Bogart’s Doughnut Co.

Best Nutella filled doughnut I’ve ever had. Seriously, I’ve tried so many Nutella filled doughnuts across the country and this is so far my favorite.

Barely 3 stars… Their flavors were interesting but not a huge variety. I didn’t love the textures of the dough. We tried every donut except for the Nutella, as it was sold out. Brown butter glazed was our favorite and it was really good. Lemon curd filled was definitely a close second. It was tart instead of super sweet and I appreciated that.

We finally made it to the original location on Mother’s Day for their holiday specials. We arrived a little after 9am and they were already sold out of one of them (boo) but we were able to snag the other special and had room for their brown butter glaze which is life changing. Staff is always friendly and the donuts are always delicious!

This is my second time coming to Bogart’s and I’m in love with their products. Today was Mother’s Day and they had a line out the door, down the block and around the corner. When you placed your order they were nothing but friendly and informative for everyone who had their questions. Kudos to a company that can have that much energy and pep so early in the morning

Sorry! It almost feels mean to take time out of one’s day to Unilocal harshly about delights such as doughnuts. Almost…
I walked in last Saturday to pick up a dozen. I was struck by the clean look of the place. Give me a variety, I told the boy. Like I’m some california king sized dick, big shit businessmin. Give me one of everything I tell him. Like I’m about to buy the building too and reduce it to rubble for sport.
The reality now is that I’m experienced in all of their doughnuts and they’re all the same. I bought $ 30 worth of dressed up bread.
Bogart’s Bland Bread Co.

My husband just drove to pick us up special donuts. These donuts lack so much and they were so disappointing. The boys won’t finish their sprinkled donuts because they are so dense and chewy. You can get a better quality donut at any nearby grocery store. We usually go to Mojo Monkey but my husband saw pics online of Bogarts and thought they looked good. Very bummed.

Way overhyped. I was in the neighborhood and stopped in about 8:30 am on a Wednesday. They had plenty of choices. Both donuts I choose tasted a bit stale and felt like they were at least a day old. The Vanilla Buttercream filled was not filled with buttercream, but a pudding-​like substance, not what was promised. The raised glazed was heavy and firm, not light and fluffy — was also dry like it had been sitting out. Even the coffee was subpar, very watered down.

After careful consideration and years of research, scientific study suggests that Bogart’s is the best place for a raised donut. I can’t get enough of the vanilla filled sugar coated bismark. It is my favorite raised donut in MSP. Sweet but not tooth pain sweet. Sturdy yet pillowy. This is not your father’s donut, yet, it is.
Minus some of the cake donuts, these are not the same donuts you can get anywhere else and not comparable to a $ 0.99 pricepoint. I will be happy to have a heated yet rational donut related PM conversation with you about it (not really, I’ll probably just ignore you).
I like not being burdened with selection hypnosis as there are only a handful to choose from, plus the usual special or rotating flavor. Getting the sufganiyot during the holiday season is reason for me to thank the magic sky god (s).

My new favorite donut in the Twin Cities. The brown butter glazed donut is amazing. They are a little more expensive than many donuts but they are worth it. I also suggest the Nutella filled option, if they were to put the brown butter glaze instead of sugar on the outside it would be over the top. Go to Bogarts, get there early before they sell out.

As much as this place is hyped up, I expected some of the best doughnuts of my life. Unfortunately for me, all the hype led to me being disappointed.
I went in at around 10:30 on a Friday morning, but there seemed to be plenty of stock left (I constantly see «sold out!» on their social media so I thought I was going to be left with the scraps). I chose the two I don’t usually see at other shops, both with ‘butter’ in their descriptions (I got a buttercream-​filled and the brown butter glazed), thinking that’s a good enough sign for me.
First thought was that they’re pretty big for doughnuts, about the size of a decent hamburger. At $ 2.50 a piece, though, that’s all that I found they had going for them. The buttercream-​filling, true to it’s name, tasted like it was filled with whipped, sweet butter (once I finally found the tiny glob of filling hiding in the side of the doughnut). Now, I like butter as much as the next overweight American, but I don’t usually make it a habit of eating chunks of it dipped in sugar with a spoon. The brown butter doughnut didn’t rate much better, though it was a bit tastier. Both were also a little dry or stale — I assume they had been made before 6am opening time and had just been waiting for me in a case for the past 4+ hours. I was a little surprised, though, because I’ve gotten doughnuts from Circle K that had been made who knows how long before that tasted both fresher and more flavourful than these. Granted these are probably made with more «natural» ingredients than your typical mass-​producer — but something you plan on selling for another 2 hours shouldn’t taste like it was yesterday’s leftovers.
I liked the size of the doughnuts and that they were layered rather than dense cake or too airy, plus the inside of the shop is neat (though I don’t remember any seating) and the girl who helped was very personable. But, when I’m eating something, taste is the number one deciding factor and both of these just didn’t satisfy. It should take effort to make fried cake disappointing.

This place was over-​hyped in my opinion. I found myself up early on a Sunday this summer, so I thought I’d make a spontaneous donut run. I arrived before they opened (which was later than their posted time; they must have been running behind) and a line had already formed.
Before even walking in the doors I noticed that this place is teeny tiny. If you are looking for a donut shop where you can sit and slowly enjoy your food and coffee while catching up with a friend, I would not recommend Bogart’s. It’s more of a get-​in and get-​out type space.
I was most excited for their special s’mores donut as I am a s’mores junkie. Sadly I was disappointed. I’ve had much better s’mores themed foods. It was only decent. The lavender donut was also very intriguing but it just tasted bland to me. The only redeeming donut I had was the Nutella filled one. And that was because of the gob of Nutella inside.
What it boils down to is that I am not a fan of the brioche dough. If you like that type of thing, then you’ll probably love Bogart’s. Me? Not so much. I’m not sure if I’d visit this place again. Maybe if a friend really wanted to try it.

Oh how I used to love Bogarts. When they first hit the scene I was blown away and could not get enough. Sadly, the joy has left the donuts and after a few disappointing visits I have to move on. I actually write this in hopes they can rediscover their former glory. The topper was biting into a cold donut this morning. A dense, cold, how long ago was it made, donut at 7am. I know fame is what keeps places we love open, but too much of it is a bad thing when it hurts the very taste that formed the love to begin with.

We tried the vanilla crème filled donut and the raised glaze. Both donuts were very dense — as opposed to being light and fluffy.
I’d recommend skipping this one — there are much better options in the twin cities.

This place is the cutest ever! I had heard great things so I thought I would check it out myself. I love the simplicity of the place. You walk in and have about 8 different options and the prices are based on if it has a hole, doesn’t have a hole, or is a hole: P The staff were very friendly and there was barely a wait.
I ordered a pink frosted sprinkled doughnut for $ 2 and it was very tasty and I could tell it was better quality than the cake doughnuts you can buy from the grocery store. I would love to go back for the vanilla bean filled doughnut, too! Overall, this place was so easy and welcoming, and the design is so adorable! Loved the friendly neighborhood vibe of it all.

Niche-​baked-​good shops are such a goddamned consistent letdown. Everything sounds intriguing– creative flavor combos, unique flourishes, trendy marketing– but they always fall down on the basics. (I’m looking at you, cupcake shops!)
Bogarts, unfortunately, proved this rule.
Pro: The Nutella doughnut had Nutella in it.
Con: The dough for the doughnut, which comprised 80% of the doughnut experience, was flavorless. Just tasted like flour and a bit of butter, and the texture wasn’t brioche-​like; it was heavy and weirdly chewy.
And, consistent with other niche-​baked-​good shops, the price point is silly for the quality and quantity of the product.

I’ve seen this place pop up on my home page a few times but it never interested me enough to go out of my way to try it. However, I happened to be driving past the other day so I thought I’d give them a shot. I should have kept driving.
First, I arrived at about 11:40 am and they were closing at noon so I didn’t expect a huge variety of doughnuts. They did have: 1) Nutella filled 2) Vanilla filled 3) Raised glazed 4) Glazed sprinkled and 5) 1 Lavender doughnut. Unfortunately there were no brown butter glazed, chocolate cake or lemon doughnuts which were the three I really wanted to try. So I picked out 8 doughnuts — 7 in the box and one for the road (if I keep one out I won’t open the box on the way home, right?).
One of my biggest issues wasn’t really doughnut related but instead was about the coffee… or lack thereof. Yes, I know you are about to close, but NO COFFEE? No, I didn’t want an iced cold press coffee — I wanted my coffee hot, strong and black the way God and my hero Juan Valdez meant coffee to be. Instead I had to settle for a tiny plastic cup of a cold black liquid I could hold in my hand without risk of tissue damage. Strike one
Now the doughnuts. The lavender donut was my roadie — I expected it be bursting with a flowery flavor that would awaken my senses while I pouted about getting cold coffee. Alas, it was not to be. I can’t really describe the taste since there really wasn’t one. Maybe a slight hint of Febreeze and a little sugar. Not the way I’d make a donut but then again I’m no expert like these guys obviously must be.
I will say that I didn’t realize the size of the other doughnuts until I got home and open the box (yes, it survived the ride home intact). They are certainly larger than your normal doughnut. But really, that was the only thing that made them stand out. The filled and raised doughnuts were a little dry for my taste — not what I was expecting because they actually looked amazing. The filling was OK but certainly not enough based on the size of the container. The sprinkled donut was, like the Febreeze donut, largely flavorless (according to my daughter — the bedazzled food expert). Strike two
Then…the cost. $ 23 bought me 8 doughnuts and small cold coffee flavored liquid. Yes… a lot of weight and volume but not really a lot of taste. Strike three.
Finally, don’t even THINK about saving a couple of these for the next day. HARD. AS. A. ROCK. Even the microwave couldn’t save them.
Will I be back? Yes, I have to try the brown butter glazed and the lemon but I certainly won’t be going out of my way.

I have to be honest… I was so psyched to try Bogarts and it kinda let me down. We tried three different donuts and none of them lived up to the hype. The chocolate cake donut was super dry. I sorta liked the butter cream but the donut itself was just meh. The Nutella donut was probably the best one but I still felt like I was eating a day old donut. Why so dry?!
Glam Doll and Woullet’s are still my favorites.

Bogart’s is the closest donut shop to me. That is a good thing, but also a bad thing.
Donuts are the new cupcakes (I’m rolling my eyes right now), and I feel like so many donut shops have popped up all over in the last few years. I prefer Bogarts, since they’re less crazy and more classic– raised cake donuts in simple but well executed flavors. Lavender and brown butter glaze are my favorites, but they’re all good. The iced coffee is great, and they have this really great homemade vanilla bean syrup– so much better than Starbucks. Love the branding in the shop– every basic white girl I’m friends with has Instagrammed their DONUTS sign– and the friendly service too. One of the best parts of their service is that you can order online! When I’m tasked to bring breakfast to the office, I love coming here because you can just swing by and all of your donuts are ready to go.
The one thing I don’t like is how fast they run out of some of their best donuts– they operate on a «once we’re out, we’re out» modus operandi. I feel like most of the time I’m here the Nutella filled ones are gone.
…but maybe that’s life’s way of telling me I have been eating too many donuts.

Completely agree with Ali M. Those who are complaining about paying $ 2-​$ 3 per doughnut here are cray cray. You’re essentially getting a half loaf of delicious, perfectly baked, fluffy brioche with incredible, unique doughnut toppings on it 5 minutes from Calhoun. Plus, these things are bigger than my hand. How is that not worth the money? The only reason I’m taking a star off is because their special Harry Potter «butterbeer» doughnut (seriously, how can any self-​respecting Ravenclaw pass that up?) could have used just a touch more butterscotch flavor. It was begging for it… oh so close to being a perfect combination with the Butterfinger crunch and marshmallow but ended up just slightly on the bland side. I’ve also had better cake donuts, but the chocolate cake was solid. No complaints.
DAT BROWN BUTTER GLAZED, THO. That thing is perfection in doughnut form. Words don’t do it justice. Just go get it. I’d pay $ 10 just to have the pleasure of tasting it again for the first time and having my mind blown from the ensuing ecstasy. Possibly the single best doughnut in the entirety of the Twin Cities. Nutella-​filled was five-​star worthy, too (then again, I’m a sucker for the stuff).
I’m off to start my own doughnut shop that only makes maple bacon, IPA, sriracha, nutella-​infused doughnuts with blood orange marmalade and small-​batch whiskey drizzle (definitely calling it the Bono). Possibly a bourbon-​barrel aged stout doughnut, as well. With bacon braised kale. Thanks for the million dollar idea, Ali.

So. Maybe I’m a doughnut retard. Perhaps I don’t have the slightest clue what makes a doughnut delicious. Maybe I’m the Helen Keler of the doughnut world: deaf, dumb, and blind to the intricacies of doughnut science. But what in the actual fuck, Unilocal?
I like these doughnuts. Yeah, I fuckin’ said it.
They are by far and away better than those baked abortions at Glam Doll (bitchy review pending) and they are most certainly better than anything I’ve had from one of the highly-​touted-​amongst-​smug-​white-​people bakeries that exist within the 612. Honestly, outside of Dunkin Donuts (because eat a dick if you disagree, those bastards are delicious) and Tim Horton’s — Bogart’s probably has my favorite doughnut ever… that lemon one. Good lord. Yes.
I tried six different varieties of doughnuts (they had 8 that particular day) and none of them were offensive. My least favorite was the Nutella because *eyeroll* enough already. Seriously. I keep patiently waiting for one of these trendy, AMX catering bakeries to start selling a maple bacon, IPA, Sriracha, Nutella infused doughnut with a blood orange marmalade served with a shot of some small batch whiskey that one of their hipster employees drank in Ireland with Bono and you’ve never heard of it because you’re not cool. It’s gonna happen.
In closing… these doughnuts get written about like they’re the ones who wrote that shitty finale to Dexter and I just don’t get it. But, maybe I don’t have high doughnut standards. I just have a high person who likes doughnuts standards.
Seriously…that lemon doughnut tho? Put it in your mouth.
Oh and… I don’t think this place is overpriced given the neighborhood and the doughnut pricing structure set by Glam Doll. I paid $ 14 for half a dozen doughnuts. That seemed fair to me. This isn’t SA.

Yes. Just yes. Yes. Yes. HELL YES. You have to check these guys out. Their brown butter glazed donut is MONEY. It’s so good. It poops mini donut holes on any other donut I’ve tasted. It’s light and fluffy but it has rich, sweet texture. It’s so good I went back in and bought another to bring home for the wife. Ha! They have a stack of other kinds too that look gorgeous.
The location is great, it has a New York hole in the wall like eatery kinda vibe with its white subway tile and red lettering. Their branding is really cool and… whatever, it doesn’t matter. Their donuts are so freaking good I was happy to take a minor pause on my 30-​day sugar free health kick. It was TOTALLY WORTH IT. Go. NOW!

I love being able to go somewhere and order one of everything. Which is exactly what I did at Bogart’s.
To keep it short and sweet, their raised doughnuts are perfectly chewy and their cake donuts are perfectly moist. You can’t really go wrong, but I’d skip the Nutella-​filled in the future.
The problem is that these babies cost twice as much (or more) than a doughnut you could get almost anywhere else, and while they are good doughnuts, they aren’t necessarily 2+ times as good as any other.

Cute doughnut shop and the staff was super friendly! We called ahead and they put the vanilla raised glazes aside for us; glad we did because when we got there it was sold out! We bought the vanilla glaze and a brown butter glaze! The brown butter glaze was better than the vanilla. The dough that was used in the vanilla raised glazed seemed like a brioche, it wasn’t bad, it was a different taste than your traditional doughnut. Also it seemed like there was too much dough and not a good amount of glaze. We loved the HUGE size and thickness of the doughnut! Pricing was a little high for a doughnut. Glad we got to try!

Nothing but a doughnut window for 6 – 7 options, some are amazing others fall short.
I’m a huge fan of Yo-​Yo Donuts in Minnetonka. I’ve tried the competitors, Glam Doll, Denny’s, Yo-​Yo, etc. and Bogart’s can compete but isn’t the clear winner. Lots of other people complained in reviews about how dry the doughnuts are here, and I didn’t find that to be of particular concern. People also complained about the staff. While the staff I met didn’t go out of their way to do anything amazing, they did quickly serve me and check me out — there isn’t much more I could ask from them.
The Brown Butter Glazed raised doughnut is one of the best sweet treats I’ve ever had. It can go head to head with the Yo-​Yo Donuts Maple Glazed Bacon Long John any day, and I’ll take one of each! The problem was that the rest of the items I tried were nothing special; at all. The Chocolate Cake doughnut had almost no flavor and was very much like a dense cake, it also was oddly shaped and almost a sphere vs a doughnut shape. The Lavender which I anticipated to be strong, was far from it. What flavor it did have made me think I was eating a candle. The biggest disappointment by far was the Nutella doughnut. It was (as others have said) dry, rolled in coarse sugar, and was almost flavorless outside of the dollup of Nutella. Sure the Nutella was great, but it is on its own and the deep fried dough added nothing to it. Nutella and Siracha are two things that every hip shop likes to add but it doesn’t guarantee a hit and this is a prime example.
Overall, I was underwhelmed by everything on the menu outside of the Brown Butter Glazed. The problem is that it was so unbelievably amazing that I will still have to come back for that one prize and avoid the rest. Your best bet is to head over to Yo-​Yo if you really want a great selection and variety.

Service was very friendly. I always like to ask their opinions on their favorites when making my decision.
There were only about 6 flavors to choose from, and none were very fancy. I ended up selecting the lavender donut and the vanilla buttercream donut, based upon their feedback. Both were good, but nothing special. The buttercream was delicious, but the donut itself was covered in sugar so it made a huge mess in my car. The lavender was a subtle flavor but it was nice. Too expensive for what they were.