{"id":304,"date":"2009-01-27T02:15:27","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T07:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=304"},"modified":"2012-03-26T22:39:28","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T03:39:28","slug":"mister-donut-forest-drive-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"Mister Donut, 4727 Forest Drive: 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I talked about the doughnut store on Saint Andrews Road<\/a> a few days ago, and that made me think of Mister Donut<\/i> on Forest Drive.<\/p>\n

I've written earlier<\/a> about how we used to get hot Krispy Kremes when we went to wait for my aunt at the train station, but after Krispy Kreme<\/i> moved across the river, Mister Donut<\/i> was the only doughnut store near us, and it was always a special treat to stop there. <\/p>\n

I had a little trouble with the name of the place. Their sign used a flowing cursive script, and to me it looked like \"W<\/b>ister Donut\", which when you are a kid doesn't seem like an impossibly stupid name for a store, so that's how I always thought of it, though I was always able to get it straight when talking about the place.<\/p>\n

Mister Donut dougnuts were both larger and more substantial than Krispy Kremes. My favorite was the \"honey dipped\", which I would say was about twice the size of a Kripy Kreme \"original glazed\", and much denser (though it was still a true [non \"cake\"] doughnut). In those days, I wasn't allowed coffee except on special occasions, so I liked to get the hot chocolate (which I remember as very good) for dunking purposes.<\/p>\n

I was upset when Mister Donut<\/i> was replaced by Dunkin' Donuts<\/i>, a chain which I felt (and feel) had inferior recipies (and which at this location, according to my sister and The Free Times<\/a>, can not operate a competent drive-through window). I didn't know until I looked it up today<\/a> that Dunkin's parent company bought out Mister Donut<\/i> and mostly dropped the brand in the US (it survives overseas).<\/p>\n

The Dunkin' operation was smaller than Mister Donut<\/i> and the east side of the building stayed vacant for years but has recently been occupied by, I believe, a travel agency.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 26 March 2012<\/b>: Added full street address to the post title, and added some tags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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