124 5th Ave, Seattle WA 98121(206) 728-1966
Parking: street parking
Hours: Mon-Fri 6am - 7 pm, Weekends, 7am - 7pm
http://www.toppotdoughnuts.com/
Last Visited: April 1, 2011
Food: 4 stars
Atmosphere: 4 to 5 stars
Service: 4 stars
Price: $
We had just taken the Ride the Ducks Seattle Tour and as we were driving along 5th Avenue, our tour guide, Flip, mentioned how Top Pot Doughnuts had just been named #1 on evening magazine’s best of western Washington. Of course, since we were walking back to our car from the starting point of the tour, Top Pot would have to become one of our stops along the way.Like so many other well-known businesses, Top Pot has a great story. They started off with a concept that a doughnut shop doesn’t need to be a fluorescent-lit fast food place. It could be something cool, and indeed, when we walked in to this Top Pot café (there are currently seven locations in the Puget Sound area), we were impressed of how it reminded us more of a bookstore than a doughnut shop. It was super quiet (of course, it was later in the afternoon), and the display case showed a lovely assortment of donuts.
With a limited stomach, we opted to select four doughnuts. My favorite is an old-fashioned so that was definitely one of them. We also got a cake doughnut, glazed old-fashioned, and chocolate cake doughnut. To get something a little unique, we tried their seasonal cherry blossom cake doughnut. I forgot to take the photo before enjoying a bite, so the photo is one in the process of being eaten.Standard doughnuts sell for 99 cents. A premium doughnut (like the cherry blossom) sells for $1.49.
The doughnuts were all very good and the cherry blossom was so fragrant and you could taste hints of cherry throughout each bite.
A fun experience for any Seattle visitor, these hand-forged doughnuts will be a treat. However, what stood out for me most was how they had set up their unique cafés.
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