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Downtown Highlights: Dough – Dough-Not Miss This!

You Dough-Not Want to Miss These Doughnuts

This time on Downtown Highlights, we visited Dough, a brioche doughnut shop. Dough started as a small shop in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Their popularity quickly grew, encouraging the opening of more shops across New York City. Now, Dough has seven locations including Flatiron, Brooklyn, Rockefeller Center, Astoria, Urbanspace Vanderbilt, City Kitchen, and Smorgasburg.

In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Vicky Pantazi, the manager of the Flatiron Dough location. When asked what makes Dough special, Pantazi said without hesitation that it’s the dough.”It’s very fluffy, it’s very soft, and that’s what makes us unique” Pantazi stated. All doughnuts at Dough are made fresh in small batches daily to ensure that all customers only receive the best.

Dough has vegan options as well. Vegan options include Vegan Plain Glaze, Vegan Cinnamon Sugar, Vegan Hibiscus Glaze (Seasonal), and Vegan Blood Orange (Seasonal). Even though these options are vegan, the dough is still really soft and fluffy. We tried the Vegan Cinnamon Sugar doughnut off-camera and fell in love with it. We couldn’t even tell that this doughnut was made solely with vegan ingredients!

 

The Taste Test – Hibiscus Glazed Doughnut

Since Dough has not yet developed a line of gluten-free doughnuts, Sam came out from behind the camera to do the taste testing instead. She decided to try the Hibiscus Glazed doughnut. This flavor is available year-round. The bright pink glaze on this doughnut was so eye-catching, she couldn’t resist.

The doughnut was as delicious as it was beautiful. The dough was soft and fluffy, just as Pantazi had described. The pink glaze was sweet and smooth, and of course, strongly tasted like hibiscus. The glaze is made fresh in the kitchen by cooking down hibiscus flowers. No wonder it tasted so fresh!

The next time you are looking for some breakfast to start your day with, check out Dough. You won’t regret it! For the last Downtown Highlights episode, click here.

 

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Dining Featured

Seven Best Places for National Doughnut Day!

NYC National Doughnut Day

Today marks the second sweetest day of the year! November 5th is the second National Doughnut Day (yes, Doughnut Day is just that amazing) and we’ve rounded up the most delicious doughnuts in New York City in celebration of these sweet treats.

A doughnut (British English) or donut is a type of fried dough confection or dessert food. The doughnut is popular in many countries and prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and franchised specialty vendors. Doughnuts are usually deep-fried from a flour dough, and typically either ring-shaped or a number of shapes without a hole, and often filled, but can also be ball-shaped (“doughnut holes”). Other types of batters can also be used. Various toppings and flavorings are used for different types, such as sugar, chocolate, or maple glazing. Doughnuts may also include water, leavening, eggs, milk, sugar, oil, shortening, and natural or artificial flavors.

Trust us, you do-nut want to miss out on these not-so-average donuts.

 

IT ALL STARTED WITH A DOUGHNUT – The Doughnut Project

What began as mad science meets culinary venture is now known as The Doughnut Project. In a world that is stuffed to the gills with sweet shops and fad foods, we want to go beyond sprinkles and cream cheese frosting. We like to amp things up with fresh, seasonal ingredients and a menu that beckons you to ask, all that’s on a doughnut? To which we reply, yes, it certainly IS all on a doughnut.

 

 

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The Doughnut Project

 

Everything Donuts Sampler – Flex Mussels

Choose between donuts and bagels, never when you can have both? The Everything Donuts Sampler from Flex Mussels is a breakfast lovers dream. The sampler consists of fried balls of dough, covered with everything seasoning and stuffed with scallion, jalapeño cheddar, maple bacon, and smoked salmon fillings.

 

 

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Flex Mussels

 

One of the Classics – Doughnut Plant 

In 2000, Doughnut Plant opened its first storefront on Grand Street in the Lower East Side. The passion for originality pours out into every detail of our shops, too. Every detail has a story here. The colorful doughnut tiles were made by Mark’s potter father, Marvin. The mirrored bathroom with a disco ball was inspired by Studio 54, one of Mark’s first jobs in NYC.

 

 

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Doughnut Plant

 

Famous Doughnut Grilled Cheese – Clinton Hall

The Famous Doughnut Grilled Cheese, a fresh glazed doughnut sliced and filled with mozzarella cheese, is served piping hot over a bowl of tomato soup. The sweet, yet savory doughnut sandwich hangs on a banana stand, allowing the cheese to drip and ooze out into the hot soup.

 

 

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Clinton Hall

 

 

World-class donuts – The Donut Pub  

Opening its doors on a cold and blustery December morning in 1964, the Donut Pub has come to represent New York City at its very best, brightest and most delicious. Whether it’s our out-of-this-world red velvet donuts or our black and white cookies the Donut Pub has something for everyone.

 

The Donut Pub

 

Salted Caramel Doughnuts – Aunt Jake’s

Bite-sized, ricotta-based, salted caramel doughnuts are topped off with a house made caramel sauce for the perfect amount of sweetness.

 

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Aunt Jakes NYC

 

 

Gluten Free Paradise – Senza Gluten Bakery and Cafe

Gluten Free, no PROBLEM, Senza is 100 % GF Certified. They are aware that being celiac or choosing a gluten-free diet can sometimes be challenging, especially when dining out. At Senza Gluten they want to make sure your dining experience is perfect and safe by guaranteeing a 100% gluten-free cuisine and bakery.

 

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Senza Gluten Bakery

 

 

Don’t worry if you just happen to miss today’s delicious sweet treat, because there is another National Doughnut Day the first Friday in June!

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Where to Celebrate National Doughnut Day

Americans who love food have a lot of disagreements, but there’s one treat that usually retains fans across the board. Comedian Jim Gaffigan says it best in his standup routine “Everyone Loves Doughnuts.”

The circular treat with the holey center is no longer restricted to breakfast, and is now socially acceptable to eat at any time of day. Tomorrow, Friday June 2, is National Doughnut Day, which is certainly cause for a sprinkling of celebrations throughout the city. Your choice of doughnut is free this Friday at Krispy Kreme locations, and you get a free classic doughnut with purchase of any beverage at Dunkin’ Donuts. But for a more refined take on the holiday, here are five classic Downtown spots to grab a delicious doughnut to celebrate.

Photo courtesy of The Tuck Room. 

The Tuck Room 

Start National Doughnut Day early with The Tuck Room’s Drunken Doughnuts happy hour every Thursday from 6 p.m. Grab some cocktails and enjoy the doughnuts, covered in Valrhona single origin chocolate, with boozy dipping sauces and from scratch farmer’s market produce jams. DJ J-Zone will provide funky tunes and jams for the evening’s sweet festivities.

Address: 11 Fulton St., New York, NY 10038


Photo courtesy of Mah Ze Dahr Bakery. 

Mah Ze Dahr Bakery 

Noted as home to one of the best doughnuts in NYC by the New York Times in 2014, this bakery uses fresh ingredients to create a one-of-a-kind doughnut. They use brioche dough to make the doughnut and then apply a sliver of vanilla piping cream, all topped with the actual hole. It’s a rich but delicate treat, and you can get six for $22.

Address: 22 Greenwich Ave, New York, NY 10011

Photo courtesy of Trip Advisor. 

Balthazar Bakery 

Homemade doughnuts are available at Balthazar for $3 during breakfast hours and are a standout among their many patisserie options. Stop by for a classic doughnut taste, or stick around for their famous brunch.

Address: 80 Spring St., New York, NY 10012


Photo courtesy of Doughnut Plant. 

Doughnut Plant

Yeast, cake and filled doughnuts are among those offered at Doughnut Plant, plus their daily handcrafted specials. They’re currently offering rose-shaped yeast doughnuts to usher in spring. Treat yourself to a whole bouquet of the sweet beauties this Friday, and download the Doughnut Plant app to stay updated on their specials.

Address: 379 Grand St., New York, NY 10002


Photo courtesy of Dun-Well Doughnuts. 

Dun-Well Doughnuts

NYC’s first entirely vegan doughnut shop is Dun-Well, which was founded in Brooklyn. Now there’s a location in Lower Manhattan too, and their artisanal doughnuts paired with locally-roasted coffee make for a deliciously designed breakfast.

Address: 102 St. Mark’s St., New York, NY 10009

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Dining Health Nutrition

Skinny Pizza: Big Flavor

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Calorically-rich and temptingly mouth-watering foods like doughnuts, pizza and bagels are part of what make New York City, well, New York City. But no one likes the guilt-laden feeling after you lick the last bit of shiny grease from your fingers. Skinny Pizza strives to eliminate that feeling.

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Skinny Pizza’s trademark crust is thin and delightfully-crispy, unlike a traditional thick and chewy New York City pizza crust. Although the dough is rolled thin, the level of flavor is not depleted, instead enhancing the holy combination of gooey cheese and tomato. The company also uses organic tomatoes for their sauce, naturally-grown toppings, and no preservative or additives. Along with natural ingredients, the majority of pizzas on the menu are also made with skim cheeses and are low in calories. I gleefully ate three slices of pizza for lunch and instead of feeling like an afternoon nap, I was pleasantly-full and ready to continue my day.

Skinny Pizza’s menu also boasts a wide variety of pastas and sauces as well as soups, salads and piadas. Skinny Pizza is located in Brookfield place, a central landmark of Downtown Manhattan.

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Taking over the health food scene, Arctic Zero, Halo Top and even trends like scooping your bagels are converting foods widely known as “bad for you” into guiltless meals. Skinny Pizza has hopped aboard the fit and trim bandwagon, serving pizza that doesn’t sacrifice health and won’t make your day into a cheat day.