There is a particular quiet that settles over a donut shop before the rush. The fryer hums, the glaze drips, and someone in the back is sliding a tray into the case that will be half empty in twenty minutes. Dallas has a lot of these mornings happening all over the map right now, and the scene has grown up considerably in the last decade. We lost a few icons along the way, but what replaced them is more interesting than what we had before.
Here is where to go when the craving hits, from a chef-driven brioche operation in Trinity Groves to a fifth-generation strip-mall staple where the glazed are still warm at six in the morning.
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