a shop · CABob's Donuts and Pastries
also: Bob's Donuts · Bob's on Polk
A 24-hour counter on Polk Street in San Francisco, busiest after midnight, and two other locations.
When they’re open
open closed not published · Cited · osm · why so many close Sunday
The story Cited · wp-bob-s-donuts
The shop opened at 1621 Polk Street in 1953 or 1960 — accounts differ — and the original owner is not firmly established, though a city report points to Robert N. Nolt, who ran several businesses on the street. Elinor and Ronald Ahn bought it in 1977. After Elinor died in 2001 it passed to her son and daughter-in-law; Aya Ahn is a co-owner.
Around 2012 the shop introduced the Bob's Donut Challenge: eat a giant donut the size of twelve regular ones in under three minutes, and your name goes on a wall.
Today Cited · wp-bob-s-donuts
Two locations in San Francisco and one in Mill Valley.
The particulars
| state | CA |
|---|---|
| status | open |
| founded | 1953 |
| dough | both |
| region | The Bay Area |
| address | 1621 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA Cited · wp-bob-s-donuts |
| where | 37.7918, -122.4213 (street) · OpenStreetMap · open in maps Harvested · osm-nominatim |
| confidence | high · updated 2026-09-16 |
Near here
Crow-flies miles; the road is always longer. The finder sorts every shop in the country from wherever you're standing.
- 36.3 mi — Donut Wheel Livermore
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- 344.4 mi — Randy's Donuts Inglewood 🚗 Drive-thru 🕓 Open around the clock
- 355.7 mi — The Donut Hole La Puente 🚗 Drive-thru
- 361.3 mi — Christy's Donuts La Habra 🇰🇭 Cambodian-American owned
Who it runs with
Where we got it
- Bob's Donuts — Wikipedia · link
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