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Fonuts – A Healthier Doughnut Alternative

Fonuts at 3rd and Crescent Heights

This past weekend I had the pleasure of experiencing the hottest doughnut shop in Los Angeles…the new Fonuts on 3rd Street, just West of Crescent Heights.  From the moment I walked through the door all I could do was think of all of the men in my life who I could turn on to the Maple Bacon Fonut.  I think that if I didn’t tell my husband and sons where I got that particular doughnut, I would have them in the palm of my hand every Saturday morning!

Fonuts are a “healthier” kind of doughnut in that they are baked – pastry chef Waylynn Lucas (formerly of Bazaar and Patina)  has formulated a recipe for a convection-oven baked doughnut that presents with a texture like the fried doughnuts you and I both know and love.  Add to that texture some really great flavor combinations (like chorizo & cheddar, pb&j and chocolate banana)  and you have a doughnut shop that is destined for success.

A glimpse of that success played out from the start.  Lucas and business partner Nancy Truman opened Fonuts on August 26th and had to close 5 days later because they sold out of all the ingredients!  I assure you – they are well stocked now.  I enjoyed a Rosemary Olive Oil doughnut and found that just one doughnut was very satisfying.  When I have a regular doughnut – one just won’t do.

There’s free parking in the back!  They are open every day except Tuesday, from 7A-6P.  Wheat free and vegan options available.

Check Fonuts out when you are looking for a treat to awaken the senses.

FONUTS PRESS LINKS 

HUFF-POST:  FONUTS – UNFRIED, GLUTEN-FREE & VEGAN CHOICES AT WAYLYNN LUCAS’ NEW JOINT

THRILLIST VIDEO – FONUTS

EATER LA:  FONUTS SELLS OUT OF DONUTS IN RECORD TIME

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Mary
Mary
Mary has lived in the Hancock Park area for over 20 years - including homes in Larchmont Village and Windsor Square. Mary has lived in some great places in her life - but none compare to the convenience and majesty of our neighborhood. For Mary, the neighborhood has been a wonderful home to her large, extended family...at one time she had family members living on seven different Hancock Park area blocks! Larchmont Buzz is a labor of love - built to celebrate the neighborhood and to elevate the conversation in the area.

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