Just when I thought I had finally burned off all the doughnut calories from Voodoo Doughnut I had to stop at Peter Pan in Greenpoint on Saturday. At least I was on a bike ride! I took the train down to Brooklyn Heights then rode back to Harlem via Brooklyn, Queens, and the Koch-Queensboro Bridge. Along the way I stopped to take a picture (well, four) of downtown from Brooklyn Heights and Midtown from Gantry Plaza State Park.
Peter Pan has the reputation for having some of the best donuts in the city. Tina Fey loves them, perhaps a bit too much. Unlike Voodoo, there's nothing trendy or hip about Peter Pan. Inside there is a take-out counter and a double-bowed counter where you can be served coffee and pastries by young Polish women who could care less about your existence. The chocolate glazed french crueller was outstanding.
There is a rumor, that I shall neither confirm or deny, that I also ate some donut holes from Dough at Smorgasburg in Williamsburg. Bicycling burns calories, people, and I was riding right by the market! I don't know about their regular donuts, which looked delicious, but the donut holes were way too greasy.
The reason for this particular trip, which was not to eat donuts, will be revealed later this week.
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