The Donut Pub
Donut shop · NoHo ·
Vegan and gluten-free croissant donuts, plus crullers, and hot chocolate
Vegan and gluten-free croissant donuts, plus crullers, and hot chocolate
"Hours: 24/7 The original location of Donut Pub is back open after a structural mishap shut it down. There are new flavors on the menu, like tiramisu and apple caramel, but the classics are best. Try the affordable jelly doughnut, which comes covered in powdered sugar. There’s a second location near Astor Place." - Emma Orlow
"Donut Pub is a throwback to the 1960s, a maverick place that makes its doughnuts and provides a rudimentary lunch counter in back, with the plainest sandwiches imaginable. Some of the simplest doughnuts are the best, including a plain, unfrosted bear claw fit to be dipped in your coffee, which used to be breakfast in the old days. There’s an additional location near Astor Place, but this outpost has the old-school charm." - Melissa McCart
"This Chelsea doughnut mainstay founded in 1964 mounts a colorful display of 30 or so doughnuts in front for carryout, and a snaking lunch counter — we mean, a real old fashioned lunch counter — in back where, not only can you enjoy a doughnut and some acceptable coffee, but a catalog of sandwiches like ham, tuna salad, and the sainted BEC. And the place is open 24 hours." - Robert Sietsema
"Since 1964 this cherished doughnuttery has been turning out some of the city’s best in a lunch counter setting. The selection is bewildering, with new varieties invented on a daily basis." - Eater Staff
"I was saddened when a building-near-collapse next door temporarily closed the original Donut Pub — founded in 1964 and long Manhattan’s finest producer of old-style donuts with a snaking Formica counter and minimalist sandwiches — but recently I ventured into the newer branch just off the NYU campus and found a wonderland of doughnut iconography: neon doughnuts on the walls, a panel of what looked like real doughnuts in a grid, and racks of real doughnuts gleaming behind the counter. Bewildered by choices between a Barbie-pink frosted with sprinkles and an eggy French cruller, I bought a bag that included a plain cake ($2.75) topped with thick, creamy chocolate frosting, wolfed one down in the store, and left with a chocolate-frosting mustache." - Robert Sietsema
