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re: Best Donuts in New Orleans
Posted on 10/20/23 at 12:54 pm to Athis
Posted on 10/20/23 at 12:54 pm to Athis
I came here to post about Dorignac's buttermilk drops. I heard they bought the original recipe from KcKenzie's Bakery. If I'm driving through Metairie in the morning, I usually buy a couple of dozen to bring home.
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Posted on 10/20/23 at 1:30 pm to trussthetruzz
Don't know about the best, but Buttermilk Drop Bakery, on Dorgenois St., was damn good last week. I was the only cracker within miles, but was treated very well.
Posted on 10/20/23 at 1:53 pm to trussthetruzz
Dorignacs used to have a cherry fritter that rocked my nuts hard.
I moved away, so not sure If still there.
I moved away, so not sure If still there.
Posted on 10/20/23 at 1:59 pm to Raoul Stimulato
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Dorignacs used to have a cherry fritter that rocked my nuts hard.
You're supposed to eat it not frick it
Posted on 10/20/23 at 2:08 pm to trussthetruzz
Picou's. RIP.
Posted on 10/20/23 at 5:14 pm to trussthetruzz
I paid $14.50 for a dozen this morning at s local place. Is that the going rate these days? Haven’t bought a dozen in years and seems like they used to be $8 just a few years ago.
I know inflation is about 30% over the last 3 years but this seems like an outlier.
I know inflation is about 30% over the last 3 years but this seems like an outlier.
Posted on 10/20/23 at 5:45 pm to meeple
Remember when Nola.com ran a “best donuts in New Orleans” contest? Mr. Ronnie’s in Houma had a commanding lead until they were disqualified. I guess the uppity city-folk weren’t going to allow a Houma establishment to get any credit.
Posted on 10/20/23 at 6:03 pm to trussthetruzz
Little Js on Hickory in Harahan
Posted on 10/20/23 at 6:30 pm to TCO
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Remember when Nola.com ran a “best donuts in New Orleans” contest? Mr. Ronnie’s in Houma had a commanding lead until they were disqualified. I guess the uppity city-folk weren’t going to allow a Houma establishment to get any credit.
Or being in Houma
Posted on 10/20/23 at 7:16 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
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You have to drive to Houston to get a good Shipley’s donut. The ones from that Metairie Road location are a sad excuse.
Same with the Baton Rouge location. 7:30am and already serving stale, cold donuts.
Posted on 10/20/23 at 7:19 pm to trussthetruzz
Gerald's in da Parish
Posted on 10/20/23 at 8:03 pm to saintsfan22
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Or being in Houma
Hey, they put Mr Ronnie’s in the contest knowing it was in Houma. Nola.com probably would have left them in the contest if they weren’t running away with 70% of the vote.
Posted on 10/20/23 at 8:27 pm to Fun Bunch
Shipley donuts done right are nirvana.
Posted on 10/20/23 at 9:53 pm to trussthetruzz
The tastee on Espalande and Broad was the best when I was a kid
Posted on 10/21/23 at 3:35 am to GreenRockTiger
Friend,
I was told most of the Tastee Donuts, when they were sold from the Gil Copeland family to the current owners of that local chain, stopped using a key flavoring ingredient, which had natural vanilla extract, because of the cost. The only current former Tastee Donuts that are not owned by the current owners of the chain are the Tastee on Loyola in Kenner and Ronnie’s in Houma. Both of those locations continue to serve real Tastee donuts true to Gil Copeland’s recipe. The other Tastees, such as the one on Broad, in Lakeview and the ones in Metairie on W Esplanade and the one on Clearview do not use the vanilla extract. Like the McKenzie stickers on the old king cakes say, “You taste the difference.”
If you do a blind taste test you too will tell the difference. It is quite the shame that these Tastees do not taste as good as when you were a kid. The same can be said for Tastee king cakes. The only ones worth eating are the ones from Tastee in Kenner and Ronnie’s in Houma.
A little known story about donuts in New Orleans: the original Krispy Kreme recipe is supposedly a New Orleans recipe from a chef named Joseph LeBeau who sold it and his donut shop to the Kentucky family who made it a national name. KK did not arrive as a store until 2000 on Clearview not far from where Uncle’s favorite Manuel’s Hot Tamale food truck would park at the old strip on the articulating West Metairie. That strip was torn down in the mid 90s to make room for Sav-A-Center, which later became Rouses.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
I was told most of the Tastee Donuts, when they were sold from the Gil Copeland family to the current owners of that local chain, stopped using a key flavoring ingredient, which had natural vanilla extract, because of the cost. The only current former Tastee Donuts that are not owned by the current owners of the chain are the Tastee on Loyola in Kenner and Ronnie’s in Houma. Both of those locations continue to serve real Tastee donuts true to Gil Copeland’s recipe. The other Tastees, such as the one on Broad, in Lakeview and the ones in Metairie on W Esplanade and the one on Clearview do not use the vanilla extract. Like the McKenzie stickers on the old king cakes say, “You taste the difference.”
If you do a blind taste test you too will tell the difference. It is quite the shame that these Tastees do not taste as good as when you were a kid. The same can be said for Tastee king cakes. The only ones worth eating are the ones from Tastee in Kenner and Ronnie’s in Houma.
A little known story about donuts in New Orleans: the original Krispy Kreme recipe is supposedly a New Orleans recipe from a chef named Joseph LeBeau who sold it and his donut shop to the Kentucky family who made it a national name. KK did not arrive as a store until 2000 on Clearview not far from where Uncle’s favorite Manuel’s Hot Tamale food truck would park at the old strip on the articulating West Metairie. That strip was torn down in the mid 90s to make room for Sav-A-Center, which later became Rouses.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
This post was edited on 10/21/23 at 3:47 am
Posted on 10/21/23 at 6:16 am to TulaneLSU
Try Dough Nguyener's in Old Gretna
Posted on 10/21/23 at 7:20 am to trussthetruzz
Antoine’s glazed beignets
Posted on 10/21/23 at 2:09 pm to trussthetruzz
Krispy Kreme is the only glazed donut that's good when both warm and cold.
All others suck when cold. Krispy Kreme is the only answer here.
All others suck when cold. Krispy Kreme is the only answer here.
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