UPDATE: 7/14 - One afternoon, I figured I would give this another try when I saw that they had normal-sized doughnuts in the window. I went in and tried a cinnamon bun----wasn't bad. It was fresh and the icing wasn't overly sweet. So, I thought I'd give it a try in the morning. I went in just when the shop opened. The first problem is that if there are a few customers, be prepared to wait a long time. Two workers were there, but only one was taking care of customers (the other was preparing cakes and generally working in the back). The problem is that the person taking care of customers was also the one frying up the small doughnuts. So someone like me who just wanted a couple of cinnamon buns had to wait an inordinate amount of time to get something that would take about 10 seconds. I was just about to walk out, but the customer in front of me kindly let me go first because she was going to order a lot. I got a couple of their regular-sized doughnuts and they were fresh. However, the cinnamon buns were not. They seemed to have been at least a day old. At $3.50 a piece, it was disappointing to get day-old cinnamon buns; I didn't even eat them. If I ever do go back, I'm going to make sure to ask if they were made that morning. It's a shame when you get charged a lot for something, and you don't get your money's worth.
I had high expectations of this place because of all the positive reviews, and perhaps that is why I was disappointed. If you try this, do not expect to find a doughnut shop----i.e., the normal shop where you go in and see racks of various types of doughnuts behind the counter to choose from. That is not what this is. There is one type of doughnut, and it is miniature---so small that a dozen can fit into a paper bag that is smaller than the typical Ziplock bag.Their version of "jelly" or anything like that is to drizzle the topping on that one type of doughnut, so there are no filled doughnuts.
The place itself is very small---a counter really. Behind the counter is a small machine (kind of a Suzy Homemaker version of a deep fryer) that churns out those mini doughnuts. From there, an employee puts a dozen in a bag and puts the topping of your choice. The main advantage of this is that what you're getting is fresh, and that's a rarity in CM, hence the positive reviews. I don't think that the doughnut itself is anything special; it's just fresh.
It's $5 a bag (sounds like a bargain, but the dozen mini doughnuts are probably equivalent to about three regular-sized doughnuts, if that) or two bags for $8. read more