Bring back Dunkin Donuts!!

Dreamer 7 · 27-07-2007 12:46PM #1

Does anyone miss them as much as me???
When I was in Barca this summer I bought a whole box and brought them to the beach for the best picnic ever.

What was your favourite one??

Pighead · 27-07-2007 12:52PM

Now Dreamer 7, it may be the hangover, it may be the cranky fcuker inside of me or maybe its just Pighead being harsh but this is quite possible the worst thread of the week.

In Pigheads mind your opening post reads like:

I am Dreamer 7, i like daisychains. When I was a little boy, me and my mammy and my daddy went to the field in the village beside us and we made daisychains all day long. It was the best day of my life. Whats your favourite usage of daisys?

Pighead realises its Friday but c'mon buddy your better than this.

connundrum · 27-07-2007 12:53PM

Would they not have had to be here in the first place for them to be brought back?

And the last thing we need is more bleedin donuts

Nevyn · 27-07-2007 12:54PM

They were here.
They on o'connell st, grafton street.

Boston creme and apple and spice for the win.

seamus · 27-07-2007 12:57PM

Thaedydal wrote:

They were here.
They on o'connell st, grafton street.

Boston creme and apple and spice for the win.

I concur. FTW

Terry · 27-07-2007 01:11PM

Dough...nut?

I liked the ones you could get on the other side of O'Connell street. They were cheaper and tastier. Can't remember the name of the place. It was a little shop at the front of an arcade. Many, many years ago.

Dreamer 7 · 27-07-2007 01:14PM

Number 1: Pighead I am ALL woman
Number 2: Yes they were here Thank You Thae
Number 3: I like donuts and want to spread some donut love around this Friday afternoon

PS My fav is powdered white choc supreme

Dreamer 7 · 27-07-2007 01:14PM

Terry wrote:

Dough...nut?

I liked the ones you could get on the other side of O'Connell street. They were cheaper and tastier. Can't remember the name of the place. It was a little shop at the front of an arcade. Many, many years ago.

They are still there had sum last week:D

Morlar · 27-07-2007 01:15PM

Krispykremes for the win. Somebody is going to make a lot of money when they get an irish franchise for them.

Niamho! · 27-07-2007 01:16PM

Oh i remember there was one in the Square. never tried them though...

Tabnabs · 27-07-2007 01:19PM

Terry wrote:

I liked the ones you could get on the other side of O'Connell street. They were cheaper and tastier. Can't remember the name of the place. It was a little shop at the front of an arcade. Many, many years ago.

Sweet jebus don't tell me you actually ate those donuts? A friend of mine told me they had enough fat dripping off them to keep a chipper going for a month :eek:

The smell was always enough to make me gag any time I went past.

OP, wasn't/isn't there a DD in UCD?

Dreamer 7 · 27-07-2007 01:23PM

OP, wasn't/isn't there a DD in UCD?[/QUOTE]

Yup there was, oh god the things i would do for one now!

Oh btw have I managed to silence Pighead????:eek:

Terry · 27-07-2007 01:26PM

Dyflin wrote:

Sweet jebus don't tell me you actually ate those donuts? A friend of mine told me they had enough fat dripping off them to keep a chipper going for a month :eek:

The smell was always enough to make me gag any time I went past.

OP, wasn't/isn't there a DD in UCD?

I couldn't stomach them after I turned 13 or 14.
They were/are the greasiest things on earth.
Great when you're a kid though.

Oh btw have I managed to silence Pighead????

He's more of a hit and run poster.

Also, I seem to remember a few franchises in service stations around the country.
Don't know if they're still there though.

Kintarō Hattori · 27-07-2007 01:27PM

Dreamer 7 wrote:

Oh btw have I managed to silence Pighead????:eek:

Pffft- Not bloody likely!

User45701 · 27-07-2007 01:28PM

there anazing but i havent had them since they pulled out of ireland never got to try them since all i have is the memories...

Tarakiwa · 27-07-2007 01:33PM

I remember that for a short while in either 1995 or 1996 there was a Dunkin Donuts outlet at the end of the bar in the Maynooth University Students Union!!

It was BRILLIANT!!
Guinness & Donuts ......... cant be beaten!

mcauley · 27-07-2007 01:34PM

There was also a DD in Janelle in Finglas back in the day.

God I'd love one now....

On a recent trip to the States, I bought a dozen box (only $6?!).....I couldnt move for quite some time afterwards.

Nevyn · 27-07-2007 01:37PM

Oh there was, Janelle and crazy prices what a blast from the past.

Tescos in there and most tescos do boston creme but they are not the same.

DD coffe wan't the best but it was a lot better then most places at the time.

seamus · 27-07-2007 01:43PM

Tarakiwa wrote:

I remember that for a short while in either 1995 or 1996 there was a Dunkin Donuts outlet at the end of the bar in the Maynooth University Students Union!!

It was BRILLIANT!!
Guinness & Donuts ......... cant be beaten!

Indeed there was one in UCD that did a roaring trade.

Kinetic^ · 27-07-2007 01:49PM

Dunkin' Donuts = fail

Krispy Kreme = win

Jesus Wept · 27-07-2007 01:52PM

I miss donut shops.

BC · 27-07-2007 01:52PM

seamus wrote:

Indeed there was one in UCD that did a roaring trade.

There was one in Trinity as well.

layke · 27-07-2007 01:55PM

Ah yas, when I was 14 it was a ritual to meet in town outside stephen's green park then promptly off to Dunken doughnuts!

What ever happened to them? They were always packed when ever I went in, why did they close?

stooge · 27-07-2007 02:03PM

I remember the dunkin donuts when I went to college . they had a deal that you get a free donut and coffee if you buy a sandwich.

I liked the ones with icing and the sprinkley thousands and millions things. Also, for the sandwich it had to be chicken, bacon and salad.

Then they closed down to be replaced by some fancy coffee shop..booooooo

:mad:

ciaran76 · 27-07-2007 02:14PM

Boston cremes were the best by far.

Ger_Hankey · 27-07-2007 02:26PM

ciaran76 wrote:

Boston cremes were the best by far.

Jesus No! Whats wrong with you people?? It was cold custard inside a doughnut..

Cappuchino Donuts FTW!!!

Ruu_Old · 27-07-2007 02:44PM

There are 3 Dunkin Donut shops where I live but I prefer Krispy Kreme by far.

Jip · 27-07-2007 02:46PM

Ah the memories. Dunkin Donuts kept me in employment for a couple of years while in college about 11 or 12 years ago. I worked in every branch at some stage, they were
Tallaght, the Square,
Janelle as someone already pointed out
Ballyfermot
Grafton Street
UCD
Rathmines
can't remember if I missed anything there, and then they started opening some small ones in Texaco garages.

Used to hate working in Ballyfermot because of the scum it attacted (not saying Ballyer people are scum), UCD because many of the students looked down their nose at you not realising that I wouldn't let my B.Sc that I was working on at the time anywhere near my arse, unlike many of their Arts Degrees, and Rathmines because of the sheer amount of weirdos who hung around for hours every night over one cup of coffee and that you couldn't get rid of closing time.

They used to sell some amount of Boston Cremes indeed, but I don't know where the idea came from that there were dripping in fat ?!?

judas101 · 27-07-2007 02:46PM

marble frosted for me

Duggy747 · 27-07-2007 02:48PM

Eurgh!!! Dunkin' Donuts are muck!! When I was in America I got a box of them thinking they'd be delicious but, my God, they were not donuts. Waaaaaaaaaaaaay too sweet and sugary! Bleuurgh!

Kintarō Hattori · 27-07-2007 02:51PM

Jip wrote:

... but I don't know where the idea came from that there were dripping in fat ?!?

There is a place on O'Connell Street these days that sells Donuts which another poster has confused with Dunkin Donuts.

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