Johnny Doughnuts, the San Rafael-born doughnut enterprise that made a splash in SF’s Hayes Valley when it opened a shop at Fulton and Gough in 2017, is coming again to life once more within the metropolis a couple of mile away at California and Fillmore streets. The doughnuts will begin popping out of the fryer on Saturday, October 29, with the general public grand opening beginning at 7 a.m.
Followers of Johnny Doughnuts can enter to win a $75 reward card in a drawing that is taking place tomorrow. The best way to enter is to observe each @johnnydoughnuts & @equatorcoffees on Instagram and remark on this post along with your favourite doughnut and occasional combo.
“Doughnuts themselves are a drive for all that is good in life — a logo. Our doughnuts have persona; they’re impressed by the seasons, native substances, and are steeped in doughnut historical past,” says founder Craig Blum. “It is not overly difficult however we take it severely — however not so severe that we do not have enjoyable.”
The Gough Road location closed in June with the imprecise promise {that a} new location would observe, however with out a agency tackle but. Inside weeks, Hoodline reported on the brand new Pac Heights location, which is subsequent door to Pizzeria Delfina’s California Road location (the previous Smitten Ice Cream store).
“We’re so excited to convey our Johnny Doughnuts household to Pacific Heights,” stated Blum in an announcement on the time. “This vibrant neighborhood is such a beautiful illustration of the varied San Francisco meals tradition and its wealthy historical past. We stay up for assembly our new neighbors whereas persevering with to serve San Francisco for a few years to come back.”
Based in 2012 as a doughnut truck that appeared in downtown SF and elsewhere, Johnny Doughnuts grew right into a brick-and-mortar enterprise in San Rafael in 2013. Different areas have adopted in Larkspur and Santa Rosa, with SF being the fourth location to this point.
The outlets make traditional raised, old style, and Bismarck (crammed) doughnuts, in addition to fritters and cronuts — which they referred to as “crodough” as a result of “cronut” is trademarked — and Johnny Doughnuts touts that they use “the best natural cool milled wheat flour and substances from domestically sourced distributors.” There are additionally gluten-free and vegan choices as properly.
