Dad’s Donuts now open in downtown Colorado Springs

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — On Friday, June 7 which also falls on National Donut Day, Dad’s Donuts will open its downtown Colorado Springs location and Mayor Yemi Mobolade will attend the ribbon cutting along with the Downtown Partnership.

On Friday, Dad’s Donuts will open its doors at 7 a.m. and the ribbon cutting will commence at 8:30. Mitchell Yellen, Managing Partner of Dad’s Donuts said the goal of opening the downtown location is to create a place for families.

“We’re aiming for the kind of things you learn together and can go out and do together,” Yellen said. “We have sort of an outdoors theme too. We want to bring families back to the way they used to be outside, camping, doing things together.”

James Anderson, a partner of Dad’s Donuts appeared on Loving Living Local and gave Host, Nova, a taste of what customers can expect from the shop’s unique creations. “They created these incredible pastries, so this is really a croissant and a donut mixed together, I think we figured 109 layers now,” said Anderson.

When explaining why they make the donuts this special way, Amy Fairbanks, Head Pastry Chef said, it’s because they tested what dough and recipes work best for Colorado.

“So these donuts actually take three to four days to get to this point; you make a dough, you let it rest overnight, then you layer in the butter and let it rest again,” Fairbanks said. “So these aren’t just something we can whip up the first morning, they are definitely a labor of love.”

Yellen echoed what Fairbanks said and added, “There’s nothing like this in the city. We’ve spent months getting it exactly right—this is the marriage between a croissant and a donut. They really are special, and people love them.”

If you’d like to try out Dad’s Donuts, the shop is located at 29 East Moreno Avenue, and for more information or to look at the menu, head to the website linked above.

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