"July, 2023 visit Best jelly donuts anywhere. All other donuts are top notch! My wonderful wife and our daughter took the Amtrak to Chicago for college orientation. Since the train takes about an hour to get from Downtown St. Louis to Alton, we decided I'd drop them off and pick them up at Alton. After we dropped them off, I drove with our dog around... we grew up in Bethalto, and some of the area looked familiar. and then... I saw it... MISTER DONUT!!!! I hadn't been there since the 1980s... AND that's ok... because we were there then and now... on a Sunday morning in June, 2023... nice! I picked up six that Sunday morning and while watching the Cardinals thankfully defeat the Cubbies in London, our son and I enjoyed comparing the jelly and raspberry jelly donuts so similar and yet so different. : I cannot fully describe what makes Mister Donut's jelly donuts so unique, but I can definitely confirm that there is something extra special about Mister Donut's jelly donuts... the exteriors have a special something that is unique and wonderful... so wonderful... and then the powdered sugar... Later that Sunday afternoon, I also enjoyed a burger on a blueberry cake donut, for lunch... so tasty! (yes, inspired by the Gateway Grizzlies baseball team . And then the six donuts were gone... and the feeling of a warm belly and the feeling of the emptiness of the donut box conflicted with one another. ; When the dog and I picked up my wife and daughter, I drove a short detour, to show them Mister Donut, and we were fortunate that Caesar and another Mister Donut team member were there making donuts for the next morning. I knocked on the the window, and they thankfully welcomed me. While they were out of jelly donuts they had a box of day old donuts which I happily purchased (enjoyed by our son at the office the next day . And Caesar graciously shared two FRESH FRESH FRESH glazed donuts... they were like liquid sugar... sooooo good and smooth... I am so happy that Mister Donut is still open and that the team there is so good and friendly. I look forward to seeing you again, soon! Places like Mister Donuts deserve a 5+, or a 6, on the Yelp 1 5 scale. : : :"
