The mysterious DONUT SMELL.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Sometimes when I walk down Highland Avenue in the morning, I distinctly smell fresh donuts. I catch this whiff in a varying location between the Willow and Hancock intersections. However, there are no donut shops or bakeries that I know of near this section of road. The closest donut-aware bakeries I could name are in either Davis or Ball Squares, which are just too far away from this location.

So: is there a hidden donut shop I, tragically, don't know about, in that area? Or am I just falling victim to wishful smelling?

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[count0.livejournal.com]

I've never seen/smelled this elusive place. But now I feel I must make a pilgrimage! Boy, I love donuts.

Is this the exact location? (http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=QzgKFep_0TravxD4MXqUSesiTU5DcVvrml7czDhDDY7cHo8-&csz=somerville%2C+ma&country=us) Does the store/bakery have a name? An exact address? Any distinguishing birthmarks?

[emblebug.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's it. it's on the corner there, right next to this gravel parking lot and the bike path. there's absolutely NO identifying information on the outside of the building (which is partially why I was so confused b/c i could only smell them until I read about them in Boston Magazine). you can't miss it, though, it's the only thing that doesn't look like a residential building.

[count0.livejournal.com]

Found it! I made a pilgrimage this afternoon around 5pm and took some pictures. Weird...I could definitely still smell baked goods in the air.

I must have looked like a total freak. Walking around this totally blank and unfriendly looking building, taking pictures with my cellphone and sniffing...

sniff sniff

DonutCam_01 (http://zero.xa.net/~count0/donut_01.jpg)
DonutCam_02 (http://zero.xa.net/~count0/donut_02.jpg)
DonutCam_03 (http://zero.xa.net/~count0/donut_03.jpg)
DonutCam_04 (http://zero.xa.net/~count0/donut_04.jpg)
DonutCam_05 (sad and forlorn, I leave donut-less) (http://zero.xa.net/~count0/donut_05.jpg)

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

The only non-Dunkin Donuts, non-Baskin Robbins that whitepages.com gave me (on a "donuts" search) is:

Russ Donuts
2 Highland Rd.
Somerville, MA 02144
617-623-0529

(switchboard.com has the address as 2 Highland Ave, which does not match up with anything anyone here has said. I've never much liked switchboard.com.)

[count0.livejournal.com]

The building is so strange. No numbers on it. No signs. But there is something that looks like a mail slot in one of the doors.

I also checked Boston Magazine's website but couldn't find any articles about secret donut factories in Somerville in their online archives.

(Your name is hrafn?? Heh! I was just in Iceland a couple months ago and saw many of them! Amazing birds, apparently originally brought over by the Vikings from Norway. Beautiful country, Iceland...fire and ice... )

[emblebug.livejournal.com]

I also checked Boston Magazine's website but couldn't find any articles about secret donut factories in Somerville in their online archives.

It was an article earlier this year - maybe in the winter - that focused primarily on the Dunkins vs. Krispy Kreme debate, but also talked about small, locally-owned donut places. I might still have the hard copy in my apartment somewhere. I will have to look for it.

[emblebug.livejournal.com]

I also checked Boston Magazine's website but couldn't find any articles about secret donut factories in Somerville in their online archives.

Here's the article:
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/ArticleDisplay.php?id=219

Unfortunately, it's only about DD and KK. I think the place in Somerville was mentioned in a sidebar, along with some other small donut bakeries.

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

Yep, the "2 Highland Rd." address looks right. It's at the intersection of Highland Road and Morrison.

Highland Road and Highland Ave are perpendicular, about three blocks apart, and do not intersect. Gotta love Boston-area street naming conventions.