I thought that they were actually closer to $2, but I could be wrong. I seem to recall getting 2 doughnuts and 2 fritters for less than $5, though it's always possible that being mere moments away from actually devouring all that deliciousness I completely ignored the prices. Regardless, IMHO, they're a steal. I probably spend more in gas (and that's on a motorcycle which gets great mileage) going down there than I do on the actual doughnuts.

-Dan

aren't they like $1.25?

one of the better deals in the city

The menu price for the fritter is 2.50, the doughnuts are 1.00.

I can barely think of anything that gives me that much pleasure for that little price.

I'm driving to Michigan tomorrow, and so I thought I might take a detour to try the famed apple fritter. I probably won't make it there until 11am. Should I call later today to reserve one for tomorrow?

Pucca wrote:I probably won't make it there until 11am. Should I call later today to reserve one for tomorrow?

Call 2-hours before you wish to pick up the apple fritters and reserve 3 or 4, 2 at minimum or you will be shortly cursing yourself.

Plus, as has been noted before, due to the fat content they freeze well. Also due to the fat content, if you eat too much at one time, you'll shortly be laying on the floor, rolling back and forth and moaning. Ergo, they are ideal for doling out over an extended period from the freezer.

Mike G wrote:Plus, as has been noted before, due to the fat content they freeze well...Ergo, they are ideal for doling out over an extended period from the freezer.

If I get one of these, I know that I'll be moaning at some point later in the day. I simply do not understand this "freeze for later" concept you speak of. It is highly illogical.


Now excuse me while I lay on the floor to try and fasten my pants.

seebee wrote:I simply do not understand this "freeze for later" concept you speak of. It is highly illogical.

SeeBee,

Old Fashioned Apple Fritters freeze exceptionally well, I like them almost as well frozen as fresh. That's right, I like to eat them still frozen, an Apple Fritter Pop if you will.

Seeing as I am of little willpower I cut the apple fritters into sixths two per gallon ziploc bag and store in the downstairs freezer with the thought they will last longer if I have to go down to the basement for a piece as opposed to the frig in the kitchen.

I've never had Old Fashioned Apple Fritters last more than a week, no matter how many I bought and froze, at least I get a wee bit of extra exercise by walking up and down the basement stairs.

Enjoy,
Gary

seebee wrote:I simply do not understand this "freeze for later" concept you speak of. It is highly illogical.

Now excuse me while I lay on the floor to try and fasten my pants.

Not illogical (see below). After you are down on the floor, you pick yourself up and then what?

G Wiv wrote:I've never had Old Fashioned Apple Fritters last more than a week, no matter how many I bought and froze, at least I get a wee bit of extra exercise by walking up and down the basement stairs.

Enjoy,
Gary

Yes, I did think this would last more than a week. Perhaps it did, but not by much...

gtomaras wrote:The menu price for the fritter is 2.50, the doughnuts are 1.00.

I remember the fritter being 2.50 - it used to be just under 2 bucks IIRC, but the price was raised this summer. (And I second Jazzfood - there is nothing else that gives you that kind of pleasure for that price, quite apart from the fact that the fritter is quite massive - the 2nd biggest fritter in town IMHO, after Abundance Bakery on 47th... Abundance is bigger, and charges about 3 bucks IIRC, but is 2nd in quality to Old Fashioned IMHO).

However, are you sure the doughnuts are 1.00? The last time I went was a month or so ago (and thus saw the fritter at 2.50).. but I dont recall paying as much as a buck per donut... I may have gotten 6, and maybe thats what resulted in a lower price?

Either way, if you can get there it is most certainly worth the price - I almost always go when Iam in the Hyde Park area (and, even from Hyde Park, the gas prices over summer probably ended up being as much as the fritter price , but it was well worth it by a long way. I know Ive never had a better apple-fritter in my life, at any rate, and maybe not better donuts either. (I have, however, never tried the cruller - reading the rave review of it above, I shall rectify that on my next trip).

c8w

P.S. I also second the "freezing" suggestion - Ive often ended up eating a whole fritter in the car, but have frozen the extras, and they heat up very well. GW's "freeze-pop-fritter" Ive never tried... maybe I will soon

The menu price for the doughnuts were definitely 1.00, but I don't know if the price comes down on those when you buy in bulk.

The fritters definitely possess one of the highest cost-to-pleasure ratios in the city; the main drawback is the cost of the gas it takes to get there and pick them up. Perhaps a carpool is in order?

Oh, if someone shuttled fritters into some central loop location (233 N. Michigan) in the mornings, I'd gladly pay $6 a pop... (hint hint)

A fritter black market? Perhaps my husband can hook you up

Hey--i want in on the black market fritter scam. I have a job. I can pay.

G Wiv wrote:

Pucca wrote:I probably won't make it there until 11am. Should I call later today to reserve one for tomorrow?

Call 2-hours before you wish to pick up the apple fritters and reserve 3 or 4, 2 at minimum or you will be shortly cursing yourself.

I called for 4 hours on Friday. No answer! Out of fear that I'd arrive to a closed bakery, we did not make the detour for a fritter. Thanks for the suggestions.

gtomaras wrote:The menu price for the doughnuts were definitely 1.00, but I don't know if the price comes down on those when you buy in bulk.

they used to have pricing by the dozen, and i think even by the 6 on the menu. i've only bought them by the dozen, but i'm certain they weren't $1/each when bought by the dozen... i remember them being 60 centsish but that was a year ago.

the texas donuts were somewhere around $2-3. (a fun novelty if you're getting them for a group!)

Pucca wrote:I called for 4 hours on Friday. No answer! Out of fear that I'd arrive to a closed bakery, we did not make the detour for a fritter. Thanks for the suggestions.

I had a similar experience when I wanted to drive down and try. Does an yone have the general expected operation hours? I remember that I couldn't find them in my previous search.

Thanks-
Jamie

Jamieson22 wrote:Does an yone have the general expected operation hours?

Old Fashioned Donut
11248 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60628
773-995-7420

6 am - 6 pm Monday - Saturday
Closed Sunday

Pucca wrote:I called for 4 hours on Friday. No answer! Out of fear that I'd arrive to a closed bakery, we did not make the detour for a fritter. Thanks for the suggestions.

I have called twice in as many weeks. I got someone immediately each time I called. I have reserved my fritters to pick up later today. It will be a perfect desert to break the fast this evening at sunset.

They must go in the trunk however, because I doubt I could stand smelling them all the way back to the NearNorth side.

We lucked out yesterday when the OF had several apple fritters available when we arrrived at 2:00 in the afternoon (none were available after we left). Since we were first-timers, we had to do an assortment and everything we bought was impressive -- and defintely pre-diabetic.

Particularly enjoyable were the apple cider cake doughnuts, with a touch of frosting. Very good flavor in a plain-jane cousin to the ornate apple fritters. Just as we were about to walk out the door, a tray of hot-from-the-oven glazed doughnuts made an appearance, forcing us into making two trips back to the car.

It's going to take at least two weeks to get that smell out of the car. Maybe if I leave the windows up and the a/c off, it will take longer.

jimwdavis wrote:It's going to take at least two weeks to get that smell out of the car. Maybe if I leave the windows up and the a/c off, it will take longer.

You know you're an LTHer when...

Love it!

Bridgestone wrote:

jimwdavis wrote:It's going to take at least two weeks to get that smell out of the car. Maybe if I leave the windows up and the a/c off, it will take longer.

You know you're an LTHer when...

Love it!

The recommended remedy for fritter smell in the car is a trip to Honey 1 for takeout, and the subsequent ride home .

Methinks we have just hit upon the answer to a couple of recent LTH Burning Issues: 1) What is a Foodie; and 2) You Know You’re An LTHer When….

It all starts with a Jeff Goldblum line in “The Big Chill” (wasn’t Kevin Costner great in that movie?). In one of their drunken, doped-out nightly discussions he posits that rationalizations are the powerful force that keeps everyone going through life. “In fact”, he states, “a good rationalization is better than sex”. When someone else says that he’s crazy, he challenges them to remember “When’s the last time you went three days without a good rationalization?”.

Based on the above – and the apparent inability of any of us to go three days without a good rationalization about eating, I offer the LTHer-Foodie Theorem #1:

You know you’re an LTHer when you fit the following simple (and non-contentious) way to define a Foodie:

Someone whose interest in Food is sufficiently focused that they can easily rationalize a reason to eat – anything at any place and any time.

As LTHers, that pretty much seems to describe most of the food-related postings on the forum.

LTH,

While Apple Fritters are the focus, and rightly so, people often praise Old Fashioned Donuts, in particular the blueberry. The donuts are fine, though I'm not on the same blueberry donut page, but with Apple Fritters available why bother. That said, I had a truely wonderful Apple Cider donut while waiting a few minutes for my called ahead Apple Fritter order to finish. Fresh from the fryer, crisp exterior encasing warm moist apple flavored interior. Not quite up to the heart stopping deliciousness of the Apple Fritter, but a donut to be reckoned with in it's own right.

Old Fashioned Donuts Apple Cider Donut





Time to Make the Donuts



Apple Fritter



Enjoy,
Gary

Any advice on best way to defrost a frozen apple fritter from OFD? I don't want to ruin it after exerting weeks of willpower....

Do you think he'd consider an "extra apple" option for the fritter for 75 cents?

I don't know about anybody else but even eating them frozen is pretty darn good. We also just let them defrost but didn't try to warm them.

there's so much butter in those things that it probably doesn't matter how you do so, i typically defrost mine in the microwave.

G Wiv wrote:Call 2-hours before you wish to pick up the apple fritters and reserve 3 or 4, 2 at minimum or you will be shortly cursing yourself.

So well said, I recently went there weeks ago(due to the fact I was meeting someone I knew), and wished I had ordered 1-2 extra ones! Don't forget if you suddenly order the fritters on a whim, be prepared for the half hour it takes for them to make them. Learned this the hard way, when I made a side stopover there last summer while having a Metra weekend pass, and now wish I had known this last summer!

In case anyone is wondering how I got there via Metra, it's a 15 minute walk from 115th/Kensington, and located just north of 113th/Michigan. Roseland without a doubt gets an unnecessary bad rap, and while it does have some issues(primarily crime in the western part of that neighborhood, and it being slightly depressed), its nowhere near as bad as many say it is. I also hope that area eventually makes a comeback, after seeing some historical pics of the 111th/Michigan shopping area in a Chicago history book some time back.