Plaza Donuts

Went to Plaza Donuts on Belmont a while back with my son and his dad. They didn’t have a great variety of donuts available, so I’m assuming we were there between bakings, No bagels, or muffins. The coffee was lukewarm. The people who were there seemed rather clique-​ish. They looked at us a few times, but no smiles or waves. hmmm.
My son ordered a donut and milk. His donut had a hair on it. No joke. They have not been back. I have, a couple of times, but alas, never a bagel. :(

As others have mentioned, it’s a real time piece, literally from the early 60s. The guys having their morning coffee seemed regulars and were debating recent police shootings that had dominated the media An assortment of cake donuts went quickly. The maple icing seemed better than the chocolate. The donuts all had body and good flavor. I’ve had more memorable donuts but they have tended to be much more costly. Plaza delivers excellent value and I have to wonder why anyone would bother with the Dunkin’ down the street – over sweet donuts with no body really make no sense.

Fantastic donuts and coffee, paired with décor which takes you back in time in the best possible way. Staff is friendly and the aroma surrounding the building is great.

Plaza Donuts. Well we drove up, and frankly it looks sort of dubious from the outside. However, this is absolutely the best cup of coffee in Ohio. The donuts are clearly homemade, and mine was very fresh. The dark headed cashier and waitress was reserved but warmed up quickly as we spoke to her. This place looks like something right out of 1962. The whole place is one giant long counter snaking back and forth across the restaurant. This means everyone gets a seat at the counter. It’s filled with old veterans and their friends having a cup of coffee and a donut. To hell with Starbucks!

Oddly enough, I currently work with someone who hails from Youngstown, Ohio. Hired just months ago, he happily makes the drive to and from Youngstown to work in Pittsburgh.
Yeah, for a time, I didn’t know why he felt the need to travel so far for employment, either. He claims there are jobs in Youngstown but that he just wanted to work here — all the way in Pittsburgh, while continuing to reside in Youngstown.
Yesterday, a box of donuts appeared.
Like a certain caped detective, I interrogated various employees.
«Where’d the donuts come from?»
«I dunno, man!»
Much backhanding, throttling, shaking, and dangling individuals from edges of rooftops occurred until I began to make progress.
«WHERE. DID. THE DONUTS. COME FROM!»
«Wh-​wh, why you need to know?»
« Unilocal.» My fists and teeth were clenched.
«Whelp?»
“NO. Unilocal.” My impersonation of Christian Bale in the Dark Knight trilogy was beginning to break through.
«They c-​c-​came from S-​s-​s-​sammm.»
At that moment, I realized that asking anything further from these common hoods would be futile until I found… Sam.
«Where’s Sam?» I asked various proles only to be met with «I dunno.»
After finishing the box that included such innovative donut varieties as astonishingly fluffy cake donuts with fudge and peanuts and banana pudding-​filled logs with lemon icing, I was resigned to leaving the origins of these goodies in the realm of mystery, until…
«Darren. I heard you were looking for me,» Sam said, resembling a cross between Michael Moore and Roy Orbison as usual.
«Yeah, those donuts…»
«Oh yeah, you write those reviews. Plaza Donuts.»
«Yes! Thanks!»
«You liked ‘em, huh?»
«Hell yeah. Thanks for bringing them in. They were amazing. They were so light and fluffy and filled with stuff I don’t encounter around here. I mean, coffee-​iced long johns that have frosting in them? None of the bakeries around Pittsburgh do that, and…»
«You’re welcome, Darren, but in the future, don’t play vigilante over this. I mean, all you had to do was ask me.»
«Oh, ok. I’m sorry. I guess I got carried away…»
«Darren, dude. You’re wearing a mask. And a cape?»
«Ulp.»
“And why is Dan still hanging from the beams upside down?“
Donuts. They bring out The Bat in me.

This place is funny in the best of ways. First of all, the most important part: good reliable wifi. I think the only place with wifi in the neighborhood.
But other than that, this is a really friendly place with nice and sometimes sassy waitresses and a lot of local characters.