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Tuesday, November 1, 2011 , Updated 2:28 a.m., January 23, 2012
UPDATED: Hypnotic Donuts to open its own storefront on Garland Road January 29
It's an "extreme" doughnut shop.
Hypnotic Donuts has announced that it will open its own storefront in East Dallas in January 2012 at 9007 Garland Road.
An "extreme" doughnut shop in the mold of Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, Ore., Hypnotic has been sharing space with The Pizza Guy Restaurant in North Dallas, opening on weekend mornings only. At the new storefront, they'll be open seven days a week.
Owner James St. Peter said they chose to open in east Dallas close to White Rock Lake "because of the friendly neighborhood vibe and the enthusiasm residents have for local business."
South of Casa Linda Plaza and north of the Dallas Arboretum, the store is very close to/part of the same scene as Good 2 Go Taco and the new Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House.
There'll be a donut and coffee bar, sofas and living room chairs. "Expect to see reclaimed furniture and décor from local vintage, resale, thrift, and charity stores," says the release, plus a mural of well-known hippies throughout history giving customers the joy of sharing a Hypnotic experience with their favorite hippies.
Coffee will be supplied by Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters and brewed via French press.
Hypnotic Donuts will continue operating out of The Pizza Guy until the end of November. Updated store progress can be tracked via their Facebook and Twitter pages.
Signature doughnuts include the Hypnotic, a chocolate cake donut covered with Hypnotic frosting (chocolate, caramel, and peanut butter), topped with pretzels and peanut butter Cap’n Crunch, and drizzled with caramel and chocolate.
UPDATE: Hypnotic will open on Sunday, January 29.
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Eliot Landrum, verified:
Soon, I will only need to leave East Dallas to go out of town. I am liking this trend!
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Scott, anonymous:
That signature doughnut should come with a shot of antiemetic.
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
Scott, i'm hoping that the new location means they might spend less time on cheap thrills and more time creating from-scratch batters using higher-end ingredients and real fruits and vegetables. i would gladly pay extra for, say, a pumpkin doughnut made with pumpkin puree and a simple glaze, instead of a plain doughnut topped with sugary cereal
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
The Hypnotic sounds yummy for dessert, but I can't imagine eating one of those at 8 in the morning.
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beda50, anonymous:
Great news. I stopped by the donut shop at that location just this morning and was bummed that they had closed. But knowing Hypnotic is opening there makes it all better. Hope they do sausage rolls too, though.
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foodbevlaw, anonymous:
This is exciting news! I'd like to see scratch batter, but I'm definitely ok with a traditional donut featuring more wholesome toppings (not the staid old glaze and sprinkles). Like bacon and pure maple syrup. Or jalapeno sausage. Or human tears.
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njh618, anonymous:
Please, oh please, have vegan donuts!
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
beda50, you've got me confused - what do sausage rolls have to do with doughnuts?
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beda50, anonymous:
A lot of donut shops sell sausage rolls (like the donut shop that was in this location). It would be nice if they were on the menu also.
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
i thought sausage rolls were a spinoff of kolaches? [please excuse my ignorance if i am wrong.]
the doughnut shops where i grew up just did doughnuts. other than their mutual use of flour, i'm not seeing the parallel between sausage rolls and doughnuts, so my assumption would be that when you try to do two different things, one of the items will suffer
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beda50, anonymous:
Every donut shop I've been to has a sausage roll (pig in blanket). I went to Hypnotic's website, and read a couple yelp comments, and apparently they serve some type of chicken and biscuit with gravy. I've never been to a donut shop that served bacon on a donut (as does Hypnotic), so there. Plus, the description of their donuts on their website sound really dessert-like and I'm not sure I would want to eat them for breakfast (which is why I was seeking a sausage roll this morning at the donut shop that is now closed, and where Hypnotic is going into).
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Anne Young Fritsche, verified:
Ohhhhhh YEAAAHHHHH. This is happy news.
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aczemanek, anonymous:
So sad... I don't go south of 635.
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aczemanek, anonymous:
@Teresa Kolaches are square SWEET breads with either fruit and/or cream cheese.
Kolaches do NOT have meat in them under any circumstances. Those are called Klobasneks... or sausage rolls or pigs in a blanket if you want to Americanize it.
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lisaltx, anonymous:
I don't know how sausage rolls came be called kolaches since they are nothing alike. One of the high points of driving south to see the family is hitting West for REAL Czech kolaches in one or both directions.
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
Man I love those kolaches, lisaltx.
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
i don't like kolaches or sausage rolls so i haven't spent much time investigating the difference.
blogger Homesick Texan mentions some with sausages: http://homesicktexan.blogspot.com/200...
chowhound agrees with aczemanek: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/388243
aczemanek, thanks for explaining "Klobasneks"!
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lisaltx, anonymous:
Sarah, I got spoiled long ago. My grandmother was Czech and she and her sisters would make them all the time. Then my best friend's mom made them so I had fresh kolaches pretty much whenever I wanted them until I went off to college.
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
Do you have a recipe you could share? I love to cook and bake but I've never tried to make kolaches myself, thinking they could never come close to the kolaches in West.
In fact, I want one right now.
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lisaltx, anonymous:
I don't make them but my brother has. He's retired and has time for this stuff. I'll get his recipe.
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
Thank you Lisa! I'm at sb (at) pegasusnews dot com. Should they come out nicely, my PegNews colleagues can enjoy some real kolaches.
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Teresa Gubbins, staff:
aw i thought lisaltx might post the recipe here. not that i would make them. ever.
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John Turner-McClelland, verified:
I've been to West Fest and they use the word kolache interchangably for both fruit and meat topped pastries.
But the kolaches sold at donut shops in Dallas are not a kolache. It is a pig in a blanket.
Maybe Hypnotic can make pig in a blanket topped donuts.
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OEsophagus, anonymous:
"Kolaches" are sold in a lot of the doughnut shops in South Texas. I think the word has become a catch-all word for anything that's not a doughnut and not a breakfast taco.
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lisaltx, anonymous:
Sarah -- recipe forwarded with my brother's comments attached. I may have to try these myself. Teresa doesn't have to eat them -- more for the rest.
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
Let the baking begin!
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