Just like any minimarket in Santiago, Don Francis has a wide variety of canned goods, ice cream, as…read morewell as some cheese, meats, eggs - really anything you would need last minute. You can even pay your bills here via Servipag (if you still haven't taken up online billing). However, all of this stuff makes for a somewhat regular minimarket. Don Francis, conveniently located a few blocks from the Santa Lucia metro, makes some of the best donuts I have had in Santiago and super cheap at 500 pesos the donut. They are made in the back with the rest of their pastries such as "calzones rotas" (sweet fried dough with 2 holes, dusted with powdered sugar) as well as conejos (like a Berlin cream puff but with custard in the middle). However, their donuts are like nothing I have tried before. These are not for the light-hearted (or those who are on a diet) as they are super fried, making for a deliciously crunchy yet fluffy dough that has you licking your lips. They are not left to be glazed or frosted, these donuts are covered in real, melted chocolate (either white or milk) left to cool and harden before being enjoyed. A piece of heaven in each bite. Don Francis is great for any essentials you might need but they really out-do themselves with their pastries - delicious and cheap.

There are many dunkin donuts around Santiago, and there are better more authentic coffee shops in…read morethe area, but while visiting this beautiful city, I stayed, for around a week, in an AirBnB just around the corner. My son just loved their chocolate glazed donuts, so every other morning, or after a day of sightseeing, I would get his donuts, a latte for my self and a iced chai latte for my wife. Pretty affordable and reliable. Service was good and usually fast. Place seems small but there is additional sitting upstairs.

Before my flight back home from Chile I really wanted donuts for some reason. The first thing I see…read moreafter walking a mile through all the duty free shops is Dunkin Donuts. YESSSSS !!! I said to myself just what I wanted. There was not a very good selection with less than 10 varieties and I knew that the freshness of the donuts were not going to be the greatest but I stood in line for a good 10 min. Before getting there the lady infront of me was trying to pay with a credit card but the lady working there said that the machine was not working. It killed my hopes of eating a donut because all I had was my credit card to pay. So I did not get my donut and craving satisfied at the end.

Waitress stares at you while speaking as fast as possible while shaking the donut's. Whispering and…read morelooking to the sky because I am probably a stupid person not able to remember the names of all donut's. And because I don't understand spanish when spoken at 100km/h. Terrible moment. Go somewhere else !