Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Oh my God! Where did they go? You turn your head for a second and poof! Gone! Where am I going to get my donut fix now? Winchells? Where is that???

I shall review the Krispy Kreme simply because it is no more. Yes, that’s right, beloved to many, Krispy Kreme in Citrus Heights is dead (along with the rest of them in Sac and Stockton, I believe). It closed a couple weeks ago… a victim of stock market hype, over expansion of the chain, and of course, the anti-​carb craze had a part in its demise. Yes, you could say that carbs killed the beast…
Truthfully, I’ve gotten donuts there a few times, but I never found them really any better than donuts from anywhere else. Maybe that had something to do with it. It was cool being able to watch them being made, but that was about the only draw to me.
Looks like a Halloween store is opening in the former Krispy Kreme soon. Didn’t see that one coming.

Ever so often the mood strikes because my serum doughnut level has plunged precipitously low. The only cure, of course, is Krispy Kreme.
I recently made the pilgrimage to this somewhat distant location from my home in order to calm the doughnut-​craving beast within. The staff must’ve sensed my wide-​eyed urgency when I walked in because they immediately offered (free of charge) an original glazed doughnut hot off the conveyer. Oooey gooey instant satisfaction. I bought an assortment of two dozen doughnuts so that my friends and neighbors would not be excluded from my fruitful trek to nirvana.
I don’t know if it is unique to this store, but there is a small raised platform with a handrail next to the window separating the restaurant and the doughnut-​making assembly line. This «viewing gallery» could captivate me for hours.
Try not to eat too many doughnuts before you even get out of the store (I scarfed two in quick succession), but there are cold bottles of Milk Chug milk in a deli case next to the cashier.
Krispy Kreme… where everyman is Homer Simpson! D’oh!