a shop · RIAllie's Donuts
also: Allie's Hand-Cut Do-nut Shop
A shop on Route 2 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, cutting its donuts by hand since 1968, and the state's landmark of the trade.
When they’re open
Nobody has published this one's days where we could read them. That is a gap in this directory, not a closed door — call ahead, and see the Sunday question.
The story Cited · wp-allie-s-donuts
Frederick Alvin "Allie" Briggs opened Allie's Hand-Cut Do-nut Shop on 1 June 1968 in a former sub sandwich shop, with about forty dollars in hand and a seven-thousand-dollar debt. He was a dairy farmer from Point Judith with ten years of donut experience from a shop in Wakefield. He took $38 on the first day, selling close to a hundred dozen at 39 cents each.
In 1969 his son Ricky was killed by a drunk driver while out delivering donuts for the business alongside his cousin. Briggs nearly closed.
Today Cited · wp-allie-s-donuts
Customers drive in from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Saveur listed it among the country's best donut shops in 2008; Thrillist did the same in 2016.
The particulars
| state | RI |
|---|---|
| status | open |
| founded | 1968 |
| dough | both |
| region | New England |
| address | 3661 Quaker Lane, North Kingstown, RI · South County Cited · wp-allie-s-donuts |
| where | 41.5983, -71.4968 (street) · OpenStreetMap · open in maps Harvested · osm-nominatim |
| confidence | high · updated 2026-09-16 |
Near here
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Who talks about it
Where we got it
- Allie's Donuts — Wikipedia · link
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