This modern donut haven serves up indulgent, gourmet creations and lively espresso, perfect for a sweet day out on Fillmore Street.
"Donate $15 to Johnny Doughnuts on their website, and they’ll bring donuts and coffee to San Francisco and Marin County healthcare workers." - team infatuation
"Johnny Doughnuts will provide doughnuts and coffee at Outside Lands 2024." - Dianne de Guzman
"Donate $15 to Johnny Doughnuts on their website, and they’ll bring donuts and coffee to San Francisco and Marin County healthcare workers. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Team Infatuation
"Johnny Doughnuts' version of a cronut (dubbed here a "crodough") is reason enough to make a donut-coffee detour. It’s got fluffy layers with a thick, sweet cream filling, and is the injection of sugar you’ll need to finally conquer all the errands you’ve been putting off. The glossy, white-tiled Pacific Heights donut shop (with a few other locations throughout the Bay) also serves other donuts like vanilla old fashioneds and cinnamon twists, though they tend to lean dry—so stick with the crodoughs and you’ll leave happy. " - Julia Chen
"This San Francisco original gives sweets lovers with celiac reason to rejoice. Johnny Doughnuts, in its stunning new cafe in Pac Heights, let me time travel to before my diagnosis in 2004 with its gluten-free doughnut, this iteration stuffed with juicy blueberries. The goofily-named Frittah Thang — to imply its resemblance to a fritter while sporting an old fashioned doughnut-like texture — comes coated in a well-made vanilla glaze. This pastry is hardy, more durable and bodied than a pink box-esque doughnut that may run on the airier side. This dessert-adjacent creation is hefty, too: It won’t fit in your hand, requiring just the right amount of bites, making each bite feel worth each penny spent. Chomping into this Y-shaped pastry was the correct choice on a late afternoon on California Street. Alongside the shop’s Equator Coffee in the morning, or as a post-Roam Burger delight, the Frittah Thang is as San Francisco a doughnut choice as a drunken Bob’s order at 1 in the morning. Johnny Doughnuts, 2404 California Street, San Francisco" - Lauren Saria