Duffin's Donuts

Bakery: Duffin's Donuts
Address: 1391 E 41st Ave, Vancouver BC
Website: http://www.duffins.ca/
Style: Doughnuts
Price: $

If someone told me that a 24/7 dive serving fried chicken, hot subs, burgers and hot dogs in addition to random Mexican and Chinese food items also happened to have a huge variety of fresh homemade doughnuts, I wouldn't take them too seriously. Maybe I'd even get a little insulted - Mimi's Cake Tour doesn't have to stoop *that* low. And yet there's Duffin's. It may not look like all that much on the outside and inside, but this humble establishment is home to over 50 (so they claim) varieties of doughnuts that fly off their shelves just as quickly as their fried chicken - and are often served together on the same paper plate. They've got all the classics: honey dip, chocolate, eclair and cream-filled, along with a couple flavours you won't find in your usual doughnut shop: coconut cream, honeydew, peanut and the old-school angel cream, all at a very unpretentious $1-2.

 My favourite is always the apple fritter ($2). This one was all lumpy and fried a golden brown on the outside - maybe a little too fried and crunchy in some places - with a moist dough inside with a couple of apple pieces and some cinnamon. Fresh glaze on top. Yum - a  classic apple fritter done right without breaking your budget.

Rating: ***