West Mall Donuts

Bakery: West Mall Donuts and Deli
Address: 290 The West Mall, Etobicoke ON
Website: n/a
Style: Doughnuts 
Price: $ 

You know you've hit a dry spell when you're starting to review rundown doughnut stops.... :/ That being said, someone recently brought a box of doughnuts from here and I thought I might as well review it. Because something is always better than nothing.

West Mall Donuts, however, is more a breakfast diner than a doughnut destination with sandwiches, eggs, and the like being most likely the most popular items here. The doughnuts in the name are contained in a couple of orange trays by the cash: a few cake doughnut varieties, apple fritters, and danishes. After some online research, I've found attestations that the danishes are homemade, but the doughnuts have a commercial look and feel to them, so I have my doubts. With one-of-a-kind flavours like coconut and a plain, unglazed cinnamon twists, however, they could be made in-store. I suppose it can go either way.

The doughnuts tried were: coconut, honey dip, cinnamon twist, apple fritter, and sour cream glazed. Most, as the photo shows, had a glaze that cracked off in chunks, indicating that these certainly weren't at the peak of freshness. The dough lacked the crispy-soft texture of a nicely fried doughnut and was pretty bland, regardless of the variety.

It's good that it's an independent business and it's not... that unmentionable coffee place on every single stinkin' street corner, but it's a bit seedy and not really the best place to make a doughnut run.

Rating: **