Old School Dunkin Donuts

[Reephdweller]

This morning I went into a dunkin donuts that I hadn't been in in about 10 years or so, but it reminded me of the way it used to be there. Does anyone else remember the old old Dunkin Donuts back when it was more like a diner and people could sit a stools around the counter? Now it's more of a stop in an get your coffee place, some of them have tables, but none really have the stools around the counter thing anymore.

[Gvac]

<p>Hell yeah!&nbsp; It used to be a huge treat getting Dunkin Donuts when we were kids, and I remember the stools along the counter.&nbsp; </p><p>I even remember when the people behind the counter spoke English! &nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Fat_Sunny]

<p><font size="2">Ditto To What Gvac Said.</font></p><p><font size="2">Fat Read That Dunkin Donuts Is Re-Postioning Itself As The Main Competition To Starbucks.&nbsp; Given Their Lower Pricing On Coffee, And Actually Quite Good Quality, Fat Thinks They&nbsp;Will Be Very Successful As &quot;America's Coffee Shop&quot;.</font></p><p><font size="2">As Soon As Fat's Current Economic Downturn Is Over, He Plans To Buy Some Stock In Dunkin Donuts!</font>&nbsp;</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>i can't remember the stools, probably before my time</p><p>i can imagine it gave it a little of the old time drugstore/woolworths luncheonette feel</p>

[reillyluck]

<p>ahhhh, the old dunkin donuts.&nbsp; those were the days.&nbsp; i too remember the stools with the u shaped table and the coffee lady would just walk up and down that aisle between the U table.&nbsp; </p><p>And the bacon egg and cheese crossaints....deeelicious.&nbsp; you know, they actually used to use real egg!&nbsp; </p><p>sadly today, none of them speak proper english and make your sammiches with precooked fake &quot;ugggh&quot; eggs!!!!</p>

[waltermitty]

everyone is competing with starbucks now.... it is kinda sad... no place to actually sit and chill without getting the &quot;perky treatment&quot;

[Fezticle98]

I'd like to hear the blowhard's opinion on this. I bet he likes the new dunkin donuts better. Or at least it's a close second to starbucks.

[Reephdweller]

<strong>reillyluck</strong> wrote:<br /><p>ahhhh, the old dunkin donuts. those were the days. i too remember the stools with the u shaped table and the coffee lady would just walk up and down that aisle between the U table. </p><p>And the bacon egg and cheese crossaints....deeelicious. you know, they actually used to use real egg! </p><p>sadly today, none of them speak proper english and make your sammiches with precooked fake &quot;ugggh&quot; eggs!!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Oh those croissants were sooooooooooo good. and yeah i remember the u shaped table!&nbsp;</p>

[HotelieMike]

The stools and U-shaped tables are claasic.... but let's not forget the same group of old timers chatting over coffee at the table in the corner everytime you walked in there.

[FUNKMAN]

<p><font size="2">did they always use purple and pink colored decor?</font></p><p><font size="2">i think i remember Denny's at one time used purple and pink colored decor</font></p>

[BoondockSaint]

When I was 17 I was barbacking at this place and we'd get out at about 5am and head to DDs.&nbsp; That was always such an awesome way to end a long night shift.&nbsp; And I remember that the waitress loved us because we'd tip her so well.

[RoseBlood]

<p>Last time I was at Dunkin Donuts there was an employee using an actual feather duster to dust the shelves.&nbsp; She was dusting the bottom shelf where there was some counter space where the&nbsp;crumbs fell. She kept dusting it, but the feather duster kept swiping the cookies and muffins on the bottom row.It didn't seem a very hygenic thing to be doing, especially in front of the customers!</p>

[Judge Smails]

<p>Anyone remember Mister Donut?&nbsp; That's where my family always went.&nbsp; At one time Mister Donut was as big as Dunkin Donuts, until Dunkin Donuts made him it's bitch and put him out of business.</p><p>I always thought the Dunkin Donuts &quot;time to make the donuts&quot; guy was intended as a slap in the face to Mister Donut.</p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Mister_donut.jpg" border="0" width="169" height="100" /><img src="http://www.blogofdeath.com/images/mvale.jpg" border="0" width="100" height="100" /></p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>Judge Smails</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Anyone remember Mister Donut?&nbsp; That's where my family always went.&nbsp; At one time Mister Donut was as big as Dunkin Donuts, until Dunkin Donuts made him it's bitch and put him out of business.</p><p>I always thought the Dunkin Donuts &quot;time to make the donuts&quot; guy was intended as a slap in the face to Mister Donut.</p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Mister_donut.jpg" border="0" width="169" height="100" /><img src="http://www.blogofdeath.com/images/mvale.jpg" border="0" width="100" height="100" /></p><p>vaguely but i think i remember a burger joint called Mister S</p>

[Leticia]

I don't remember the stools in DUnkin DOnuts in NYC... As far as I was concerned most donut places were get your coffee and go type places around here.

[Dan 'Hampton]

<strong>Fat_Sunny</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">Ditto To What Gvac Said.</font></p><p><font size="2">Fat Read That Dunkin Donuts Is Re-Postioning Itself As The Main Competition To Starbucks. Given Their Lower Pricing On Coffee, And Actually Quite Good Quality, Fat Thinks They Will Be Very Successful As &quot;America's Coffee Shop&quot;.</font></p><p><font size="2">As Soon As Fat's Current Economic Downturn Is Over, He Plans To Buy Some Stock In Dunkin Donuts!</font> </p><p>&nbsp;It's prices are about the same as starbucks if you look at the &quot;premium&quot; drinks. </p>

[A.J.]

<p>I remember the stores being like that...and with THIS logo too:</p><p><img src="http://www.williambowles.info/images/dunkin.jpg" border="0" width="250" height="160" /></p><p>There was a Mister Donut in the town where my parents moved to.&nbsp; I don't know if it's still there or not.</p>

[Don Stugots]

i remember the donuts being bigger and better tasting and people behind the counter speaking english.

[Chubby1]

<p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="3">I will go even further, i remember when they gave you a little credit card that was good for a free munchkin&nbsp; when i was a kid. It looked like 3 little people holding a donut hole and a powdered sugar cannister and when you moved the card it would shake the sugar on the treat. GOD i'm OLD</font></p>

[Bunny™]

<p>I miss old-school Dunks.</p><p>I was born in Quincy Mass, the same city where the first Dunks was opened....So I got that going for me...which is nice.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Tools on 2-20-07 @ 7:55 PM</span>

[high fly]

<p><font size="2">I'm with reefy on this one.</font></p><p><font size="2">It just ain't the same without the formica with the aluminum edge piece worked loose and those great stools that spun around and whose vinyl seat was repaired with duct tape.</font></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by high fly on 2-20-07 @ 7:55 PM</span>

[mdr55]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>i can't remember the stools, probably before my time</p><p>i can imagine it gave it a little of the old time drugstore/woolworths luncheonette feel</p>&nbsp;Liss Pharmacy in Journal Square&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</p>

[King Hippos Bandaid]

In Staten Island&nbsp; we have a Country Donuts,&nbsp; same type of Logo.&nbsp; The Donuts are Actually Better, but it is Still a Blatent&nbsp; rip off of Dunkin Donuts

[reillyluck]

<strong>mdr55</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>i can't remember the stools, probably before my time</p><p>i can imagine it gave it a little of the old time drugstore/woolworths luncheonette feel</p>Liss Pharmacy in Journal Square&nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</p><p>do you remember the coffee shop on bergen avenue right next to #11 school? </p>

[LOAF]

<p>I remember they ran a promotion...</p><p>You just had to tell the cashier, &quot;dunkin donuts is worth the trip&quot; and you got a free half dozen donuts!!</p>

[IamFogHat]

I enjoyed the old setup, not that I dislike the new one, but I rarely go there.&nbsp; We used to go to an old school one next to the car wash we frequented so yeah, those images are still pretty clear in my head.&nbsp; The new shit's fine though.

[The Blowhard]

I hope we can all agree that Starbucks sucks. The coffee beans are burnt, and there is a horrible aftertaste. I would rather drink bongwater than Starbucks anyday, it's awful. Now as for Dunkin Donuts, I rate their coffee as one of the best. Growing up, there wasn't any Dunkin Donuts in my neighborhood, or any other fast food chain for that matter. The community council kept out Dunkin Donuts, along with McDonald's, Burger King and the rest. They claimed it would cause problems for the neighborhood, and it would also be a litter problem. They finally gave in during the 80's, but in the process we lost the greatest coffee place in the world: Chock Full O' Nuts! There were shops all over NYC and they had the best coffee, period, along with the greatest donuts. They folded, and that was a great loss. They are however bringing them back, and I hope they are successful. And one observation about Dunkin Donuts: is it me, or are the donuts getting smaller and smaller?

[Servo]

You know what I don't like about DD now?&nbsp; The box a dozen donuts comes in.&nbsp; It's that wide pizza box-type thing.&nbsp; I liked the old boxes that looked like shoeboxes and the donuts were placed on their sides in rows of four.&nbsp; And the donuts&nbsp;do seem smaller now too.&nbsp;

[OneEyeJack]

<strong>Have you ever paid for a jelly donut and got the wrong jelly inside?I DISLIKE THE SMOOTH FLEMLIKE JELLY.Its like eating mucus.Give me the chunky kind.</strong>

[mdr55]

<strong>reillyluck</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>mdr55</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p>i can't remember the stools, probably before my time</p><p>i can imagine it gave it a little of the old time drugstore/woolworths luncheonette feel</p>Liss Pharmacy in Journal Square <p>&nbsp;</p><p>do you remember the coffee shop on bergen avenue right next to #11 school? </p>&nbsp;Yeah I do. Don't tell me you used to work there.<p>&nbsp;</p>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>Blowhard</strong> wrote:<br />I hope we can all agree that Starbucks sucks. The coffee beans are burnt, and there is a horrible aftertaste. I would rather drink bongwater than Starbucks anyday, it's awful. Now as for Dunkin Donuts, I rate their coffee as one of the best. Growing up, there wasn't any Dunkin Donuts in my neighborhood, or any other fast food chain for that matter. The community council kept out Dunkin Donuts, along with McDonald's, Burger King and the rest. They claimed it would cause problems for the neighborhood, and it would also be a litter problem. They finally gave in during the 80's, but in the process we lost the greatest coffee place in the world: Chock Full O' Nuts! There were shops all over NYC and they had the best coffee, period, along with the greatest donuts. They folded, and that was a great loss. They are however bringing them back, and I hope they are successful. And one observation about Dunkin Donuts:<font size="2"><strong> is it me, or are the donuts getting smaller and smaller?</strong></font><p>&nbsp;no its not you.&nbsp; they are smaller and do not taste the same.&nbsp; i suggest getting a donut from a coffee cart in the city.&nbsp; big, tasty and fresh.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Blowhard, what year was the DnD on 86th street and Ave. U built?&nbsp; i cannot ever remember what was there before that.&nbsp;</p>

[lleeder]

<p><font size="3">I think Im getting old cause lately my favorite donut is a plain</font></p><p><img src="http://entenmanns.gwbakeries.com/Images/products/7203001390.jpg" border="0" width="188" height="188" /></p>

[SinA]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>it all changed in the early 90s, when they put up no smoking signs</p>

[angelinad128]

<strong>HotelieMike</strong> wrote:<br />The stools and U-shaped tables are claasic.... but let's not forget the same group of old timers chatting over coffee at the table in the corner everytime you walked in there. <p>I had to think about this for a while but yes I remember the u shaped tables also and the group of old people.</p>

[angelinad128]

<strong>Blowhard</strong> wrote:<br />I hope we can all agree that Starbucks sucks. The coffee beans are burnt, and there is a horrible aftertaste. I would rather drink bongwater than Starbucks anyday, it's awful. Now as for Dunkin Donuts, I rate their coffee as one of the best. Growing up, there wasn't any Dunkin Donuts in my neighborhood, or any other fast food chain for that matter. The community council kept out Dunkin Donuts, along with McDonald's, Burger King and the rest. They claimed it would cause problems for the neighborhood, and it would also be a litter problem. They finally gave in during the 80's, but in the process we lost the greatest coffee place in the world: Chock Full O' Nuts! There were shops all over NYC and they had the best coffee, period, along with the greatest donuts. They folded, and that was a great loss. They are however bringing them back, and I hope they are successful. And one observation about Dunkin Donuts: is it me, or are the donuts getting smaller and smaller? <p>Your right about the getting smaller. They are opening in such small retail spaces AND they share the same little space with Baskin Robbins in alot of places here in NY.</p>

[drjoek]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;I can't stand Starbucks the coffee is undrinkable plus I hate the pretentiousness of it all. I always go in and ask for a large coffee with milk just to fuck with them. It pisses them off big time. </p><p>Them :&quot;Is that a grande sir?&quot;</p><p>Me : What the Fuck does that mean and how come you don't put milk in for me?&quot;</p><p>Them :I don't like your additude sir</p><p>Me: I dont like your dreadooks white boy</p><p>Them &quot; Im goint to have ask you to leave</p><p>Me: Ill leave when Im damn good and ready</p><p>Them: &quot;How about now&quot;</p><p>Me&nbsp;&quot; F U&quot; </p><p>Them &quot;Have a great day sir&quot;</p><p>Back in the day the prevailing wisdom about Dunkin donuts and its coffee was that it was always the best. I remember people said the reason had something to do with how they &quot;superheated&quot; the water that they made the coffee with. Im not sure that this makes any sense but I do remember it.</p><p>As far as the donut boxes I asked why they made that switch and it is because people did not like the fact that the donuts lined up side by side would mash up the topping so they lay them all out flat so none are lying against each other.</p><p>FYI I have found that by getting a Dunkin card and refilling it with money I ca cut down on the constant tipping since I go there a couple time a day. Save a buck a day. cheap prick that I am</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="6" color="#0000ff" style="background-color: #ffff00"><strong>WWRD</strong></font></p>

[WRESTLINGFAN]

<p><img src="http://softball.hnrc.tufts.edu/league/teams/psychology/images/index.1.jpg" border="0" alt="donuts" title="donuts" width="210" height="259" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Remember this guy?</p>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>WRESTLINGFAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p><img src="http://softball.hnrc.tufts.edu/league/teams/psychology/images/index.1.jpg" border="0" alt="donuts" title="donuts" width="210" height="259" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Remember this guy?</p><p>&nbsp;Fez's dad?</p>

[ralphbxny]

<strong>Don Stugots</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>WRESTLINGFAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p><img src="http://softball.hnrc.tufts.edu/league/teams/psychology/images/index.1.jpg" border="0" alt="donuts" title="donuts" width="210" height="259" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Remember this guy?</p><p>&nbsp;Fez's dad?</p><p>I remember the commercials and him but we didnt have any dunkin donuts in my area of the bronx.&nbsp; My senior year in high school I we got our first and it still looks the same...no stools.!</p>

[J.Clints]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Hell yeah!&nbsp; It used to be a huge treat getting Dunkin Donuts when we were kids, and I remember the stools along the counter.&nbsp; </p><p><font style="background-color: #ffff00">I even remember when the people behind the counter spoke English!</font> &nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I miss the good ole days.</p>

[BACH16207]

<div><font size="2" color="#008080">I remember back not to long ago there used to be only one D &amp; D in all of Westchester County. Now&nbsp;it is&nbsp;like AIDS in Africa, everywhere you turn!</font></div>

[Reynolds]

<p>Now there's just a button for creamer that they push according to the size of the coffee.&nbsp; I get a large iced coffee with 2 creams (small button)&nbsp; Every time I go to this one D&amp;D there's this dumb chubby whore there that pushes the large button twice, so I end up getting 6 creams, which in an iced coffee makes the drink about 75% cream, fucking nasty.k</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One day I went through the drive through, and asked for my iced coffee, and a small hot coffee, 2 creams no sugar.&nbsp; She fucked both coffees up, so i turned around and went through again.&nbsp; When I told here that they were both wrong, she stood there with her hands on her hips staring at me like i'm some kind of an asshole, when I just paid 6 bucks for 2 fucked up coffees.&nbsp; dumb whore&nbsp;</p>

[Bob Impact]

Our Dunkin Donuts used to have a Cigarette Machine in it, that's where all us kids would get our smokes before you had to give the person ID to unlock the machine.

[BACH16207]

<strong>mudeater</strong> wrote: <p>&nbsp;</p><p><font style="background-color: #ffff00">One day I went through the drive through</font>, and asked for my iced coffee, and a small hot coffee, 2 creams no sugar.&nbsp; She fucked both coffees up, so i turned around and went through again.&nbsp; When I told here that they were both wrong, she stood there with her hands on her hips staring at me like i'm some kind of an asshole, when I just paid 6 bucks for 2 fucked up coffees.&nbsp; dumb whore&nbsp;</p><p>You know why right, &quot;Cuse they Fuck You at the drive through&quot; that's why!</p>

[K.C.]

<p>Miss Mr. Donut</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Mister_donut.jpg" border="0" alt="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Mister_donut.jpg" title="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Mister_donut.jpg" width="183" height="134" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now that was real old school...I'm 22 and I barely remember the chain, but for some reason it's stuck in my memory...that place ruled. </p>

[Captain Rooster]

I remember sitting at the counter and having a breakfast with my family at the old D+D. The Drunkin Donuts outside of Hofstra University rocks ... right next to the bar ... and directly across the street from Hofstra's main entrance. &quot;Open Late.&quot;