Best of Boston
Best Doughnuts
An array of doughnuts from Union Square Donuts. / Photo by Joe St. Pierre, styling by Joy Howard
Blackbird Doughnuts
This decadent doughnut shop has upped its game this year (which is impressive since its game was already one of the best in town) with [...] read more»
2023 Best Doughnuts
Union Square Donuts
Any way you slice ’em (and slice you should — they’re so rich that sharing is almost necessary), Union Square’s doughnuts are always at the [...] read more»
2022 Best Doughnuts
Brassica Kitchen + Café
Jamaica Plain
Doughnut shops are a dime a dozen, but the fluffy rings behind the counter at this J.P. neighborhood restaurant — available during café-style daytime service [...] read more»
2021 Best Doughnuts
Union Square Donuts
We thought we couldn’t possibly love Union Square Donuts’ soft, flaky pastries, filled with homemade pineapple preserves, glazed with blackberry-basil-lime icing, and studded with smoky-sweet [...] read more»
2020 Best Doughnuts
Mass Hole Donuts
Arlington
Launched as a pop-up before moving into a brick-and-mortar shop last year, this doughnut maker seamlessly adapted once again during the pandemic, offering special deals [...] read more»
2019 Best Doughnuts
Blackbird Doughnuts
Brighton
Blackbird has a big new nest—a massive Brighton production facility/storefront to supply its growing flock of doughnut shops—but thankfully, the expansion hasn’t compromised the quality [...] read more»
2018 Best Doughnuts
Kane’s Donuts
Boston
This spot lives by the mantra "Kane’s Donuts Are Love." Sink your teeth into one of its pillowy treats, and you’ll quickly understand why: Delighting [...] read more»
2017 Best Doughnuts
Union Square Donuts
Somerville
Heather Schmidt's airy, yeasty doughnuts, in gourmet-ified flavors such as sea-salted bourbon caramel and zingy raspberry-lime rickey, have turned her Somerville shop into a bona [...] read more»
2016 Best Doughnuts
Blackbird Doughnuts
Boston
These raised specimens—in varieties like cookies and cream, “everything” bagel, and sesame sriracha—would be easy to dismiss as too hip for their own good. Except [...] read more»
2015 Best Doughnuts
Union Square Donuts
Somerville
Card-carrying Bostonians that we are, we couldn't really get behind the whole Boston-cream doughnut thing—until we tried the version at Union Square Donuts, with its [...] read more»
2014 Best Doughnut, Doughnuts
Donuts with a Difference
Medford
Visit this delightfully retro storefront, and you’ll be rewarded with melt-in-your-mouth honey-dipped spheres, jumbo coffee rolls, and coconut cake rings with the perfect bite. Best [...] read more»