EndGrain
La Colombe Americano
Enoch’s Doughnuts
Pumpkin with Spiced Pepitas
Bourbon Vanilla
Chocolate Turtle
Salted Caramel
Bacon Butterscotch
Honey Glazed
German Chocolate
Waking up early on the day of ‘The Game’ for a long morning run I was a bit surprised when my sister’s fiancé and my aunt volunteered to join me at Endgrain for a sampling of Enoch’s Doughnuts but having heard rumor that these may be the new “best in town” I was glad for the company which easily facilitated a “one of each” order from the disinterested clerk as an elderly regular held court at the end of the bar. Decidedly hipster-chic in design with exposed brick and taxidermy on the walls as Interpol played overhead our sampling of sweets plus a Nizza Americano began with the lightly salted, sliced, and filled caramel cake option before progressing onward to the sweet, raised honey glazed with excellent yeasty notes beneath the sticky, all natural lacquer and with these two selections setting the tone the quality and creativity would only improve with each subsequent bite. Personally believing that a great doughnut is one part quality and one part masticatory memories it was actually the later, and specifically the texture beneath the exemplary glazes that made Endgrain so great as both raised and cake selections feature a lightly crisp exterior overlying a supple, sweet crumb reminiscent of childhood Sunday’s in Port Clinton – the $3 Bourbon Vanilla and smooth, spicy pumpkin obviously worlds away from 50 cents for sprinkles but every bit as smile inducing no matter how hard the man behind the counter tried to focus on his frown.
