Winchell’s Donut House In Garden Grove - Southern California Take Out Food & Coffee Review
A visit to Winchell's Donut House in Garden Grove California.
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welcome everyone out of the whoo here
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today number 35 of this current series
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today's episode is going to focus on a
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place that started here in Southern
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California and has branched out to well
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over 100 locations most prominently here
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on the west coast and I have never sat
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foot inside this particular place nor
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gotten takeout or consumed any of their
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items that's gonna change heading to
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Garden Grove on the bike inviting you to
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join me shalyah battery's all charged up
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switching everything over to the
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backpack and off I go I have just
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crossed over the town or city line where
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the subject matter is it's very
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interesting this is Chapman Ave but if
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you go off just to the opposite side of
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the street just a short link short
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amount of distance is Anaheim and
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directly behind me is orange but this is
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Garden Grove
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it's all in very very close proximity to
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each other just cruise through here for
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a moment the structure at one point was
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known as the Crystal Cathedral recently
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they have changed the name it's not
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called that anymore but it was for years
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and years and years Wow look at that I
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notice that is impressive right
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I was just informed I'm another not
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supposed to be cruising around on the
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bike I could walk through here but you
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just they just don't want you mounted on
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the bicycle make sense
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this tower gosh Dan's probably 7 8
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storeys tall I had to guess
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the helicopter going by the grounds are
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very decorative and well manicured see
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they even have some statues over there
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well that's not a statute that's a
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that's a person walking around I've been
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going through sunglasses pretty quickly
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lately yesterday morning I broke the one
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pair I've been wearing for a few months
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gone yet another set and those I have
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lost so right now I do not own a pair of
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sunglasses so to rectify that throughout
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the course of the day and stop somewhere
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and purchase one purchase one it's
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overcast up not too bad arrived at the
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corner of Chapman current temperature 68
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degrees not too bad and hey stir or
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Hastur pasture or hay stir h AST ER the
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place I'm going is right here on this
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corner more or less like
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4050 feet from the corner seems as if
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the bike lane starts right here there
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wasn't one pack on that other that other
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block but as I continued down Chapman
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here is where I'm going
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Winchell's open 24 hours there is a
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little splash of something there on the
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concrete but I have I have connected my
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bike up to that and here's a payphone I
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don't know if it's in working order I'm
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not even going to attempt to to try it
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but the phone itself just kind of
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dangling there so I'm gonna say probably
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probably not also referred to as wind
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chills donut house they also have coffee
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which I'm going to get some coffee to
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sip on as well and maybe even some sort
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of a lunch I'd I want to go to too
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overboard also side note they will give
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you 14 Donuts not a baker's dozen which
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is 13 not a 12 which is an actual dozen
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but 14 if you get a dozen I will not be
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partaking in that amount however that's
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a little too many the last donut place I
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went to which has been a few weeks ago I
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ate a couple at the location took the
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rest home and they lasted me about a
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week I put them in the refrigerator so I
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just say you can freeze them I did not
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do so I put them in the refrigerator and
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they still taste it pretty good of seven
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or eight days later but I won't be doing
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that again I'm just going to get one
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maybe two and some other menu items
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slightly old-school lettering there that
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signage has probably been there for
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quite some time right there on the side
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of the overhang as well as this one a
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beacon of sugary goodness off of the
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thoroughfare
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at any hour of the day day or night rain
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or shine always open noticing on the
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side of the window are you know they
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have muffins
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they have wraps and they even have
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something called a meal deal maybe a
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combo of some sort of multiple items and
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over on the far end newspaper racks a a
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bunch of them not only the Orange County
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Register because I'm in the OC but also
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the LA Times Los Angeles and just
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looking upward
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scrolling across into the donut house
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always open always fresh if you can read
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that there on the side of the glass
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quite an assortment of products up there
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also have bagels with different toppings
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and meats and cheeses on them as well as
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quite a few beverages I might end up
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getting a fake bagel and the doughnut
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there's a lot of doughnuts to choose
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from yeah I think that works
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okay you know what I'm thinking he can
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maybe that one there
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that's the one I'm gonna get aunt a
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bagel and a coffee I have chosen the
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bagel there in the middle well middle
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shelf this is pretty good to you it's
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like
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of fresh-made juice maybe
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or shoes
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I got a call there that's supposed to be
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footprints that it almost looks like
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something out of Star Wars like a strike
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doesn't it kind of in a in a way
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they have already got my coffee and
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other other item in the bag they're just
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finishing up the prepared bagel now
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while waiting I'll peruse the rest over
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what's in this case
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you're wondering what other items they
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have
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okay thank you oh it's a good thing they
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have this little sleeve on the side of
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this that is that is a toasty beverage
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can't quite show you what I got loaded
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everything up in the backpack kind of
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unlock the bike and go ride down to a
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park which i think is less than a mile
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away
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hey maybe maybe half a mile I'm not sure
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it's just I'm gonna catch I'm gonna be
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holding this while I ride that's gonna
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be a challenge I can pull it off let me
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reiterate this coffee is hot and it's an
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absolute fail that I have not purchased
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a basket for the front of this thing nor
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a cup holder I want to take a bike path
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through here a bike route but there
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isn't one
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sometimes I'll do the sidewalks but I
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believe it is frowned upon so I'm just
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kind of cruising along I might have this
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light traffic whoo this coffee is hot
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even through the little holder whoo it's
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toasting a little noisy up here
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County of Orange paster Basin or Hastur
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Basin pastry basin Recreation Area OC
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parks and
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Warren County district
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see the logo there with the three
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oranges in the middle of the logo
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so I'm gonna find a spot you can faintly
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hear the gentleman working on the road
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over there pretty good patch of land
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here at this park very expansive and I
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have procured a picnic table
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I got the whole picnic area to myself
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there are two open here and there are
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two open there however if you go to this
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section come to the shade which really
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don't need too much shade today because
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there is a little bit of overcast cloud
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cover but this is all kind of fenced off
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and if you have hot coals dispersed of
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them right there and I don't have hot
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coals but I do have piping hot coffee
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and I realize while I was cruising along
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with this the reason for that I did not
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put any cream no sugar either but no no
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milk no creamer which sometimes helps to
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cool it down thankful for this this
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right here whew very thankful for this I
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was gonna get a couple bottles of water
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as well but they were out of water so no
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go on the water and this is what we're
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dealing with since nineteen and forty
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eight stated right there look how happy
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that guy is right there in the middle of
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the w it's got a little a little chef's
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cap on and the signage on the front of
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each of the establishments is that which
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has the piping hot coffee the smoldering
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smoldering goodness protruding off of
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the the ground-up beans that are
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creating that caffeinated delectable
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item 65 years over 65 years of service
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and inside here is up they gave me the
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wrong I didn't I requested a different
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but maybe I guess I was gonna work this
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works I am not picky when it comes to
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two Donuts in fact you know what I do
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need some sprinkles in my life so maybe
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you know what they might have given me
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this and charge me for the other one so
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I cannot complain get a little sprinkle
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action I thought I was just getting the
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the glazed with the frosting guys but
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all in all it doesn't really matter this
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will be going into my tummy and I will
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be very very content with it I might
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have I might have honestly I might have
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chosen wrong there are some napkins down
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in here and we get the napkins out of
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there and see if you can okay it's
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really kind of hard to tell it's like
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it's like a little delicious present
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okay this might be it this might not be
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the best option but I'm gonna flip it
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upside down dump it out it held together
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it held together well ooh here's a
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different logo still has the chef's cap
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balancing four doughnuts on top that's
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it that's right there is an
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accomplishment look at that and get the
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hands wide open saying come on in I have
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prepared some supper for your sweet
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tooth I got something for your sweet
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tooth I don't know if that's really
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I don't know if it's a good imitation at
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home but I'm just that's how I'm
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perceiving is that mr. Winchell it could
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be mr. Winchell it is the donut house
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yeah I'm just I'm gonna assume it's not
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always good to assume but I'm just I'm
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doing so in this case I am using the
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plastic bag that they that they gave me
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that I carried it in kind of as a little
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makeshift plate if you will oh now I got
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like a lot of sprawling makeshift plate
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goodness this has a little bit of cheese
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they cut it in half which is good I did
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not request that but looking back I
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really I'm glad they did I need you
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start asking at every place even though
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most places do that jalapenos I said not
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to go to hot and heavy on the jalapenos
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but they put a healthy amount in there
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which not having the the water and they
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also say you're not supposed to drink
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when you do something that's kind of
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spicy you're not supposed to have water
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anyway so maybe the coffee will help
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just a little bit this is a ham and
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cheese they said I could get a croissant
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or a bagel I went with the bagel option
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kind of wishing I did have a pair of
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shades on even though the Sun is not
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really permeating into my retinas it
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would be nice to have it just kind of
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feel unusual without the Maude even with
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like a little glare I'm doing it
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not too bad though it's a nice mixture
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with everything with the ham and the
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cheese one thing that's obviously
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missing is any sort of any sort of item
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in the middle as far as condiments go
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know sort look it's just very it's
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really dry in there that honestly might
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be my fault I did not ask for anything a
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little mayonnaise maybe a little mustard
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a little spicy mustard what else would
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go on up a breakfast bagel
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it's definitely noticeably there's
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definitely noticeably something missing
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in between the bread patties as stated
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most likely my fault on that one other
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than that it's really good I like the
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little poppy seeds they are or sesame
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seeds you said they were sesame seeds
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hello
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hmm
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of jalapenos this thing is still warm
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oh my gosh I could feel like I feel like
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going through there
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oh I'm so used to cream and sugar my
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plan
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I learned this recently last month and
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another donut shop that this sugar yeah
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that's what I want to do sugar from this
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the sugar from the Dona kind of melds
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into the coffee we don't notice if there
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is sands cream and sands sugar which I
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probably incorrectly stating that which
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I think I believe it means no sugar no
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cream so henceforth when I'm getting a
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doughnut which is rare maybe once or
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twice a month who knows how long the
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series gotta go it might end up being
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more than that but in my regular life I
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only get doughnuts maybe once or twice a
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month if that and down the road I'm
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gonna start doing that if I get
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doughnuts and a coffee which is the
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perfect combo I'm not gonna get cream
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and sugar in said caffeinated beverage
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that's heated because it's a good
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mixture going with the bagel however I
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don't know if that was the best choice
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well the bagels good the toys meeting
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unsweetened coffee and a bagel it's a
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challenge for me but the doughnut and
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the coffee goes well
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next time
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we'll have them lather something in
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between these two pieces of bread
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start to get used to jalapenos I welcome
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a lot and they have had them
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I'm starting to really enjoy the flavor
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of them more than ever
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and they're not they don't have too much
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kick as long as they're done as small
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that's a jalapeno face
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okay it has some kick have some real
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kick
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not the best mixture when it comes to
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not the best mixture straight jalapeno I
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like that
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and unsweetened untarnished by flavorful
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goodness coffee not a good mixture
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I liked it better when it's all jalapeno
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by itself I wouldn't drink the coffee
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combined I'm learning
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fresh-squeezed orange juice I believe I
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could have got that the apple juice was
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in a container I could have easily
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tossed it in the backpack
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I didn't
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they say hindsight is 20/20
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it's been a while since I consumed a
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bagel
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the meat that's on this and the cheese
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is really really freaking good varied
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very tasty I'm starting to feel the eyes
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watering a little bit sinuses kicking up
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a notch because of
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because of the little jalapeno is down
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in there look at that little bastion of
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goodness
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don't even think about it geese or
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gooses or ducks
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they smell what I'm eating all the items
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are really good on their own accord
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the downfall was only getting this as
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the beverage and not some other sort of
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cold liquid or at least flavorful liquid
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to go with that bagel bagel was great
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coffee is great this is the point that I
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have really been looking forward to
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where as I was mentioning a moment ago I
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can consume the rest of this doughnut
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and it will act as the sugar for for
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that
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worth it worth going through all that
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trouble to get to the crescendo oh yeah
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that is a hack and a half
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the donuts are awesome very fresh very
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soft
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I like a soft dough no there's some
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places that have some very decorative
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type of items so as you bite into them
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they don't really taste great but the
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novelty of seeing them these taste
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really good and still warm even after
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that bike ride
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about half a mile over to this park
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still a little toasty which is good and
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soft Cheers
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that's how it's done as almost bitter as
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this was the whole rest of the meal
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polishing it off there at the end with
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that overly sweet piece of food mixed in
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with this
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still kind of nestling around the in my
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mouth and the taste buds yeah all in all
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would visit that establishment again
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they're celebrating over 50 well over 50
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in fact 65 did years they have been
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going strong one of the West Coast might
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still be true one of the west coast's
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largest doughnut chains however I have
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heard by more than one folks
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plural plural eyes more than a large
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amount of folks they are not as
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prevalent
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revelant they are not setting a
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precedence a relevancy like they once
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were and some are not around however
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there are still quite a few I did a
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little search around Orange County Los
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Angeles and there are more than a dozen
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more than a baker's dozen don't quote me
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on this but maybe even a Winchell's
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dozen which is 14 yes I have neither
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confirmed nor denied this what I
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wouldn't say it's a fact but I've heard
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since I was a youth that it was a
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statement that so my friends would
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always say little facts and figures that
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kind of float around in the universe
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that I don't know if it's a half or
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maybe a full loaf of bread can be
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compacted into a bagel and when I when I
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first heard this I thought that's gotta
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be true because a bagel is nice and
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compressed it might be that's gonna do
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