Granny's Gourmet Donuts — Restaurant in Bozeman

Rare Double Rainbow Experience

I know, I know, you might think I'm over-exaggerating by using that term (not everyone will get) but in this reviewed I will defend my reasoning.

I believe this is one of the last places where you will find the term "humanity", (as lost or as little that remains)

I felt like I discovered the North Pole where Chris Pringle makes his chips. Like any other business I walked in and thought "this is pretty cool, kinda authentic place" and saw the chalk board descriptions of donuts (probably the same used 50 yrs previous before chalk board usage for food was cool) and saw the "No Cards only Cash". The man then asked me if I would close the door unless I was raised in a barn, to which I explained I kinda was. (I come off as funny despite what my wife says). I closed the door and explained I would be back with cash.

Now for the part you're waiting for.

He told me to choose my donuts since there were so few left (they sell them until they run out, then close for the day, again, like they're running a business 50 yrs previous).

I was surprise, what did he know? He didn't know if I would really come back, yet he was offering to hold them despite that common type of thinking for businesses now a days (pay at the pump used to be able to pump then pay type of thing)

I told him the two I wanted (I'm American don't judge me), and he asked what flavor I was interested in. I told him and was about to leave to get money.

FIRST RAINBOW

Then a 10yr oldish little girl approached me with a dollar, "this is for you since you don't have cash".........I was shocked. I was dressed very nice, (white plain coat with black undercoat lining, dark jean pants, clean shaven, combed hair.) what I mean to say is, I didn't look like I needed someones charity. I was speechless, I said I didn't need it and turned to tell them I would return soon. The little girl held out the dollar and said it was for me while looking at her mom, hoping she would chime in. I thought (oh, this is to teach this girl to be nice to people) but the mom said "the same thing happened to us before" so with this insistence I took the dollar. Still taken back by the touching gesture.

SECOND RAINBOW

During this scene, or act I was playing a part in, another scene for the next act of this play "buying a donut" was taking place. I didn't notice the second lady in front of me. She was buying her donuts while this was all going on. The man at the counter handed me the flavor donut I said I was interested in. I told him I just wanted the two behind the glass and didn't need the third.

He then said..... "this lady just paid for your three donuts"

So there I stand, feeling like I'm in a donut shop from 50 yrs in the past , a dollar in my hand from the kindest little girl, being given free donuts. I said thank you (I think) but honestly I felt like I didn't understand what was going on. I got in my car and stared for a while. I didn't look like I needed charity. This mom and little girl had zero reason to give me a dollar. I watched the second women get in her truck. I couldn't figure out what happened.

Maybe it's being a recently move-in to Montana from fast paced Southern CA and Arizona. Maybe it was being robbed in AZ and losing family pictures on our computers, camcorder, and camera that made me react the way I did. Maybe being in surgery the day before where the Anesthesiologist and I discussed the very sad and horrible situations we witnessed at the Stroger hospital in Chicago. Situations of abuse of mothers, children, where we saw the poor of the poor, that made me a little "raw" that day.

But I realized at that moment, sitting in my car with 3 donuts, that I had experienced something I've heard about, but maybe haven't seen for a while.

"Humanity."

I was overcome with emotion.

If you wan't to have a time traveling experience to the past, where you pay cash, where you're treated like we're a human family, where a little girl might hand you a dollar, or some kind person might buy your order of AMAZING...

3rd times the charm.

The first time my husband and I drove to Granny's Donuts, we were hit with the reality that they only accept cash. Unfortunately, neither of us really use cash and there were no near by ATM's so we just turned around and left.

On the second occasion, I pulled up an hour and a half before the shop was supposed to close - cash in hand. I was met with the "Sorry, we are closed signs" on the doors and windows. It was such a bummer. I'm not sure why they closed early but I tried to look it up on their social media pages with no luck. It doesn't look like they utilize it often.

This time around, I made sure I had cash and woke up early! I got there around 10am and originally had to wait outside. The line moves fairly quickly but the inside is pretty small so you have to maneuver around a bit.

The donuts were good and you can't beat the price. The Bismarck donuts were my favorite. A family behind me had a child and the team let her make her own special sprinkled donut - that was super cute and a fun experience for kids! I can't say these are the best donuts I've ever had but they're definitely at the top of the list in the area.

Getting here is about a 40-minute round trip from home so I'll likely only be back when I'm in the area & have...

I was in Bozeman for only one night. The next morning, I looked up best donuts in town and Granny's came up. Unfortunately, it was a Monday (Sep 26) and Google showed that Granny's was closed. On a whim, I called them anyway, just to confirm if they really were closed. Someone answered the phone, not sure who. Probably the owner. He confirmed that they were, indeed, closed. However, he mentioned that he was just finishing up a special catering order and offered to leave a few of the extras in a box for me to sample. Wow, who does that these days?!? I showed up 5 minutes later to pick them up. I expected maybe 2, 3, 4 (at the most) free donuts. He left me a whole fricken dozen! Wow! And they were still warm and fresh. Tasty and delicious. I only hope that I can return to Bozeman in the future to personally thank that kind man for those amazing donuts. Also, to pay it forward, my family and I could only eat 6 of them. I took the remaining 6, tossed in some extras from the hotel breakfast buffet, and dropped the box off to a homeless couple at the exit of the WalMart...