Downstate Donuts
Donut shop · Uptown ·
Potato donuts with creative flavors and coffee, gluten-free options
Potato donuts with creative flavors and coffee, gluten-free options
"Mashed potatoes are the secret to this Uptown spot's soft and creamy (yet slightly cakey) donuts. So if you can’t decide between cake or yeast, this hits a happy medium. Plus, Downstate Donuts has tons of great flavors like sweet potato maple, Vietnamese coffee, and our favorite: Japanese pancake with hints of butterscotch and a berry jam drizzle." - adrian kane, john ringor
"Featured as a local pastry provider at the new Printer’s Row location, Downstate Donuts recently returned to wholesale after previously working with the Novotnys years ago; Nicole says she’s a big fan of their potato doughnuts." - Lisa Shames
"Potatoes make the treats at Downstate Donuts fluffy, and the shop is devoted to using local and organic ingredients whenever possible. Their original vanilla sour cream glazed doughnut and lemon mascarpone are among the gluten-free options. The shop also offers rotating seasonal flavors, often testing them at farmers markets and other events and in store on weekdays." - Sam Nelson
"Mashed potatoes go perfectly with lots of things. Steak. Pot roast. And apparently donuts. Mashed potatoes are the secret to this Uptown spot's recipe. This means the donuts at Downstate have a unique texture that's soft and creamy, but just a little bit cakey. So if you can never decide between cake or yeast, this is the Goldilocks donut you've been looking for. They have flavors like sweet potato maple, Vietnamese coffee, and Japanese pancake with hints of butterscotch and a berry jam drizzle." - John Ringor
"After a fire in his production kitchen this summer, I learned that Virgil Roundtree — who started as a virtual bakery selling potato doughnuts from a bicycle before moving into coffee shops and farmers markets — has launched a Kickstarter to fund a new production kitchen and, eventually, a permanent shop in Andersonville." - Naomi Waxman