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@ orenale: Definitely go to One Girl Cookies! How Sweet It Is unfortunately closed down a few months ago...they're catering operation is still in business, but the retail storefront with the ice cream sandwiches is now gone :[

lord just for this take me to nyc(^_^) ..amen

It's upsetting beingets couldn't make the donut list, but the only ones I've sampled up here are pretty pathetic.

so i printed this list and tried to do an all-donut weekend on sat and sunday of this weekend... and I treked all around the city and was terribly disappointed. my first stop was donut plant, which as always was amazing, and that was the only donut place where i actually got donuts- but i don't want to jump ahead. my next stop was Shopsin, which is very close to donut plant, unfortunately the whole place stops serving (anything) sometime between 2 & 3, so we were turned away. next stop, Abraco's Ricotta Fritters. when we got there, i didn't see much of a food setup so I asked the guy behind the counter "do you have donuts", and he replied "we don't turn on the fryer until it's cold". to which i replied, "when is that", and he said "when it's cold". now, i am not sure if that means nighttime or feburary, but what i can tell you is that they don't have donuts on november 8th, at 3:30. After those 2 failures (in the rain), I decided to hold off on donuts until the next day.

i woke up on sunday all rejuvenated and ready to have the best custard and jam donut, so i made my way up to Bouchon Bakery, found the take-out area in the mall, waited in a substantial line, got to the front of the line and found out that they only make donuts on saturday!!!

at that point i gave up, and ate a pastry (which was amazing), and went home.

so everyone should be aware- that while these may be the best donuts in nyc, they are the restrictive and elite food establishments in the city. don't get your hopes up, because you probably won't be able to eat any of them :)

Ricotta fritters not yet available at Abraco until it gets much colder.

is it super terrible that i love me a good krispy cream?

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@jkdrummer: That was the point.

I love Doughnut Plant...check out my "Bite of the Day" write up --

http://www.ubereater.com/2008/09/bite-of-day-9162008-doughnut-plant-les.html

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great post! who doesn't love a good donut?
Strangely I've found some great ones at that coffee shop on 7th ave in Park Slope near 9th st. It's just a non-descript coffee shop that happens to make its own donuts fresh every day. go figure.

i had a raspberry jelly donut from the donut plant, and i'll never forget it! worth every extra ounce around my hips!

I didn't have time to come back to the site. I did NOT go to Bouchon bakery on an off day. They make donuts only on weekends. I've even tried them twice. They are not good. Sorry, I didn't see Sullivan St.

Thanks for including Peter Pan. We've been taking friends and relatives there for years. They serve some of the best fried dough in the city, I think. And it's cheap.

I can't say I've tasted all of those, but I don't think anything can top Jaques Torres. I'm partial to the "wicked" (that's chocolate with chili, for those who've never been) ice cream between those best-chocolate-chip-cookies-ever, though. I just had one last weekend and I'm craving another now!