Corlew Donut Company

I’ve been in this shop several times but not in the last four years. Stopped in on weekend morning salivating for a rare doughnut treat. Then saw their new prices. What a buzzkill.
«Cheaper by the dozen» doesn’t apply here: $ 12 per basic dozen, $ 1/​each and more for the filled and fancy ones. The product is good but way way overpriced. I won’t be back.

Mary Lou’s donuts is do much better than this place. I can get 2 dozen fresh donuts from Mary Lou’s for the price of one dozen and they taste worse and don’t have the selection or variety that Mary Lou’s does. The only good thing about this place is its open on Sundays so you can still get donuts. (all of you Mary Lou’s people know what I mean) I honestly don’t know how this place stays in business.

There wasn’t much left when I got there, but what I was able to get was just what I needed after tough Dunkin Donuts the day before. Corlew had just the right soft inside to hint of crisp on the outside. Good donuts are getting hard to find.

Ok — I must make a THIRD review adding back a star!
Who loves Unilocal positive improvements? We all do! Everyone wins.
I have a little secret confession to make that is perhaps a little cute… I have friends and any guest at my home at 5:00 AM (from something such as Mario Party nights that turn into morning) go to the donut shop nearby. I have been Amanda «I love sprinkles» K since Unilocal nicknaming myself and these sprinkle donuts are so great they are like crack to me. I clearly don’t do drugs. No way! I am «high on life» & «sprinkles“are my life drug!
I am like the little sneak now begging my friends to go get donuts! Only 85 cents for most, made fresh daily, and totally delicious. Soft, fresh, amazing!
I have been scared to visit myself since a couple bad encounters, but lady owner KNOWS my people and that they are delivering donuts to me.
Personality has shined through. I have still received fabulous sprinkle donuts (no poison or sprinkle deprivation). No spite. Just quality donuts as I have always said. I hope our bad encounters have been wrong perceptions & we can be BFF morning friends soon and I can pick up my own donuts and rerank to 5 stars! Sometimes I can’t get anyone to get me my sprinkle donuts. Yes, I am pathetic… Like the Cookie Monster sneaking cookies. I have been sneaking donuts!
Cheers! I hope I am able to have a friendly visit soon!

Very good doughnuts but seem to run a bit on the small side. Staff was friendly much more so then the other doughnut place. I have heard a number of people complain the close up early and I have shown up around 10 to find almost empty cases but this time I was there a little after 9 on a Sunday and they had plenty left. While I believe the doughnuts are better and employees are more friendly than the other place, they are about 2x as expensive.

It was 9 AM and I pulled up next to a truck outside, the neon open sign was turned off and although the truck and I could both see the two people inside while they moved baking pans neither of them came out to tell us what was going on. The interior lights were off, the cake display case in the front was empty, and the place honestly looked closed. Hopefully the business didn’t shut down, I was hoping to try them :-(

Finally got to visit this establishment last weekend. Really good and worth the trip. Tiger tails and cinnamon rolls were outstanding.

now this place i enjoyed! the donuts are wayyyy better then mary lou, heavy starchy ones. only wish they had more variety and and place to sit.

Out west, donuts come in pink boxes. Why? I have no idea. I suspect that the box inspires a pseudo-​Pavlovian response that keeps donut lovers up and down the west coast coming back for more. The only problem here? West coast donuts suck.
In the interest of full disclosure, I knew the Corlew family. I know that Mr. Corlew once busted his ass under the banner of the Payless grocery chain as the bakery manager. I know that his labor produced the first fat pills I ever enjoyed as a kid.
Now I live in the great state of Oregon. I have searched high and low for a donut that approaches Corlew quality, and there isn’t anything around that could approximate what this family owned shop produces.
When I find a West Coast donut joint that can create a light, fluffy donut of unsurpassed quality, I’ll give them props. Until then, I’ll continue to fly home to get my fill of chocolate fluff filled powdered bismarcks. It’s worth the price of a flight. Seriously.