Dutch Monkey Doughnuts
You just have to love this cute doughnut shop. It reminds me so much of San Francisco: from the concept, down to the store colors. Even the mascot is super cute.
Doughnuts are made in-house by hand daily using nothing but top notch ingredients — Valrhona, Tahitian, Canadian — are just some of the catch words thrown around at this place. Proprietors Arpana and Martin (both of whom are professionally-trained chefs), are both veterans in the restaurant industry, with stints at Mesa Grill and Craft, to name a few. I came in one morning, a week after they opened and saw Chef Martin busy making the dough for the following day. I love the bakery smell that permeates the place which is just pleasantly intoxicating.
There are about 20 types of doughnuts in any given day including the regulars, and a few specials that change daily. The doughnuts here are yeasty, dense, and resemble bread more than pastry. They are thicker in size, yet soft, with an inside that is airy and springs back up after each bite. They are good. But in a yeasty, bready kind of way. I like it that they are not cloyingly sweet either.
Insider tip:
Check website for daily flavors.
The scoop:
Dutch Monkey Doughnuts
3075 Ronald Reagan Blvd Suite 502
Cumming, GA 30041
(404) 432-5130
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Sean // Nov 15, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Dude…I’m getting shafted on doughnuts and pizza (mostly) in Athens. I still haven’t been to Sublime either.
Better start reorganizing my list now for winter break…
2 FoodieBuddha // Nov 15, 2009 at 6:53 pm
You are a Dutch monkey! and this post rocks my banana!
3 Roland // Nov 16, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Their donuts are simply awesome. Let’s just say that we frequent this joint REGULARLY.
4 Chloe // Nov 16, 2009 at 9:43 pm
@Sean / @FoodieBuddha: LOL!!!
Roland — Have you had Sublime? The doughnuts there resemble pastry, thus, buttery soft. Heavenly. I did not want to compare both places on the post because they are two different animals — one is pastry and this here is bready (a word for bread-like?) — for fear that readers might construe one to be better than the other. It really depends on personal preference. To me, both are exceptionally amazing!!!
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