Review Highlights
“This has been our go to donut place ever since!” in 4 reviews
“My boyfriend's birthday was just a day away & last minute, I thought I would get him a birthday cake.” in 3 reviews
“They have early open hours so that was convenient in pick up times!” in 2 reviews
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About the Business
Established in 1978. The Lupo family opened the bakery doors for the first time on a hot summer day in the middle of July of 1978. We started out as a Mister Donut franchise on the East side of St. Paul and from the beginning we've been known for fun, donuts, and great customer service! Grandma's Bakery is proud to continue our baking tradition generation after generation. The first few years were hard and business was slow. From the beginning, John Lupo ran the day to day operations and worked very hard to become the best baker he could. We added cakes, cookies, rolls and breads to the bakery line up and the business began to grow. In December of 1980 we remodeled the Prosperity Avenue store and changed the name to Grandma's Bakery to reflect the wide variety of products we were making. About this time we also started to deliver our products to some wholesale accounts in the area. Our first wholesale order was a delivery for one dozen donuts to a local hotel that was experimenting with a continental b
Ask the Community
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Do you have crullers?
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Yes. They're on the menu as French Donuts. https://www.grandmasbakery.com/donuts-and-rolls
Krista M.4 years agoQ:
Do you bake carrot cake?
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Hi Sheri! Yes! We make very delicious carrot cake, in fact, it's one of our most popular cakes. You can call to place on order ahead of time or we typically have a couple carrot cake tortes on hand in our stores to just stop in and grab! Thank… more
Stephanie S., Business Owner7 years ago 1 person found this helpful
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- Anthony G.Payne-Phalen, Saint Paul, MN063Nov 2, 2023
Best donuts ever had the price amazing highly recommended coming employees are one of the best persons ever
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Kendall O.West Bank, Minneapolis, MN01Dec 17, 2023
If you knew the old grandma's bakery.
You would have said they got way over priced. And they cut there stock in half.
They still provide great cakes, and doughnuts. Good tasting. In the short time I was there. They missed an order of cookies for a lady. She had to come back later that day.
I had two dozen doughnuts ordered assortment. Had to take some cinnamon rolls and danishes to make the assortment. I never seen the shelves so empty. By the time I was done the 2 dozen was over 50.00.Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Shannon O.MN, MN011015May 26, 2023
Wonderful donuts at Grandma's. Get there early for the best selection. Staff is very friendly!
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 1Oh no 0 - Karen F.Hugo, MN01Jun 2, 2023
My wedding cake was from Grandma's in 2007 and have been a loyal and happy customer since then. The people and product had always been great. However, today was the first time going since the new ownership. I could not believe the price and quality difference. Bismarks are $4 each! For a dozen, nothing special donuts, I paid over $31. When selecting the donuts from the case, I asked the person helping me if the donuts in the case were from yesterday as they looked dry, and the sugars had melted away on some of the donuts. She laughed and said no. When I arrived at work and ate one, I was very disappointed. The donut was dry and tasteless. This seems to be truly the local company bought by an organization that has different goals that the previous ownership.
Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Oct 15, 2019
My husband had been wanting to visit this bakery since he stumbled upon it while working.
He took me there and we walked out with About 20$ of goodies all delicious. This bakery bakes large quantities and supplies other retailers and convenience stores. The manufacturing of the goodies was easily to see and neat to watch for a bit. They had some samples to try.
Looking for treats for your fur babies? They have them here. My dog seemed to like them!Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Apr 4, 2020
I was expecting to visit the Grandma's Bakery in DT WBL. However, Google Maps took me to the Grandma's WHOLESALE Bakery in Maplewood, right near 694/hwy 61 on a service road in a business park. If visiting from another city, make sure you enter the correct address!!
(I had looked at multiple bakeries in the TC this morning and thought I had mixed up my locations. Nope...I was right just clicked on the wrong Google address.)
Wholesale bakery still had a retail entrance. Tiny storefront compared to what I expected. Still able to purchase what in wanted. Was cool to see big baking operation going on behind counter. Next time I'll make sure to actually visit the correct location.Helpful 1Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Andrew J.Two Harbors, MN1742412Jul 30, 2022
Donuts were really really good, but I was quite disappointed that they didn't have anything unique as pictured on yelp. The only thing they had was plain Jane donuts. Just the kind that you would see at a gas station. Oh I was really hoping for a Keylime doughnut or a coconut doughnut no just a regular Maple/Chocolate/vanilla doughnut
Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0 - Krista M.Saint Paul, MN18480305Oct 28, 2019Updated review
This marks the seventh year that we've gotten a birthday cake here! (Where does the time go?!) This year, our peanut wanted a cat themed party and I searched through their entire catalog of cakes online -- not a single cat! :(
I helped my son pick out an alternative cake with lots of frosting and I just happened to mention all of this in passing to my husband. "I'll talk to them! I'll tell them to have some artistic freedom!" ...and he did! The guy and gal who took our cake order were AWESOME! They were so helpful and said it was no problem to order something customized like that.
The result was adorable! This is a fantastic bakery and we're lucky to have them right here in White Bear Lake!Helpful 0Thanks 0Love this 0Oh no 0Oct 21, 2016Previous reviewThis is the fourth year we've gotten our son's birthday cake here and each time they do an amazing job. The staff is friendly and helpful and their products are amazing. We can't go to Grandma's without getting our little one a "chock-wit" donut!
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