Danish & Donuts

The ham and cheese croissants where pretty good but my only complaint which is totally based on preference where the solid real slices of jalapeños. I am use to the soft jalapeños melted inside. She also gave me some free donut holes as a surprised when I opened the bag. Good snack on the way home hungry. However, the donuts are much smaller in comparison to the other donut shops I have been to around the are.
My belly is satisfied!

I drove by here recently and realized that I haven’t gone in for a while. I need to fix that.
As much as I like doughnuts, when I go here, it is for the delicious Danishes. They are really good.

Staff can be rough around the edges at times but that might have to do with the early hours. They make up for it with the quality if their donuts. Best ones in the area, in my opinion. The last time I was there it was still cash only, they might have changed that by now.

I don’t actually like donuts all that much, but I have to pick them up for work now and again, and this place is walking distance from my house. Self-​serve coffee and quick service. As can be expected, the lines get long around 7:30 am.
There isn’t a lot of seating, a few people will come and enjoy the paper but most folks grab-​and-​go. Prices are great!
I’ve only tried the donut holes (which were great), but no complaints from my coworkers on the donuts!

maple bars. buttermilk. apple fritters. danishes. LOVE this place. friendly staff :)
I live on the eastern end of Vista and I’m willing to drive 6.2 miles for some delicious, fried dough.

Their ham & cheese croissants are awesome. So are their strawberry & cream cheese croissants. Yum!

If it wasn’t for the ridiculously overpriced McDonald’s in the same plaza, I wouldn’t have ever known about this place. I’m not sure if it’s inflation, or just free market capitalization, but $ 7.89 for an «Extra Value Meal» at MCDONALD’S?!? $ 8… am I required to leave tip on that too? Wow… I felt like I’ve been out of touch with society, or at least McDonald’s prices. What’s a gallon of milk go for now, like $ 50?
Anyways, after I saw the prices at this particular McD’s I looked around at what else was in this plaza. There was an El Salvadorean restaurant, which I thought to myself it’s probably just lighter cleaner Mexican food. There was a Mexican market, and a café. I didn’t feel like spending $ 10+ at a café, so I saw that there was a place called «Danish & Donuts» tucked in the corner of the plaza.
Funnily enough the night before, I had just had a discussion with a friend about how the danish was really the start of my culinary career. See, back in first grade when I was a wee 6 year old, my mom told me to make my own sandwich so I did. Being the 6 year old that I was, I put whatever I wanted in my sandwich. Those 2 things happened to be strawberry jam, and cheese. Of course back then my mom yelled at me for making such a ridiculous sandwich and for the rest of my childhood I thought I was a failure as a sandwich maker. But later on I realized I had actually re-​created the classic Dutch pastry.
In any case, I had Danish on my mind and there it was, Danish and Donuts. So I walk on in and a little old Asian lady greets me and helps me in choosing which delectable pastry I wanted. I opted for the strawberry danish and was merrily on my way. The danish itself was good. Nothing spectacular, though leaps and bounds above my first edible creation. It was flaky, it wasn’t too sweet, and overall it was your typical Dutch custardy goodness. I would have rated it about a 3 to 3.5 star.
But what really made me decide to give Danish and Donuts 4 stars was that when I reached into my wax paper bag, there was a little sample donut. I didn’t ask for it, but there it was. A little bitesize piece of donut that said «I know you wanted a danish today, but please come back another time and enjoy our donuts. I value your business.» The little old lady didn’t have to say it to me, but all of that was communicated to me through that bitesize piece.
With mega Walmarts and the McD’s of this world taking over, there is little room for mom and pop stores that create that atmosphere of valued patronage. But there is Danish and Donuts.