658473 Sat Oct 10 09:47:18 -0700 2009 12 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 5093394 i want a good old-fashioned. where to crew? good coffee would be a big plus too. Sat Oct 10 09:47:18 -0700 2009 1109094 bathtubninja 1 5093874 There are good jelly donuts and good custard filled donuts ... but old fashioned ... hmmm. Berkely Bowl West carries King Pin donuts. The cafe has Peet's Coffee and the Bakery has another coffee brewer, whose name I forget. Local 123 has great coffee and Pepple's vegan donuts. I like them, but some don't share my opinion. They don't make old fashioned donuts .However the donut shop a few doors down has reliable enough, though nothing special, old fashioned donuts. They are nice people. The coffee is sucky donut shop coffee though. You could buy a donut there and go over to Local 123 for your coffee. Sat Oct 10 15:14:06 -0700 2009 5093394 10264 rworange 1 5093967 i know it's an untraditional old-fashioned (oxymoron much?), but I love the doughnut muffin, made with old-fashioned batter and topped with cinnamon sugar, at Bette's To Go on Fourth. They've got decent drip and espresso, but Peet's is across the way, and it's a few blocks up to Local 123, too. Sat Oct 10 16:04:18 -0700 2009 5093394 66085 pockyjunkie 1 5094079 Dream Fluff. But I don't know how their coffee is. Sat Oct 10 17:14:17 -0700 2009 5093394 13525 JasmineG 1 5094103 Or you could get King Pin donuts from the location on campus. When they're hot and fresh, they're great. Otherwise, I think they're just so-so. They do have old-fashioned. Don't know about their coffee. I also like the donuts at Yellow Brick Cafe, which is perhaps better known now for its Cambodian BBQ. They also do made-to-order donut specialties there, like a banana-cream donut and, supposedly, a donut burger (though I still haven't read a report from anyone who's successfully ordered this). They serve Peerless coffee, but from a thermos (not fresh brewed). More detailed reports here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/632099 Sat Oct 10 17:29:55 -0700 2009 5093394 21142 abstractpoet 2 5106576 King Pin around 9 - 10 PM when they're fresh and hot is sooooo good... but that probably applies to almost any donut. Thu Oct 15 16:28:37 -0700 2009 5094103 123941 kimchee411 3 5109446 Ahh there's something about freshly fried sweet dough at midnight when you're in college... Kingpin :) Fri Oct 16 18:41:09 -0700 2009 5106576 126639 marilees 1 5094515 Anyone know of a place East Bay way that uses potato flour for their doughnuts..."spudnuts?" Sun Oct 11 00:20:01 -0700 2009 5093394 76255 Munching Mark 1 5103484 Berkeley Bowl on Oregon has'em, not sure if they are good or not. Dream Fluff is ok, nothing special. I know you specfied old fashioned, but Hopkins St bakery makes killer jelly filled. You might try Happy Donut (I think that is the name) on University or Gilman. They do a decent job at it. Wed Oct 14 15:26:54 -0700 2009 5093394 13173 pepper 1 5103572 Although not in Berkeley, All Star Donuts in El Cerrito is just a hop, skip and jump away and I've always enjoyed their chocolate and glazed old fashioned donuts. They also do a delicious, apple fritter though some might find it a bit too sweet. The folks who own/run the shop are really nice as well. Don't go for the coffee. Wed Oct 14 16:05:37 -0700 2009 5093394 41305 Hungrymama 1 5107251 I know this may sound crazy but I All Star Donuts on University has awesome old-fashioneds. Even crazier, they have a huge sign outside that advertises Cambodian BBQ that's also really good. The hours for food are a little wacky cus it depends how many people are working there at the time but really good an cheap when u can get it. I've also seen people ordering a big chocolate cream donut that's sliced in half and stuffed with banana slices and whipped cream that's probably awesome when you're in the right mood. Anyway, their chocolate old fashioned donuts are totally solid an delicious. Here's a previous thread: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/566455 All Star Donut‎ 1255 University Ave, Berkeley, CA (510) 666-0878‎ Fri Oct 16 01:10:36 -0700 2009 5093394 1115561 raeanne 1 5109774 King Pin on Durant is where I'd go for a donut when I was a student. Aaron http://www.thesluicebox.com/ Fri Oct 16 23:27:07 -0700 2009 5093394 1105836 DandySF 1 5116300 Not in Berkeley, but I had read in this article in the Chronicle that Pizzaiolo is making doughnuts now in the morning http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/01/DDG319SBM5.DTL so I stopped by on Saturday morning to sustain myself for a busy day. They had two kinds, an old fashioned buttermilk and a pumpkin, so I got one of each -- each doughnut came with a doughnut hole, which was a nice touch. These are big fluffy cakey doughnuts, sprinkled in sugar, for $2 each, and they were pretty delicious. I didn't taste that much pumpkin in the pumpkin one, though -- I mean, it tasted good, just not particularly pumpkiny. They were fresh when I bought them, but I didn't eat both of them that day, and they were still pretty tasty reheated in my toaster oven for breakfast this morning. I also had Dream Fluff doughnuts on Sunday (it was a doughnut kind of weekend) and their old fashioned still have my heart. Mon Oct 19 22:01:21 -0700 2009 5093394 13525 JasmineG