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Created by Ryan O'Malley Updated On: March 30, 2013
Eater-recommended list of Chicago's top specialty doughnut shops: "Dunk it, sink it, get a hole in one, here are some of the many places you can taste the trend"
Ryan O'Malley: Offering more than a dozen core flavors, like a peanut butter mousee and raspberry jelly filled PB&J bullseye—check out the baked banana donut teeming with fresh bananas and a banana glaze (Eater)
401 1/2 N Franklin St (at W Kinzie St), Chicago, IL
Donut Shop · River North · 145 tips and reviews
Ryan O'Malley: Serves up creative flavors like birthday cake, dreamsicle and chestnut cream doughnuts alongside classic glazed and old-fashioned buttermilk (Eater)
Ryan O'Malley: The yeast raised maple bacon long john is one of the most popular doughnuts on the menu. Other notables are the crème brulee Bismark and red velvet cocoa buttermilk cake doughnut (Eater)
11248 S Michigan Ave (btwn 112th & 113th St), Chicago, IL
Donut Shop · Roseland · 54 tips and reviews
Ryan O'Malley: Open early, many flavors sell out early—especially the over-sized apple fritters chock full of apple chunks and covered with a thin, sugary glaze (Eater)
1710 N Wells St (btwn W Saint Paul Ave & W Eugenie St), Chicago, IL
Café · Old Town Triangle · 23 tips and reviews
Ryan O'Malley: If you're lucky, they will be offering their drunken doughnuts: Vanilla bean and vodka custard, chocolate custard and Godiva chocolate liqueur and passion fruit and Grand Marnier jelly (Eater)