The Donut Hole, in La Puente, doesn’t sell the very best doughnuts in the Los Angeles area, but I love going there.
Driving through its absurd, gigantic fiberglass doughnut — a pristine example of mimetic architecture — is a brief, giddy and almost spiritual experience.
An edge, architectural or otherwise, is practically required in the unusually saturated, competitive doughnut market of Southern California.
It might be a glamorous seasonal doughnut, like the strawberry-stuffed beasts you can find at the Donut Man, in Glendora, from February to September.
I am consistently pleased by the simple chocolate glazed at Colorado Donuts — though if I’m with my nephews, the chewy, pull-apart, rainbow-colored mochi doughnuts from Mochi Dochi are always the stronger choice.