The donuts are pretty good but not as good as they used to be. They used to be superior to all other local donut shops. Also, I think the donuts are very pricey today (to me) for what you get so I do not go there anymore.

A while back the shop was sold to a new owner and they changed the recipe from a potato based dough/flour, which is what they used to use, back to a regular flour/dough, which is cheaper and doesn't taste nearly as good nor nearly as satisfying. How do I know, you ask? I talked to the old owners years before they sold the shop and they told me they used potato flour.

Of course, if you never went to the old donut shop then you wouldn't know the difference. For example, the cinnamon twists used to have a very good flavor and were heavy and doughy but today they are smaller, lighter and taste just like bread with a little bit of sweetener on top, a big difference from what they used to be, although, just by looking at them you could not tell the difference. But again, the donuts they sell today are ok but just nowhere near as good as they used to be.

I do believe the donut shop is making more money today (under the new owners) because they opened a second store in downtown Tacoma and do promote the shops, whereas the old owners did not promote the shop and were happy with only the one location and loyal clientele.

The older (potato flour) donuts were so good and were so well known in the area that the previous owners did not have to advertise, word-of-mouth did everything to sell a great product. And as Tony Tiger said... "They (were) Great!"