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Sugar Rush: Free Doughnuts on National Doughnut Day
Talk about TGIF: Friday is National Doughnut Day (woo!), and several doughnut franchises will be handing out free treats to celebrate. Read on to plan your sugar rush accordingly.
By
Emily Leaman
,
Ann Limpert
Published Thursday, June 04, 2009
Krispy Kreme
This North Carolina-based chain is offering a free doughnut to every customer on June 5—no purchase is necessary. Here’s a tip: Try to snag one of the piping-hot confections straight off the conveyor belt. The doughnut will almost melt in your mouth.
Locations in Dupont Circle, Alexandria, Rockville, and Columbia.
Dunkin’ Donuts
This old standby is handing out free doughnuts with drink purchases. Mind if we make a suggestion? We love Dunkin’s double-brewed iced coffees. Add a pump of flavor—anything from toasted almond to blueberry—for an extra punch.
Locations in Penn Quarter, Eastern Market, Dupont Circle, Columbia Heights, and more. Click here to find a nearby store.
Fractured Prune
Fracture Prune’s original store is in Ocean City, Maryland. That’s why, on National Doughnut Day, all 17 Prune shops from Delaware to Ohio to Virginia are giving away a free cinnamon-sugar glazed Ocean City Sand doughnut to every customer.
Locations in Frederick, Rockville, Dulles, and Leesburg. Click here to find a store.
Want to celebrate with even more doughnuts? We love the goods at 2 Amys, the Cleveland Park pizzeria that hawks Italian-style cinnamon doughnuts on weekends. The soft fritters, dipped in canola oil, are rich with egg and lightly scented with orange. They’re the Armani of doughnuts—simple and perfect, without any unnecessary frills. For $1.50, you get one doughnut and its punched-out hole, and it’s hard not to want more. Once the tray is empty, the doughnuts are gone until the next weekend.
Runner-up: Tabard Inn. Chef Paul Pelt might be turning out innovative dishes at night, but the most talked-about item at this cozy Dupont Circle restaurant is still the weekend-brunch doughnuts by pastry chef Huw Griffiths. At $1.50 each, the cinnamon-sugar-sprinkled circles are light and pillowy with a slight sourdough tang. The plate comes with just-whipped cream, but these little guys are fine on their own. More>> Best Bites Blog | Food & Dining | Restaurant Finder
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Comments
Sherrill’s on Capitol Hill had the best donuts in Washington. Sadly it is now closed. With so many police in Washington I don’t understand why we don’t have more (any?) donut counters. We can’t have DC’s finest running on what they can get from 7-11!
Posted by: Paul, Jul 31, 2009 07:10:26 AM
Carlson’s Donuts in Annapolis are the best.
Posted by: Lindsay, Jun 05, 2009 01:48:07 PM
To quote southern mystery autor Margaret Maron, Krispy Kreme donusts are "Ambrosia from the Southern side of heaven."
Posted by: Nita, Jun 05, 2009 01:29:38 PM
the best donuts are in puerto rico...
Posted by: prgirl, Jun 05, 2009 12:58:55 PM
It figures one of the biggest doughnut chains would not give up a free doughnut without a catch(D.D.buy a drink get a free doughnut) have they no shame???
Posted by: Jake, Jun 05, 2009 12:46:10 PM
I miss Lamar’s. They make the best doughnut I’ve ever eaten.
Posted by: Linda, Jun 05, 2009 11:35:44 AM
Yes, the Lamar’s Donuts are really good. Krispy Kreme cannot compare.
Posted by: Erica, Jun 05, 2009 09:22:34 AM
My heart still misses the best two doughnuts every made runner-up Giant Food; not the slock you get now, but what they use to bake in the Silver Spring baking plant off Georgia Avenue. The smell of warm cinnamon was everywhere. The grand of them all though was "Montgomery Doughnuts". No one has every made them better. When the snow storm collasped their main plant the doughnut died.
Posted by: Stanley T., Jun 05, 2009 07:50:17 AM
Best doughnuts in Kansas City, Mo., are at Lamar’s.
Posted by: Anne Canfield, Jun 05, 2009 07:08:19 AM
The best doughnuts I’ve had in DC are the ones at Matchbox. They come cinnamon dusted with a coffee/Kahlua syrup to dunk them in. Absolutely phenomenal.
Posted by: Sophia, Jun 05, 2009 06:51:57 AM
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