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Sometimes, when you are in downtown and you just want something warm, fluffy, and just delicious; well... that place would be, Daily Dozen. There are a multitude of words which could be said about this little place, tucked just down the way from First and Pike News and up from the Pike Place Fish Market. There is always a short line, but it moves fast, and they have a simple selection of a menu, all less than 4 dollars for your Daily Dozen fix.
So what about the food? Well, if you want a literal bite of goodness, that's about the size of these donuts. They are freshly cooked on the spot, which is evident by the machine which is making them in front of you. Three varieties, the original, which is "lightly" covered in a granulated flavor and sugared mix; snow covered with white sugar, and lastly, sprinkles with is adhered by a light spread of chocolate.
The taste is divine, to be consumed on ASAP.
I recommend the original or classic taste, since they will be the freshest donuts. Get a dozen, less than a dollar more than the half, get a couple napkins, get a coffee, either from the original Starbucks down the way, the SBC or Tullys, and have at it.
This is a Seattle classic; and one of those things, of which if you call yourself a Seattleite, you have to have in the checkbox of things you, must have done or do regularly.
Little fluffy, puffy, bites of sweet, sweet heaven. I love this place!
The donuts are made fresh in a cute little cart shopnear the entrance of Pike Place Market. It's hard to miss because you can smell the donut deliciousness and you will see the line! Trust me, it's worth the wait! Get there early or they'll run out. I'm not sure if they have a closing time, but they tend to close shop by afternoon-ish when they run out.
The donuts are hot and packed into brown paper bags. They come in plain, powdered sugar, cinnamon, and sprinkles with chocolate. My favorite is powdered sugar and cinnamon. *Drool* just thinking about them is making my mouth water. I always have to buy at least two dozen because I plow through 12 while I'm browsing the market and then my family expects some when I get home.
HmMMM... I think I'll be making a trip over there this weekend :)
Okay I have to say the concept of this place disgusts me a little because it's SO oily despite how fresh it is and their whole attitude about tipping is just a little on the weird side. However, I must admit if you just eat one, freshly out of the fryer and no dipping or anything ... it's really good.
Of course they are making tons of money from it as although its not expensive ... $2.65 for a half dozen, the dough probably only costs a few cents and the oil almost nothing! It's mostly the show and the tourism .... not bad tho
Another visit to Seattle, another dozen tasty, freshly fried, hot donuts with my Starbucks coffee.........at the Market.
Life is good!!
Fresh hot donuts that melt in your mouth..
Just one word..........YUMMY!1
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This is one of the first stops on the Seattle food tour. They have freshly made mini doughnuts served in brown bags soaked with fresh oil. MMMmmmm... yums... sounds fatty and gross but it's yummy when the doughnuts are fresh and served hot. They basically melt in your mouth.
Prices are cheap and they go great with tea or coffee! They have the plain, powdered sugar, cinnamon and sprinkles w/chocolate. My favorite is the powdered sugar. Yums!
Seriously yummy doughnuts, perfect little size.
Definitely a stop you should make when in the market!
Yummm-- hot donuts! I feel like Homer Simpson! The cinnamon are the best!
Tip- don't get them if they are just coming out of the fryer- they are too greasy. Get the sprinkled ones instead!
One other note- this is inside the Pike's Market- I had never been before and the address confused me- just walk past the magazine/ news stand and there it is. Enjoy!!!
The Daily Dozen looks off-putting at first, and stays that way after you try their donuts. I was lured in by the line and novelty of a small doughnut shop, but was sorely disappointed.
I tried every doughnut there except the Sprinkle ones because they were out. That left me with the Plain, Powdered, and Cinnamon Doughnuts. In general, the doughnuts here drip with grease, so be prepared. Grease usually isn't a problem with me. I say bring on the grease. But that only goes so far. After ordering the doughnuts, I walked away with my brown paper bag excited as ever, only to notice that my hand, cradling the bottom of the paper bag, was more than just damp with grease. I know, doughnuts are essentially grease fried over bread, but this was exceptional. With each bite, grease actually fell down my chin. Grease aside, the dough was pretty good. The grease was actually so prevalent that I couldn't really taste any dough, to be honest.
The Powder Doughnut only accentuated the grease as the powder quickly chunked around pockets of grease. The only thing that saved these doughnuts was cinnamon. The Cinnamon Doughnuts were the most delicious, and the most flavorful, of the bunch. The cinnamon really does something great to what used to be just a plain doughnut. It still drips with grease, but it actually tasted good.
I know this review was largely about how greasy the doughnuts were here, but that's because this place didn't offer much else. If I'm going to have a typically fresh, greasy doughnut, I'd rather just have a Krispy Kreme.
GET: Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut
One of the many highlights at Pike Place Market.
As you stand in line you watch tiny little round shaped donuts being made, from the dough being shaped, dough being fried, and finally placed onto a stand where one of the employees will place your selection into a paper bag.
Whether you order the cinnamon sugar, plain, or powdered sugar, these warm, soft donut holes will bring a smile to your face and you saying, "mmmmm!" For a few dollars a 1/2 dozen or dozen donuts are an excellent way to start your shopping and browsing at the market.
I could smell this place about a block away, I wanted something to snack on while perusing pikes place market and made a quick stop. The employees are super friendly and promptly handed me a bag of hot out of the frier mini doughnuts tossed in cinnamon sugar. My first bite was pure heaven even though I am sure I scorched the top of my mouth, it was hard not to drool while waiting for them to cool a bit, oh and the smell was divine. I wanted to go back again the next day and get a dozen but I will have to wait until my next trip to seattle.
Irresistible. Delicious. Can't get enough.
I'm not even a doughnut person, but these small rings of deliciousness can't be denied. The cinnamon sugar is my favorite variety, but they really are all good. Getting there early or late in the day is best because otherwise there will be a long line snaking through the market, taking up tons of space, and testing the patience of many a doughnut enthusiast. The line moves quickly, but when your drug of choice is doughnut and your dealer seems painfully far away, it is understandable that you might feel anxious. Never fear! It is worth the wait. Hot, fresh, slightly greasy, savored directly out of a paper bag as god and mother nature intended? Perfect.
Like the cartoonish spectral hand beckoning you further, you will smell them before you find them. Just look for the line of eager customers or people scurrying away with their brown bags of greasy goodness.
They come in several varieties: plain, cinnamon and powdered. I'd recommend getting the mixed bag which should run around $2.50 or so... then walk around the Market, continuing on your way as you walk off those fried tasties.
Your donuts make me go nuts.
I've been waiting over a year to return to the Daily Dozen...the delicious smell haunts me in my sleep over 1,200 miles away! My obsession started when I took the Savor Seattle Food Tour in May of 08 and this little stand was one of the main stops.
My short stop in Seattle before heading to Vancouver, BC has brought me back to the Daily Dozen. Just like my first experience, the mini donuts were perfect! Warm, soft inside texture with a slightly crispy outside, not too greasy but definitely indulgent! They have a more cake-like texture then a yeast doughnut (think krispy kreme) so if you prefer a softer textured doughnut these may or may not turn you on...just a thought.
I bought the mixed dozen, to share with my boyfriend, which comes with plain, cinnamon, powdered, and chocolate glazed with sprinkles; I think variety is wonderful!
I don't get it! These doughnuts are not that great. Sure its small and bite size, but not anything special. The only time I had ever seen anything different, is when then decided to squirt cheese in the middle. Other than that, this place is nothing better than a tourist trap.
Why are people standing in line for this? They used to have these same machines in wal-mart. Top Pot is better, dunkin is better, voodoo is better, leonards is better, hell...krispy creme is much better.
I would have given them one star had it not been for the cheese doughnut.
"Mmmmmm, donuts!" said Homer Simpson and yours truly, Lisa N.!
These mini-doughnuts are fantastic! I especially loved the cinnamon sugar coated ones! A must try when you're dodging through the masses at Pike's Place.
Yummy yummy donuts, sitting in my tummy....
1/2 dozen (7 pieces) for $1.85 and they were delicious & hot! The donuts weren't too sweet.
I didn't find this place the first time around, but found it on my 2nd trip since my wife pointed it out.
There is no better way to catch my attention to see little plops of batter become wee doughnuts merrily headed straight for my tummy.
Four varieties: cinnamon & sugar, regular, powdered and sprinkled. 3 bucks gets you a dozen of the first three. I do feel slightly gypped though, sprinkled used to be a part of their "dozen mixed" bag and instead, I get the not so exciting plain ones.
It's not the best of the best but where else can you get such adorable little doughnuts? They're almost never more than 5 minutes old, hot and crispy. I bet you can eat a half dozen in one sitting, just think of it as one Krispy Kreme. Now, don't you feel better?
Yep, you can find me lined up here with all of the rest of the fans to get the best breakfast in Seattle. I usually eat pretty healthy and avoid fats, empty calories and high-frucose corn syrup etc. I do make an exception or two though, and this is one of those exceptions. If you are going to have "junk food", it should be GREAT junk food. Nothing is better for a carb fix than a bag of hot little donuts on a cold and rainy Seattle day.
How dare you tease and flirt with me afar. Your long lines drew my attention and then seeing little doughnuts pop out in the display... Well, you had me at hello.
Cinnamon, when you're hot, you're hot.
Chocolate with sprinkles, your sexy oozes out with every bite.
Powdered, I focus on your crispy outsides that make even Krispy Kreme lovers convert.
And because of your teeny size, I can indulge with less guilt. Shame on you.
Everything is better deep-fried.
Little doughnuts, made on the spot, floating down a chute of boiling fat, mechanically flipped with pinpoint precision to produce perfect little golden-brown gems of delight. Choose them steaming hot, fresh off the conveyor belt, or shaken with powdered or cinnamon sugar. The greasy paper bag attracts the greedy eyes of all the local addicts mustering the willpower to resist this sinful temptation.
We heard the rumors, we smelled the aroma coming from the other end of the market, and we saw the powdery mouths of the customers who ventured through the masses and snatched a prize bag full of freshly made donuts. But it was not until we saw the pyramid of glazed, powdered, chocolate sprinkled, and cinnamon donuts and were able to feel their warm, crunchy, moist, sweet goodness in our mouths that we were believers.
And at $3/ dozen, Pike Market's Daily Dozen is a Godsend! So go there, eat donuts, be merry, and tip them well because just like their tip jar says: "God knows when you don't tip."
Another Pike Place treat. On your way out, pick up a dozen of these babies. We've found we like the powdered sugar and cinnamon ones best. However, if you can catch them cooking up fresh donuts, then add another star to my rating and get in line!!!
ok, so if you want a fancy schmancy sit down and enjoy quiet like all good Seattle-ites love go to Top Pot. . . but when you're wet and cold and sad and need to drag yourself out of the house but can't go to Daily Dozen. The livelihood in the market is good for us all! Grab a dozen cinnamon ones (ask for the ones that are hot RIGHT outta the fryer!) shake that suggary bag of greatness and walk on down towards the fish guys... between them an who ever is to their right there is a door.. out there you can eat your warm doughnuts of heaven and look out at the sound. Take your date! PS... they cost like 2 bucks!
As I'm sitting here writing this, my belly is bulging with a dozen assorted donuts from the Daily Dozen. I was down at Pike's for some produce shopping and thought, I need a snack!
A dozen donuts for 3 schmackaroos? Score!
Original, powdered, cinnamon sugar, chocolate sprinkles... they're all there... (in my tummy)
Now my tummy hurts from sugar overload and I've gotta take a break from yelping to do some Wii Fit.
Thanks a lot Daily Dozen. ;-|
Freshly fried, lightly dusted, slightly doughy, bite-sized doughnuts. I literally could not imagine a better doughnut. I ate half a dozen in about 2 minutes.
As if it couldn't get any better, the woman behind the counter gave us a discount (since we told her we came earlier only to find that the place was closed for the Pride Parade), so our dozen of cinnamon-sugar doughnuts cost us ONE DOLLAR.
And they're...OFF! It's Bronzed Doughnut in the lead, inching up the edge of the conveyor belt. Wait, can it be? Yes, he's fallen off the edge into no man's land! This means that the long shot, the crowd favorite, Little Bubbly Doughnut has taken the lead. And now there's some jostling from behind by the Bombolone brothers, will this Cinderella story end happily? Wait...wait...wait. [plop!] YES! Lil' Bubbly has won the Daily Dozen Derby!
Nope. This isn't a transcript from Delicatessen. Yup. This is what's going through my head while standing in the interminable line snaking down the market for those delectable, piping hot, slightly greasy but oh so slurpable mini-doughnuts. Mmmm, cinnamon sugar goodness will cure whatever ails you. Name something else that will stretch your face into a goofy grin while steam comes wafting out your mouth for under $3. No, you probably can't eat all 12 of those babies but the fun is in the trying. Sigh. Now where am I supposed to get my DDD in stumptown? [sob.]
My husband loves this place. He said its the best donuts he has ever had. The Cinnamon donuts where his favorite. The Cinnamon donuts come out hot bc right when the donuts come out of the fryer they are tossed with the cinnamon sugar so it sticks to the donut. My husband ate 10 of them in like 5 mins.
Maybe it was the Metallica playing or maybe it was the hard core inked up chicks serving the goods, but i just knew these doughnuts were gonna kick ass!
No disappointment here: fresh warm doughnuts that are simply some of the best things i have ever put in mouth!
Stop reading this and go get some! The tatted up hardcore chicks will kick your ass if you dont!!
So what did I have for lunch today? Doughnuts. Yes, doughnuts. I was about to try the baguette sandwich at Creminelli Fine Meats when my eyes turned to Daily Dozen. So I gave in. I got a dozen of the plain doughnuts. I thought I would give them a try since I usually go for the assorted dozen, which are also good.
Turns out the plain doughnuts are tastier than the other varieties. They were moist and crispy, which got to me pondering the question - Where did Krispy Kreme get its name? Certainly the name must have come from something related to their doughnuts being crispy I guess. Well I beg to differ. Daily Dozen's doughnuts are tastier. The beauty of the doughnuts here is in their simplicity.
No matter if you are a tourist or a townie visiting Pike Place Market, Daily Dozen deserves a visit.
DEEEEELISHHH! This is one of my fondest memories visiting seattle!
The powder donuts are absolutely perfectly delicious! Every time I visit family in Washington I always make my way to Pikes Place for some of these scrumptious powder donuts.
Best donuts in Seattle and the ONLY place in Seattle you can get good, hot, fresh donuts.
Word of advice, don't bother with the assorted bags or the powdered sugar donuts. When I say these are the best donuts in Seattle, I'm talking about the cinnamon sugar nuggets of doom. There's nothing wrong with their other flavors, but compared to the cinnamon sugar donuts, why bother?
Cash only the line can be long but it moves fast. I've never waited more than 10 minutes.
Daily dozen! They didn't have a full assortment of donuts when I got there and their donuts were only half-fresh, but they were pretty decent. A bit on the doughy side for me and nothing amazing or mouth-watering to-die-for that I love in other donut shops. I think their powdered donut tasted the best but overall the donut oils they fried their donuts in really started making my stomach feel a bit uncomfortable and I stopped eating them. So good at first but can't overload on these things!
Stopped by the daily dozen after getting lunch. There was amazingly no line (Every other time I'd walked by there was a huge line.), and since friends have always told me how wonderful it is, I figured I'd stop in.
First things first. This place is cash only. I tend to not carry cash usually, but had some on me today.
The fellow behind the counter was very pleasant and engaging. I explained that I'd never had their donuts, and he suggested the assortment. The donuts were fresh (and still quite hot). I'm afraid however that I don't understand the zealotry that people I know have for these things. They were okay. Not bad, not great. They're worth trying, but I don't think I'd be a regular. The price is fine, and the service was great. The product however wasn't anything special. I'd rather have these over Krispy Kreme, but I'd rather have Dunkin Donuts over these. I agree with another reviewer that they were in fact rather dry. I needed a beverage to go with them and didn't happen to have one.
Lucky Donuts in Burien are awesome, and Dona Queen on 4th in SODO are a close second best.
We got some of the hot-and-fresh doughnuts here while we were in pike place market at the suggestion of the yelp talk boards, and it was worth it.
These doughnuts are, as implied, very hot and fresh. They were so fresh in fact, that I think maybe they weren't cooked all the way through; but overall I could probably eat a whole order on my own as a snack.
Every place I happened to visit in Seattle seemed to have a long line for it, and this place was no exception.
My mom read about this place in the AAA Guidebook for Seattle and forgot about it until we were watching the fish-throwing guys. After the smell of fish, my nose was pleasantly surprised when a sweet smell, reminiscent of funnel cake, wafted by. I walked in the direction of the smell, and lo and behold, doughnuts. My mom got all excited because she'd read about it and now we stumbled upon it, so it was fate that we were to try these doughnuts.
We got an assorted dozen of cinnamon sugar and powdered sugar mini doughnuts, and the guy actually gave us more than a dozen. The cinnamon sugar ones were fresh and warm and delicious. I couldn't stop eating them! I would have liked the powdered sugar ones (my mom preferred them) but they were cold and the warm ones were just too good not to eat right away.
this ended up being one of my favorite things at Pike's Place market. Way better than the guys throwing fish.
How can we say no to donuts? Especially fresh and cheap ones! We got half a dozen (7) of plain and powder sugar for under $2. I like the plain ones best because they were hot. Crispy on the outside and melt-in-your-mouth inside. The sugar ones were good, too, but they just weren't hot. If you're ever at Pike Market, this is one stop that's not to be missed.
After reading the reviews for this place I had to try it. I went on a Sunday morning and got the half dozen assorted, and instead of 7 I only got 6, but it was the Sprinkle, Cinnamon Sugar, and Powdered Sugar, and they were all so amazing I wish I bought more like 6 dozen. They're small. I could probably eat them all... Fresh, hot, not too sweet, cheap, and perfect example of a fresh donut... I'm definitely stopping by this place everytime I'm at Pike's.
Go here, get a dozen cinnamon, and die a mini-death of happiness.
How can anyone resist mini-doughnuts? We got half a dozen assorted and they were all great but the powdered sugar and cinnamon were the best. I'm just not into sprinkles on anything. The doughnuts were fresh, warm, slightly crispy on the outside and cakey and light on the inside. Sooo good! Super greasy but when they're mini and delicious, you forget about the grease factor.
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