Donuts used to have no appeal to me. That is until I learned they can be good at a 24-hour spot in in New Orleans called City Donuts. Well, I don't live in NOLA, so I then began the search here in Houston. It had been a long an arduous journey to find a place I like - until it ended today. Classic Donuts is the spot. It's the quintessential mom and pop store that I hope lives forever. The glazed doughnut at 79 cents sat at the perfect crossroad between plushy and chewy. The raspberry filled doughnut at 99 cents didn't have the artificial taste like the filled doughnuts at major chains.And the sausage ranchero kolache is so stuffed with egg without being salty and with the balanced kick and yum of the jalapeno and sausage - and paired with the salsa verde carrying just the right amount of heat, it is money. $2.50 well-spent. I was so satisfied with the ranchero that I didn't even try the bite of jalapeno sausage kolache that I was offered. I also liked that the cashier threw in a donut hole, which instantly reminded me of my favorite quote from Benoit Blanc per Knives Out: "A doughnut hole in the doughnut's hole. But we must look a little closer. And when we do, we see that the doughnut hole has a hole in its center - it is not a doughnut hole at all but a smaller doughnut with its own hole, and our doughnut is not whole at all!"Oh but it was - perfectly whole and wholly perfect! Plenty of parking at the corner of Hilcroft and Beechnut.
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