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Though 11 types of doughnuts are currently made, only eight were available when I visited on a recent afternoon. I picked up random Underwest Doughnuts from then on wherever I found them, but finally decided I needed to visit the mothership after I discovered that they’re made in a bakery upstairs in the car wash.
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It was chewy and crumbly at the same time, and delivered a choco wallop that made me forget my cortado as I gobbled it, brushing the crumbs off the counter and eating them, too. I first tasted Underwest’s dark chocolate doughnut at a coffee shop near my apartment.
#SPACE AGE DONUTS WINDOWS#
The narrow space boasts floor-to-ceiling windows that look into the car wash, where vehicles slide along on chains and giant sudsy mops whip over them.
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It occupies a former waiting room in an impressively large car wash facility on the West Side Highway, just across the street from the aircraft carrier Intrepid. Underwest Donuts is undoubtedly the weirdest of the city’s manufacturers. Our best doughnuts, though, may have gotten lost in the shuffle. We still have our old-fashioned neighborhood doughnut spots (like Donut Pub), our so-big-you-can-barely-finish-one places (like Dough), our national chains (Dunkin’ Donuts), our chewy yeast doughnuts that are also popular in Japan (Doughnut Plant), and our celebrity driven products (like Wylie Dufresne’s Du’s Donuts). Each bakery that produces them vies with the others to make the most distinct and delicious product.