Wendy and I both turn 40 this week, which was certainly reason enough to celebrate with SUGAR! Since we had both just recently crossed Peterson's Donuts in Escondido off our lists, we decided to start with the Donut Bar in downtown SD. We have seen many great reviews about it and it is listed as one of the 10 best donuts shops in the USA by USA Today.
We drove down as soon as we dropped the kids off at school, knowing that they sell out most days.
There was a line out the door!
I spotted the Nutella donut right away while window shopping
and we picked 5 more off of the daily menu.
We had really hoped to try the Red Velvet, but it was already sold out.
We took our stash upstairs to the dining lounge, split each donut into thirds and began our sugar overload. All 6 were very good, but I would rate them in the following order from best to worst:
Nutella, Chocolate CroBar, Apple Orchard, Mud Pie, Caramel Latte and Strawberry Shortcake.
We left stuffed, but will certainly be back! We still had ice cream on tap for lunch time, so we had a nice walk in Balboa Park and then shared a small teriyaki chicken/rice plate to soak up some of the sugar before Round #2.
Just a few hours after testing 6 donuts, we were on to Hammond's in North Park.
This has to be the best ice cream in San Diego! This time I tried Pineapple Coconut, Chocolate Macadamia Coconut, Strawberry Sorbet and Jamocha Almond Fudge… all delicious but probably liked the chocolatey one the best!
We had a great time today and will seek out new spots to try for our next celebration. Until then, I will be eating lots of salad :)
