Pink BoxStyles (15)
The pink box in Los Angeles, kolaches in Houston, cider donuts in October, paczki on Tuesday.
California (2)
The all-night counter24-hour donut shop, the late window
A shop that never closes, or opens again at midnight: bar traffic, night shifts, students, and whoever else is out.
The Southern California pink boxthe pink box shop, SoCal independent donut shop, Cambodian-American donut shop
An independent counter, usually in a strip mall, usually open before five in the morning, frying both doughs in one small kitchen and selling them out of a matte pink box.
Hawaii (1)
The malasada counterHawaiian donut shop
A bakery counter in Hawaii selling malasadas — no hole, no filling by default, rolled in sugar — by the dozen in a box or hot by the piece in a bag.
Illinois (1)
The Polish bakery counterpaczki counter, Chicago Polish bakery
A Polish-American bakery selling pączki — rich filled donuts, powidła or rose-petal jam inside, powdered or glazed — beside rye bread and coffee cake. One day a year it is the only thing anyone is there for.
Louisiana (1)
The beignet standNew Orleans beignet, the Quarter counter
An open-air or walk-up counter selling square fried dough under powdered sugar, three to an order, with coffee cut with chicory beside it.
Massachusetts (1)
Dunkin' countryNew England coffee-and-donut, the regular
Coffee first, donut second, at a counter that measures itself in how fast the line moves. The New England model, and the one the rest of the country meets as a drive-thru.
North Carolina (1)
The hot lightHot Now, the Southern glazed
A glazed raised ring handed over hot, minutes out of the fryer, with the glaze still moving. Built around a window you can watch the line through, and a lit sign that says the fryer is running.
New Mexico (1)
The Southwest burrito counterdonuts and breakfast burritos
A donut shop in New Mexico, Arizona or west Texas that also wraps breakfast burritos to order: scrambled egg, potato, cheese and chile in a flour tortilla, sold at the same window as the glazed.
New York (1)
The New York corner counterbodega donut, deli donut, Greek coffee shop donut
Donuts sold from a deli, bodega or coffee shop rather than a donut shop: a tray by the register, a grill behind the counter, and a bacon egg and cheese on a kaiser roll doing most of the business.
Pennsylvania (1)
Fastnacht Day in the Dutch countiesPennsylvania Dutch fastnacht, Fasnacht Day
One pastry, one day. Potato-dough donuts, square or diamond cut, fried for Shrove Tuesday and eaten with butter or golden syrup, sold by bakeries, churches, fire halls and — in eastern Pennsylvania — most chain…
Texas (1)
The Texas kolache counterkolache shop, donut and kolache
A donut counter that also sells kolaches — and, in Texas, mostly klobasniky: sausage, ham, egg, cheese or jalapeño wrapped in sweet kolache dough.
Other (4)
The Delta grocery counterChinese grocery counter
A small family grocery in the Mississippi or Arkansas Delta with a hot counter — and, in some of them, donuts fried in the morning beside the rest of the cooking.
The mix-and-sign shopDaylight shop, franchise-flour independent
An independently owned shop trading under a shared name and buying its dry mix from one supplier. It looks like a chain from the road and is not one at the till.
The novelty shopconcept donut shop, the topping arms race
A shop that competes on invention: unusual toppings, themed rooms, names that are jokes, and a queue that photographs its order.
The orchard windowcider donut stand, farm stand donuts
A seasonal counter at a cider mill, orchard or farm stand, running one machine and one product: cake donuts with cider in the batter, sugared and handed over hot in a paper bag.