Doughnuts

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FRIDAY FIVE

The city’s best donuts for dunkin’

Photo courtesy of Sheri Silver // Unsplash

When a croissant made love to a donut, San Francisco got a cronut. Indeed, this is one of the most famous food babies to come out of the city over the last few years.

But before the cronut (and Portland) stole the spotlight, San Francisco was known for its pretty vibrant donut scene, which still exists. Fun fact: in 2017, three of the country’s top-rated donut spots were in San Francisco. Donuts are an all-American food but can be traced back to Dutch settlers in the early 18th century. …


It’s tastier and cheaper too, like their $2.00 coffee

Photo courtesy of Mel B.

In honor of National Doughnut Day last Sunday, the SoMa StrEat Food Park threw a Doughnut Disco — and yes, they played “The Hustle.”

Sugar-seeking Bay-destrians could join the fried-dough bonanza for $5 at the door, $25 with bottomless mimosas.

Jared Lombardo and Cami Peer saw the event on Facebook, like most of the attendees, and decided that the compromise between her love of breakfast food and his distaste for it was Banana’s Foster doughnuts from Hook’t.

“I like breakfast food, so I woke up and was, like, ‘Sweet, doughnuts sound really good!’” said Peer.

“I actually strongly dislike breakfast…

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