Dawn G.
Yelp
If you know me, you know I'm always on the hunt for gourmet donut spots and donut bars. This is a strong Dallas contender!
This place is a bit hidden on Allen St. The storefront is small and easily missed, except at night, when they have color changing lights draw your eye.
What is neat about this place is the fact that you can pretty much build your own donut, which they call "The Selfie." They have a selection of donuts, frostings, toppings etc. So don't be afraid to let out your creative side. They also have their own specialty donuts, which have super fun names and look too good to eat.
So far, I've tried 3 donuts here. Hands down favorite is the U Bacon Me Crazy. YOU GUYS, THIS DONUT!!!!!! Jon G. is the bacon on Donuts king, I enjoy them from time to time, but after trying this one, you might have to name me Bacon on Donuts Queen, because it's going to be hard to come here and not buy a U Bacon Me Crazy!
It starts with a yeast ring, glazed with jalapeño jelly, topped with crumbled bacon and finished with a cream cheese icing drizzle. IT'S SO YUMMY! I'm a biggggg fan of Jalapeño jelly and this was a damn good application of it. The flavors are so well balanced, sweet and salty, spicy and rich. Come here, get this donut, end of story.
The Cake Me Up Before You Go Go is a Red Velvet Cake Donut with decadent cream cheese frosting and red velvet crumble. Very tasty and just the right amount of frosting.
Then there's The Cowboy, a blueberry cake donut with blueberry cream frosting and a dollop of blueberry preserves. I really enjoyed this one! The flavor was spot on, not too dry and the dot of blueberry preserves was a really nice touch!
Donuts are average priced for gourmet flavors, which is anywhere from $1.99 a pc to upwards of $3 or more per pc. Worth it in my opinion, these aren't .80 cent plain glazed rings after all.
My only complaint would be that each donut was a bit dense. For cake donuts, it's not that big of a deal. And they were all moist, despite being so dense. But even the yeast ring seemed a bit dense when I bit it. Still not terrible, but I'll definitely be paying attention to the texture next time to see if this is consistent.
Regardless, Urban Donut is worth a visit. If for nothing else, go get the U Bacon Me Crazy, seriously! You will not be disappointed!
Looking forward to seeing what else you have in store for the future Urban Donut!