Results of the First Annual Doughnut Shootout
The First Annual Omaha Doughnut Shootout was held February 13th at The Waiting Room Lounge, Krug Park and Reverb Lounge. A sold out crowd of over 300 attendees tasted samples from a total of nearly 2,000 doughnuts from Harold’s Koffee House, Donut Stop, Pettit’s Pastry, Sunrize Donuts (Omaha), Sunrize Nebraska Donuts (Gretna), Lamar’s Donuts, Krispy Kreme, Dunkin’ Donuts and Winchell Donuts. Krug Park, Reverb Lounge and The Waiting Room also whipped up some specialty drinks to go with the doughnuts.
Those that attended voted for the favorites and at least one doughnut from every bakery received a first place vote. Here are the results:
Best Cake Doughnut
Sunrize Omaha
Sunrize Gretna
Harold’s
La Mar’s
Best Glazed Doughnut
Donut Stop
Sunrize Gretna
Krispy Kreme
La Mar’s
Best Specialty Doughnut
Tie – Sunrize Gretna
Tie – Pettit’s Pastry
Sunrize Omaha
Harold’s
Overall Favorite Doughnut
La Mar’s
Sunrize Gretna
Sunrize Omaha
Harold’s
Along with those votes, some attendees also wrote in their favorite doughnuts. Those mentioned were;
La Mar’s – Red velvet doughnut
Sunrize Omaha – Chocolate cruller
Sunrize Gretna – Apple fritter and bacon maple doughnut
Pettit’s Pastry – Oreo crusted doughnut
Donut Stop – Chocolate glazed cake doughnut
Winchell’s – Boston crème pie doughnut
Harold’s – Spice cake doughnut
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