Dunkin Doughnuts...

[Ninjahedge]

I know what you are saying.

I am in Hoboken, and the place we have been giong to recently is called Turning Point. Lines out the door for brunch on the weekends.

Thing is, Dunkin has some rules that are SUPPOSED to be followed everywhere, but some stores just do not do so (who's watching?). Every pot has a 15 minute lifespan (or used to), after that they get dumped. This prevents the bitter tar-like stuff you got at your typical greasy spoon.

But also, most of the stores built in suburbia were not a "DD-Express". they made their own stuff fresh. You smelled it when you walked by (cinamon apple was awesome). But in their effort to compete with Starplucks, they are trying to go more for the specialty crowd.

Do not get me wrong, I like a good hazelnut coffee, but just because you can charge $2 more for steamed milk does not exacly make it so that you have to cater to the Latte crowd so much... (PS, pardon my ignorance if Lattes are not the ones made with steamed milk!!! ).

And also the breakfast sandwiches. I have tried them several times at different locations and have come up with the same conclusion. Get your egg sandwich at the local deli with the grill running and get your coffee at DD's!

I guess a part of t is also the classic "old days" syndrome where you miss certain things from your past that stuck out as pleasant. (Example, fresh donuts and apple cider at Abma's Farm in Wayne, before we had salmonella as a risk and we zapped some of the fresh cider flavor away by pasteurizing or UVing the batches...).

And I guess the one thing I fear is the over-spanning of brand names and franchises in an attempt to take more market share. Dr Pepper is Dr Pepper, I don't need it in Cherry, and I do not need a flatbread sandwich at Dunkin'!!










Maybe I am just getting old.