Donut Disturbed

Last weekend, AC and I went on a donut binge to three purveyors of weekend-only donut specials. DCist ran my piece on our excursion today, but we wish to share with you some extra photographic evidence of this truly gluttonous experience. Folks, we ate 11 donuts in two days. And they were all terrific.



Colorado Kitchen does a fancy schmancy twist on the cake donut (AC usually loves cake donuts, me, not so much, but these were a different story). A trio of made-to-order piping hot assorted consists of one of each of the three varieties: powdered sugar, honey and toasted almonds, and chocolate glaze (homemade with Callebaut cocoa powder). These are served Saturdays and Sundays for brunch.

We washed our brunch down with vintage-style bottles of Cheerwine (mute the volume before checking out this insane Cheerwine tribute site), an old-school cherry soda from North Carolina. We were shocked to see that this faraway diner was selling such an obscure soda relic from a bygone era. But of course, we were pleased.

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The Tabard Inn is rather generous with their brunch donuts, serving up six airy, porous donuts dusted with cinnamon sugar, accompanied by a small bowl of totally extraneous vanilla whipped cream. These are served during brunch on Saturdays and Sundays.






We paired these fried dough rings with a couple of pulpy, delicious mimosas and one of Tabard Inn's proprietary brunch creations, the Cherry Thyme Fizz, a potent mixture of cherry brandy, rosewater syrup, champagne, and a sprig of thyme. Highly recommended.

At 2 Amys, a tray of large, brown, sugary donuts is the first thing Sunday guests see upon entering. This tray represents a finite donut supply; when they’re gone, they’re gone. So get them early and eat them quickly.




Despite the fact that these were the only donuts in our survey that were not made to order, they turned out to be our favorite. The extra eggy, cinnamony, and slightly lemony dough was terrific. And they were dusted liberally with cinnamon sugar and accompanied by a similarly treated donut hole.






Get some donuts for brunch at the following three places:



Colorado Kitchen

5515 Colorado Ave. NW

Washington, DC

(202) 545-8280



2Amys

3715 Macomb Street NW

Washington, DC

(202) 885-5700



Tabard Inn

1739 N Street NW

Washington, DC

(202) 785-1277

—AC & AK