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The best donuts in Virginia?

Virginia Living says that Williamsburg Road’s Country Style Donuts might be the best in the state:

So it has come to this. With National Doughnut Day (June 1) nearly upon us, we at Virginia Living feel it is extremely important to set the record straight. Where are the best doughnuts to be found in Virginia, and what makes them so good? Aside from the mass-producing doughnut monsters, Dunkin’ Donuts and Krispy Kreme, which have locations around the state, there are a variety of increasingly popular artisan doughnut shops in Virginia, including:

Carpe Donut (Charlottesville)

Country Style Doughnuts (Richmond)

Mama’s Donut Bites (Vienna)

Spudnut Shop (Charlottesville)

Westhampton Pastry Shop (Richmond)

14 comments

Mike Hogan 05/03/2012 at 12:31 PM

I would have to agree- good to see them get the recognition. This makes me crave an Old Fashioned.

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J 05/03/2012 at 1:04 PM

Are you kidding?! Best in the WORLD!

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Alex 05/03/2012 at 5:25 PM

If there is better, I’d love to try them. I worked in the grocery business at the wholesale level and must have gotten samples of 50 or more brands of donuts over the years. None was even in the same league as Country Style’s.

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G. 05/03/2012 at 7:33 PM

Besides the mythical Krispy Kreme “HOT NOW” glazed donuts (straight off the belt), my vote has to be for Country Style everyday of the week!

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Alex 05/03/2012 at 9:21 PM

Krispy Kreme’s are too scrawny for my tastes, even on the rare occasions when you can find one made within the past week. Overrated at best…

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gdawg 05/03/2012 at 9:27 PM

Country Style is awesome, but those Mennonites at the South of the James Market make some incredible donuts too.

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Charles 05/03/2012 at 10:13 PM

Spudnut, hands down. Country style is bet in Richmond, but not that great. Spudnut has been a standard of comparison for 20 years for me

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chpnfan 05/04/2012 at 10:52 AM

Yep… simply the best, better than all the rest

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Bret 05/04/2012 at 12:39 PM

gdawg – I’d agree, the Mennonites’ donuts are amazing. Love Country Style too. Could VA be the donut capital of the world?? Can’t imagine anybody having that many good chain and local donut offerings.

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Alex 05/04/2012 at 1:00 PM

Bret, VA’s pretty high on the list but Pennsylvania is probably a bit higher overall. They even have a donut holiday there (Fastnacht Day) and the Amish can make some mean baked goods.

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John M 05/16/2012 at 10:12 PM

Dixie Donuts opens Thursday in Carytown
http://wotbn.net/dixie-donuts-opens-thursday-morning/

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