www.amazon.ca/Donut-Canadian-History-Steve-Penfold/dp/0802095453

[Speed_69]

Originally posted by Melinda

Haha yeah they closed down and as irony would have it, a Tim Hortons is moving into their location haha

Yup it's actually been open for awhile. i've been there a few times the past few weeks.

[sputnik]

Tim Horton's is HANDS DOWN the absolute WORST doughnuts in existence.

They are like Wonder Bread with icing since they no longer actually make them fresh anymore.

[chengj]

Originally posted by nonlinear
[B]

nope, i'm from the states, and can assure you that this is a Canadian cultural thing...

...


The best donuts I've ever had hands down... was actually in St. Louis (I was there a month ago):

http://www.missouri66.org/donut_drive_in.html

Blew away everything I've found here. The locals all seemed to be pretty aware how good they were... there was a steady stream of people there. Maybe in the states it's more of a regional thing. *shrug* As I didn't see ANY chain donut stores there...

[nonlinear]

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"it's my last one..." :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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[darkENERGIE]

Originally posted by pf0sh0


I know what you speak of. with the chocolate all over it,.

SO GOOD. :drool:
you can feel your arteries clogging as you eat it though

[black13]

Safeway has the best donuts but the best Chocolate cross-aunts go to Superstore. It's hands down the best, this is at the Country hills/sarcee one that I go to. Don't know about the rest but definitely worth a try.

[Disoblige]

I don't know about Superstore's freshness in the morning, but any sweet stuff there in the day is simply terrible. I used to love their muffins, but now they rarely have Carrot flavored anymore.

[dirtsniffer]

BUUUUUMP.

I had a shity Tim's donut today and it was as shity as expected. Where can I get some good ones?

[suntan]

Why the hell isn't the Korean Donut Cartel in Calgary?

[bourge73]

Modern Jelly Donuts? $$ but so good...

[suntan]

Glamorgan. That was what I trying to remember.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by dirtsniffer
BUUUUUMP.

I had a shity Tim's donut today and it was as shity as expected. Where can I get some good ones?
:werd:
I keep falling for the "limited edition" ones. Had the mint fudge brownie one today. Not a fan.

[G-ZUS]

Are there any timmies that still make them in store? Aint nothing like a long john filled with whipped cream

[killramos]

Pretty sure they are all shipped in frozen from gfs like literally everywhere else. Placed in a special oven to warm up that they call "baking".

Personally have never understood the appeal of donuts, I'll eat them during a meeting or something but almost always regret it. They are really not that great of a food.

I guess they are cheap and have that going for them?

[suntan]

I've never had them, but the Italian Store has donuts.

[Kjonus]

Not Calgary but if you're heading north drop into the Doughnut Mill along gasoline ally in Red Deer

[dirtsniffer]

Italian store, as in the italian centre? I love that place.

GOing to edmonton in a couple weeks and will go to the doughnut mill. My parents were going through there last week and i asked them to stop and apparently some fuck told them this place in leduc was better so they went there instead. fuck.

[suntan]

No, the Italian Store as in "The Italian Store":

http://www.italianstore.ca/

[GenerationX]

Originally posted by suntan
Glamorgan. That was what I trying to remember.
:drool: :drool: so good

[Crazyjoker77]

wheres all of beyond resident CPS members I feel like they should have some input in this thread :burnout:

[suntan]

They all go to TH.

Sobey's has some "deluxe" donuts that are quite good. Co-op's had a great bakery section for decades now.

[speedog]

Doughnuts don't even rate when compared to spudnuts but you've got to go to Lethbridge for them. Sadly my Mom hasn't made them for decades, maybe I'll have to try my hand at them.

[bulaian]

Wtf is a spudnut?

Safeway doughnuts :thumbsup:

[aaronck]

Originally posted by bulaian
Wtf is a spudnut?

Safeway doughnuts :thumbsup:

Ha, even better after 7pm. Half price!

[Disoblige]

Almost 7.5 years later since my post in this thread, Safeway still #1 :thumbsup:

[dirtsniffer]

Originally posted by suntan
No, the Italian Store as in "The Italian Store":

http://www.italianstore.ca/


lol, I may as well drive to red deer.

[R-Audi]

I saw something online that a store in Calgary was doing Cro-nuts, (Cant remember where now) has anyone tried them? (Croissant/Donut mix)

[Brent.ff]

Originally posted by R-Audi
I saw something online that a store in Calgary was doing Cro-nuts, (Cant remember where now) has anyone tried them? (Croissant/Donut mix)

The croissant-ish donuts at safeway are easily within my top 3 donut..

[r3ccOs]

glamorgan bakery by far

I pick up half a dozen every saturday morning... they are all awesome but the Jam filled is exceptional

[Kritafo]

spudnut.... :drool:

made with potato flour instead of regular flour.

It use to be a chain mostly in the US but there were some in Canada You can get spudnuts in Lethbridge at Crazy Cakes and only on Thursdays

http://www.crazycakes.ca/menu