Dunkin' Donuts...

[lemon boy]

I go to Daylight Donuts quite frequently as a matter of fact. But just so you know, their donuts aren't as good and it's pretty tough to beat Dunkin' Donuts coffee.

next yer gonna try telling me that DD has better meat pies right?

[TheDingleberry]

Man it's all about:

[365wp]

At Starbucks, the illusion of quality is the nice shiny interior and if weather/location serve, warm fire (although this illusion can be shattered by the drunk dude keeping warm and singing show tunes, no joke)...there is no illusion of quality at DD. It's usually the opposite.

Edit: not to defend chains or nothing, Rocky Mountain Roastery in Winter Park is an awesome coffee place...and I had a wicked good mocha at the little joint at the base of Grand Targhee...but DD is good stuff.

[cmsummit]

next yer gonna try telling me that DD has better meat pies right?

I prefer to not eat meat in the form of a pie. Just doesn't feel right.

I think it was the minced-meat pies my grandmother used to bake around the holidays. Weird stuff. I'll just stick to cherry, blueberry, apple, strawberry-rhubarb, pumkin, etc.

[non grata]

I prefer to not eat meat in the form of a pie. Just doesn't feel right.

hey, as long as it isn't crusty...

[lemon boy]

You are missing out on quite possibly the worlds greatest breakfast food.

Protein and Carbs! Wash that down with greasy spoon coffee and you're ready to do just about anything!

[meatdrink9]

Meat pies! Wash that down with greasy spoon coffee and you're ready to shit fire and crawl back into bed with TP stuffed in your PJs.

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[lemon boy]

must suck to have a weak constitution huh?

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[mr_gyptian]

LB, release the meat pie for chrissakes. you're screeching like dexter.

for all I care the rest of the chains could be fire bombed. McDonalds being first in line.

I go to Pika as much as possible, but it is no longer on my way to work. most of the other private places serve vail roasters ground up shit pellets. which I cannot abide.

Daylight is a chain. their coffee sucks. however their huevos is one of a kind. beyond that, why their blue berry cake donut has not been deified in one of the 21st century's true crimes against humanity.

[SponsoredByDuctTape]

Just to fill you guys in, Dunkin' Donuts is nation-wide. They have 'em here in L.A., but they don't do too well. Their coffee is good, but so is 7-11 coffee, and so is the coffee that comes out of my own pot. I could understand going to some joint that had great donuts, but why not make that first morning cup at home?

When they first opened out here, every Krispy Kreme in So Cal had a line out the door, around the corner, and down the alley. It's cooled off since then, but some of them are still out of control. Starbucks ain't much better, but this is L.A., so what do you expect? If it ain't cool, it dies.

I think the question of whether or not the chains eat up the local mom and pop shops comes down to franchising. Are Dunkin' Donuts franchises? Or are they owned by one big company? It makes a big difference when you consider that the money coming into a DD may be going to locals.

[trainnvain]

I'm from New England, lived here my whole life.

Dunkin' Donuts sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Joey coffee. Never been to a starbucks, can't comment.

I used to drink DD. When I used drown it in Cream and sugar.
The brew I get now is cheaper, better, and I don't have to stand in a line with men wearing cologne.

Dunkin Donuts sucks. Period. Fuck them.

(well, their French cruellers are good)

[Ireallyliketoski2]

I love the skiers edge coffee shop/used ski gear shop in Empire, I have both the frequent coffee drinker and frequent bathroom user cards there. That place is remarkably sanitary and friendly to boot, highly recommended, 5 stars (on a sliding 5 star scale).

[Nate Dogg]

cms: Yes, I am fucking mad about the proliferation of chains in America.

Not only are the bad for the country and your neighborhood but they serve a merely homoginized medium to low quality foodstuff. There can be no room for greatness at a chain.

Nate: Chains are a fucking plauge. They are not better than local establishments and the competition they bring is not equal.

Go to goddamned Daylight Doughnuts: No chain could ever hope to rival it on any level.

I suppose that we will have to agree to disagree. In my personal opinion, you are quite off-base in that chains are not better than local establishments. This whole debate is simple economics -- i.e. economies of scale. Many chains can bring you the same products offered by local stores and at lower prices because their costs are lower.

While I realize this same argument can be used to support your claim in that the "competition they bring is not equal", basically because of these low costs and ability to undercut local competitors (or excess capital and selling near/below cost for a period of time), I really don't think it applies in the case of coffee shops. People will pick the coffee shop which they prefer, and the marginal difference Dunkin' Donuts may be able to offer over a local store is negligible, and I very much doubt it will deter customers from the local store. Maybe you will just have to live with the idea that Dunkin' Donuts may very well provide better coffee than a local shop, although it is all personal preference.

My $.02

EDIT*By the way, I very rarely drink coffee, and could careless about the success or failures of Dunkin' Donuts. I just think you have a slightly skewed perspective of chains, although I do agree they often have negative impacts, but I don't think this should be the rule.

[Dr. Send]

I think you need a Tim Hortons or two.

Timmy Ho's is the shit!

[iceman]

The Marylou's reference is great. A local chain with maybe 10 locations, that is good shit. I go to the one in fuckin' Pembroke, sometimes to the one in goddam Hanovah, and occasionally to the one in freakin' Braintree, ovah theyah byda South Showah Haaaspital.

[vinzclortho]

Marylou's iced coffee is the tits guy.

[GFP]

Dunkin Donuts' coffee was rated #2 in Consumer Reports.
Starbucks', burnt-tastes-like-shit coffee was rated #28.

What the hell? Don't leave us in the dark, who's #1??? This is much needed information.

[Nate Dogg]

The Marylou's reference is great. A local chain with maybe 10 locations, that is good shit. I go to the one in fuckin' Pembroke, sometimes to the one in goddam Hanovah, and occasionally to the one in freakin' Braintree, ovah theyah byda South Showah Haaaspital.

Glad you liked it, the one in Pembroke is solid I know a handful of girls that work there or have worked there in the past. That one in Hanover is kind of hidden from the non-Hanover folks on those back streets there, Pembroke's is right on the middle of Rt. 53! Perfect, besides the fact that none of them seem to be especially close to the highway.

[Obstruction]

I'm from New England, lived here my whole life.

Dunkin' Donuts sucks. Sucks. Sucks. Joey coffee. Never been to a starbucks, can't comment.

I used to drink DD. When I used drown it in Cream and sugar.
The brew I get now is cheaper, better, and I don't have to stand in a line with men wearing cologne.

Dunkin Donuts sucks. Period. Fuck them.

(well, their French cruellers are good)

I grew up in the town Dunky Do's had the corporate offices in before they were bought out by a french liquor conglomerate (soon to be sold to another). A thousand years ago I road my bike to the local DD and spent my paper route money on chocolate honeydips. I hate their fucking coffee. It's watery burnt tasting and you have to wait in line for five minutes behind a horde of cultists to get at the shit.

Re Mary Lou's: I vacated Maaash Vegas before they became a south shore cultural phenomena, all we had was a freakhin Mistah Donuts across from the A&W drive in fer crissakes.

[Dr. Send]

(well, their French cruellers are good)

You make them sound evil! What did crullers ever do to you?

[freshie247]

I'm still alughing about that one J

[Keoni]

LISTEN UP FUCKS! THE LAST GODDAMNED THING THAT FUCKING SOMEWHAT COUNTY NEEDS IS ANOTHER FUCKING CHAIN OF ANY FUCKING KIND. FOR GOD'S SAKE THERE ARE PLENTY OF KICK ASS PLACES THERE THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THE PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, I guess you will never be known as Lemming Boy.

[JMO]

Try a road trip without ordering a medium regulah and a Boston Creme donut. I dare ya!

C'mon. It' freaking Dunkin Donuts. We've grown up with the place. I know it better than my own sister (sorry, no pics).

[bagtagley]

They can serve dyed piss as coffee for all I care, Krispy Kream dishes out piping hot, glazed donuts for free right off the assembly line. Also, good luck finding a better glazed devil's food.

Having said that, nothing compares to Mr. Donut. Unfortunately they were bought out by Donut Connection, and now they suck.

[ak_powder_monkey]

DUnkin Dounuts blows Krispy Kreme out of the water no ifs about it. However the local dounut shop golden dounuts beat the shit out of both... However wish Dunkin were up here in force, although I'd get so so so fucking fat.