Famous Doughnuts

Yes, you can get coffee here, and it's perfectly good. But the specialty Famous Doughnuts is best known for is right in the place's name: they've been whipping 'em up hot and fresh everyday for University Heights denizens since 1938. You won't find a ton of variety, but what these folks do, they do well. Glazed doughnuts are what to order: unlike some competitors we could name (ahem, Paula's), the texture is pleasantly light and fluffy, the sweetness is not overbearing, and the doughnuts are manageable in size, small enough for one person to eat at a sitting. They do serve filled doughnuts too, but they're not quite as good.

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Address

3043 Main St.

Getting there

Metro Bus 8 or 23; Metro Rail: LaSalle

Hours

Mon-Fri 6:30AM-6:30PM, Sat 6:30AM-2PM, Sun noon-4PM