A Florida-based donut shop is coming to Atlanta. Donnie's Donuts, currently with two locations in Florida, has secured a space in Old Fourth Ward for what will be its first Atlanta area location, according to a post from the shop on Facebook.
Husband and wife partners Donald and Patti Summerlin opened the first Donnie's Donuts in Daytona Beach in 2015. The couple subsequently added locations in Ormond Beach and New Smyrna Beach. This past November, however, the couple opted to close their New Smyrna Beach outpost, saying that "Hurricane Ian and multiple other factors out of our control" contributed the "very difficult decision" to close.
The 2,320 square foot Highland Walk space has been home to several restaurants over the past decade or so including P'Cheen, Last Word, Cast Iron and most recently, Highland Bistro, which opened in early 2021 but closed this past February.
Donnie's offers "vintage donuts," cake donuts served plain or rolled in cinnamon sugar or "modern donuts," handcrafted artisan donuts "carefully created to emulate traditional American Desserts or customizeable via their "Donut Bar" offering a host of frostings, creams, drizzles, fruits, chocolates, nuts and more! The shop will also offer assorted coffees, teas, milks and juices.
The company's tagline is: "Vintage Donuts. Modern Charm."
The new Donnie's Donuts is basically between two other existing shops including locally owned Doughnut Dollies at 1002 Virginia Avenue in Virginia Highland and the recently opened The Salty, a fellow Florida-based business that opened August 4 at The Krog District (124 Krog Street), less than a half mile away.
In video posted to the company's Facebook page Tuesday, co-owner Patti introduces the new location and indicates that she and husband Donald "Donnie" are both from Atlanta and that they hope to be open by Halloween.
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