Is it possible Chicago has achieved peak gourmet doughnut saturation? A question like that implies that there is such a thing as too many doughnuts, which is simply not the case. (Except maybe during Donut Fest, when a visitor caught unprepared may attempt to eat a dozen in an hour.) Anyway, there are still many pockets of Chicago that have not yet been graced with a bakery that produces fresh doughnuts. Until recently, one of those pockets was Old Town.
And now the coffee. It’s from Metropolis. It’s properly brewed and served at the appropriate temperature, which makes it a perfect foil for the bacon and, especially, the doughnuts. (At a doughnut shop, coffee should play a supporting role, to enhance the doughnuts. It should not be center stage.)
Doodle’s Doughnuts, 1419 N. Wells, 312-631-3339, doodlesdoughnuts.com
