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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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