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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Your A-List: Best Doughnuts
While religion may be the opiate of the masses, it seems in the greater Austin area that Round Rock Donuts are the sugary narcotic of the masses. With 48 percent of the vote, the sweet baked bread products from the Lone Star Bakery won the Your A-List poll for Best Doughnuts.
IKEA may be the most recent attraction in Austin’s northern suburb of Round Rock, but the Round Rock doughnuts from the Lone Star Bakery are arguably the most notable of the city’s claims to fame. The yellow — or are they orange? — treats have 85 years of history and are revered in these parts with the type of fervor usually reserved for the breakfast taco.
What makes these doughnuts stand out from their pastry brethren? Maybe it’s the old oven in which they are cooked or their denser consistency. Maybe it is tradition or ritual. Whatever the case may be, people are boffo for them. And fortunately for those living outside of Round Rock, the doughnuts can be found at gas stations closer into town. Now they may not be as fresh as the ones that come straight from the oven at the original store. But sometimes we must make sacrifices for our vices.
Others receiving votes
- Mrs. Johnson’s Bakery, 20 percent
- Ken’s Doughnuts, 9 percent
- Donut Palace, 6 percent
- Kenny’s Coffee Co., 4 percent
- KC Donut Store, 3 percent
- Howdy Donuts, 3 percent
- The Kolache Shoppe, 2 percent
- River City Donut & Coffee House, 2 percent
- River City Donuts, 2 percent
- Lone Star Kolaches, 1 percent
Write-ins: The Donut Hole, Dunkin Donuts, Krispy Kreme, Shipley and the “friendly neighborhood corner coffee and Round Rock doughnut shop at Westminster and Briarcliff”
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Your A-List: Best Summer Camp
I remember as a kid seeing friends (and strangers) wearing their crisp white T-shirts with a cartoonish orange longhorn logo and the words ‘Camp Longhorn’ printed across the front and thinking, ‘Man, that place looks cool.’ Something about the retro-looking logo or color scheme just made it seem like a sweet place to spend your summer. Apparently it is, as, with 20 percent of the vote, it is the winner of the Your A-List poll for Best Summer Camp.
The co-ed camp (maybe that also was part of what made it seem cool, in contrast to my all-boys summer camp, Stewart) was founded by Tex and Pat Robertson. It sits about an hour northwest of Austin on Inks Lake, with summer activities ranging from archery to a host of water sports for kids 8-16.
Of course, considering the amenities and the camp’s clientele, you would probably assume that sending your kiddo to Camp Longhorn doesn’t come cheap. And you’d be right. Camp runs around $3,000 for three weeks. That’s a spicy meatball.
Honorable mention goes out to write-in candidate Vista Camps, which staged a nice campaign, coming up just a few percentage points shy of the venerable Longhorn.
Others receiving votes
- Vista Camps (write-in), 16 percent
- The Art School at Laguna Gloria, 15 percent
- Austin YMCA Summer Day Camps, 11 percent
- Camp Mystic, 6 percent
- Mo-Ranch, 6 percent
- Camp Champions, 5 percent
- Paul Green School of Rock Music, 4 percent
- T Bar M Camps, 4 percent
- Austin Children’s Theatre Camp, 2 percent
- Austin School of Film, 2 percent
- Aquatic Sciences Adventure Camp, 1 percent
- Heart O’ the Hills, 1 percent
- Camp Arrowhead, 1 percent
- Camp Stewart, 1 percent
- First Tee of Greater Austin, 1 percent
- Camp Bluebonnet, < 1 percent
- Lonestar Premier Soccer Camp, < 1 percent
- Outdoor Texas Camp, < 1 percent
- Camp Texas Ski, < 1 percent
- Camp Lonehollow, < 1 percent
Write-ins: Austin Nature Center summer camp, Austin School of Music’s Rock Camp, Boy Scout summer camp at Lost Pines, Camp Buckner, Camp Doublecreek, Champions Academy Gymnastics Camp, Cub Scout day camp, Echo Hill Ranch, GameCamp, MasterSchool, Natural Ear Music Rock Camp, Sports Country, Wet and Wild Adventure Camp
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