Seattle Doughnuts
 

We're planning a trip back home to Seattle, and I am craving junk food! We're taking the 10:30 ferry to Bainbridge Island and would like to grab a box of delicious sugary carbs on our way out of town. No grocery store doughnuts for me! Looking online I see recommendations for Mighty O in Wallingford and TopPot in Greenlake. We have a car so we can get to either one, or somewhere else if anyone has any other suggestions.

We're hoping to find the standards, an old fashioned, a maple bar, apple fritter etc but hoping to find something a bit wild and creative too.

I have never heard of an old fashioned donut! If you specifically seek those three flavors, I think you need to go to Top Pot because I don't believe Mighty O carries them. Top Pot has several locations, so if you're taking the ferry, you're probably better off hitting the location downtown.

We don't have any wild/creative donut shops that I'm aware of. Portland has Voodoo, but we don't have anything similar.

P.S. If you want junk food/bakery items and want creative/wild, then I would actually recommend cupcakes over donuts (Trophy or Cupcake Royale).

There's a Top Pot downtown on 5th Avenue between Lenora and Blanchard, so no need to drive out of downtown.

Oh, beanweb, in that case you must try the cinnamon old fashioned at Top Pot next time you're there...delish!

If you do opt for cupcakes, I haven't been yet but there's a place downtown called Yellowleaf that's been getting raves, and they have flavors like tomato soup, apparently.

Yowza... tomato soup cupcakes??? I'm not sure I'm brave enough for that!

NWW beat me to it. There's a Top Pot on 5th Ave (under the monorail). Believe me, THAT'S the place you want.

Ooh . . I didn't see that TopPot had a location on 5th, that would be much easier. beanweb24, take a look at their website and you'll see an old fashioned. http://www.toppotdoughnuts.com/doughnuts.html

Thank you so much for the Yellowleaf rec as well. That place looks amazing. I've been out of the country for a while and the cupcake explosion hasn't really hit us. Just looking at their list of specialty cupcakes makes my mouth water!

-Classic Red Velvet
-Champagne Almond
-Creme Brulee** +
-Cream Puff
-Irish Whiskey** +
-Marshmallow Bliss** +
-Pancakes n' Bacon
-Root Beer Float
-Sweet and Salty Chocolate Bacon
-Tiramisu** +
-Tomato Soup
-White Chocolate Pretzel

I cannot wait to try pancake and bacon! And marshmallow bliss! I might skip tomato soup though.

Thanks again, for all the suggestions!

Just back from our trip home. Unfortunately, we weren't able to make it to top pot! Strangely enough, we did pass through Portland and made a stop at Voo Doo. They had a maple and bacon bar that I loved! Their doughnuts (we tried 12 different ones) were delicious, but I was a little irritated by their names. I appreciate that they are trying to be edgy, but I need to know what I'm ordering -- Ol Dirty B@stard doesn't really tell me that it's a cake doughnut, covered in vanilla icing, oreos and peanut butter! It was great -- but I just get annoyed with places trying too hard to make it an insider thing.

And -- in case anyone else references this thread -- there is a Top Pot in Bellevue that I didn't spot until my way out of town and unfortunately already had a bag of Panera. Oh well. Next time!