Hello Donuteers,
It has been a while since we last shared a donut experience together, so what better way to to get back on track with a post about one of the most famous donut shops across the country, Randy’s Donuts in Los Angeles! If you have ever visited Los Angeles, this is a place you need to stop by. Randy’s Donuts is special because the donuts are delicious, a colossal donut sits on top of the store, and has made numerous cameo appearances in movies. This truly makes it a unique Los Angeles landmark. I heard even Iron Man made a “pit stop” during the filming of Iron Man 2.
The Mother of All Donuts!
On this occasion at Randy’s Donuts, which conveniently has 2 drive thru windows on each side of the store for your donut fix, I decided to get a chocolate yeast donut, a sugar donut, an apple fritter, and a bear claw. I decided to go overboard since I was so excited to finally get to try this place. The regular donuts are 75 cents while the fancies were 1 dollar, tax included! The donuts were all fairly good sizes. Both the chocolate donut and the sugar donut were super soft and airy when I took my first bite. This was a pleasant surprise since I went on a Sunday afternoon. They are open 24 hrs a day so I’m assuming they make fresh donuts throughout the day.
Granulated Sugar Donut
Chocolate Donut
The apple fritter had a nice crusty frosting all around with little chunks of apple laced throughout the donut. The breading for the fritter was soft inside while the frosting just melted in your mouth. The bear claw was frosted on the outside with a similar taste to the apple fritter but the donut was stuffed with little chunks of apple cinnamon filling on the inside.
Apple Fritter
Bear Claw
I will definitely be back here to sample all their other flavors such as Devil’s Food Cake which they unfortunately at the time had run out of. The lady who helped us out was super nice but she was a one woman team as she had to accomodate both sides of the drive thru as well as a walk-up window. Randy’s Donuts just has a feel of a “throwback” donut shop. From all the visible racks of donuts in the inside of the store to the outside with the colossal Randy’s Donut, it makes you want to just eat a dozen donuts while washing it down with a couple glasses of milk. I give it 4.5 donuts out of 5.
