Blue Moon Donuts

I first reviewed this shop on Nextdoor when it was called Sticky Fingers Sweets.  Now it is Blue Moon Donuts, though I think the owners are the same.

My experience with Blue Moon Donuts began at 6:00 a.m. on a Saturday. Oops. The hours are accurately listed here, but not on Google. My bad. Blue Moon is not for early risers, as others noted here. I came back later for brunch. Unfortunately on this particular day the owner had sent the rest of his staff home, anticipating a slower day--by the time I got there the selection was pretty picked over.

I had a chocolate frosted glazed donut, a pork and venison kolache, and a cup of coffee. The glazed donut was fine--I am not really a donut connoisseur, and glazed are not my favorite. But that's the only kind they have. Various toppings and fillings, but they are all glazed. I personally prefer a cake donut, but so it goes...

The pork and venison kolache was good. Quite big and filling. It was a bit chewier than your usual pork sausage, which you'd expect with a venison mix. But the flavor of venison wasn't strong at all, I'm not sure I would have guessed it was there without reading the label. I haven't seen that anywhere else so it's an interesting option.

The coffee was standard drip, pretty much just caffeine delivery, but the price was right. The whole bill was $5.37 and $3.75 of that was for the kolache, so everything else was very reasonable.

I had good service from the friendly and personable owner. Some regulars came in while I was there--they definitely cultivate a following through down-home relatability. I ate in the shop, which is very basic. Didn't see a public restroom at all, it looks like you'd go next door to the convenience store.

We have gone to Blue Moon a few times before. They will dip donuts to order, which is messy but tasty--again, so long as you like glazed. A mild down side--if you order a dozen you get them in a small box, packed in sideways. With a mix this means there's a lot of someone else's flavor on your donut, particularly if the donuts are fresh-dipped. Our preferred shops (Snowflake and Top Donuts) put their dozen in a larger, flatter box sitting flat. Blue Moon won't displace them yet.

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