Lionheart I'm Eggscellent 12775 Posts user info edit post |
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKK
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/04/26/454237/hot-doughnuts-no-time-soon.html
Quote : | " The first word that comes to mind is dagnabbit.
The Krispy Kreme is closed.
For the next month.
How is a girl supposed to get HOT DOUGHNUTS NOW?
The building on Person Street is undergoing a major remodel for the first time since it opened in that location in 1971. The original building was built in 1939 a few doors down.
Last week, construction workers gutted the landmark, which makes 10,000 doughnuts a day for the Raleigh area. The floor was literally rubble, and ductwork dangled from the ceiling.
But it still smelled like doughnuts.
Krispy Kreme officials say the store needed a makeover.
"It's still the original construction," said Steve Wymer, Krispy Kreme's operations director, who along with Stephen Graves, vice president of operations, stood amidst the dust and sparks at the site last week. "It's time to update."
But apparently a lot of folks didn't get the word. People have been turning in by the dozens and overcome with shock when they are greeted with the closed signs. Danny Larimore, the foreman from the Thomasville-based Ritchie Construction company, which is doing the remodeling, said one guy honked, raised his hands out his window and asked, "What am I supposed to do now?"
Zainab Amur Riyami, who describes herself as "Krispy Kreme's #1 Doughnut Lover," was aghast that the store was closed with "no prior warning." Riyami, a student at N.C. State University, had been counting on the doughnuts to get her through exams.
"The yellow tape around the parking lot, the signs inside removed...I think I felt my heart cry a little on the inside," she wrote in an e-mail. "I can't wait for it to re-open. I just hope it still feels somewhat like the old Krispy Kreme - kind of rundown, but just 'home-like.' "
The new space will have a fresh color scheme, more seating, a bigger viewing window to watch the doughnuts get made and a fairly new Krispy Kreme venture called Kool Kreme, a type of soft-serve ice cream.
You can get Kool Kreme mixed with toppings, Kool Kreme milkshakes, and a Kool Kreme doughnut sundae, where they take a doughnut of your choice and balance a scoop of ice cream in the hole. There will be a new coffee station, too.
For the traditionalists, there will still be hot, glazed doughnuts, as well as the other doughnut varieties, such as glazed blueberry or chocolate iced custard filled.
As for the famous red neon sign that guides us like the lights on Ray Kinsella's Field of Dreams, it's in a storage container, waiting to hang in the new facility.
But it won't be turned on for at least another month. Wymer and Graves said construction will take 45 days in all. Workers are onsite from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day to finish in time.
Wymer said it will be impossible to miss the re-opening because the company plans a week-long celebration.
In the meantime, there is hope for the pregnant ladies, the bar hoppers and doughnut addicted. Krispy Kreme has other locations on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh and in Knightdale. Those doughnuts, however, are not hot. They are trucked in from Greensboro twice a day until the mothership makeover is finished.
Of course, doughnut crazies could always resort to cheating and go to Dunkin' Donuts. " |
4/26/2010 8:27:59 AM |
DJ Lauren All American 15721 Posts user info edit post |
FUCK YOU DUNKIN DONUTS...who goes there anyway!?!?!?! 4/26/2010 8:30:40 AM |
SaabTurbo All American 25459 Posts user info edit post |
^ People who can't go to Krispy Kreme. 4/26/2010 8:32:13 AM |
nothing22 All American 21537 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "one guy honked, raised his hands out his window and asked, "What am I supposed to do now?"" |
FIRST WORLD PROBLEM4/26/2010 8:33:30 AM |
amac884 All American 25609 Posts user info edit post |
found this out the hard way last week...luckily, the little shop on fayetteville st. is open 4/26/2010 8:35:38 AM |
SaabTurbo All American 25459 Posts user info edit post |
WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?!
4/26/2010 8:36:32 AM |
H8R wear sumthin tight 60155 Posts user info edit post |
HAHAHAHA
FATTIES 4/26/2010 8:43:49 AM |
elduderino All American 4343 Posts user info edit post |
KEEP CRYING FATTIES, IT'LL BURN CALORIES. 4/26/2010 8:44:11 AM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
DD >>>> KK anyway.
I do enjoy a good warm, glazed doughnut from KK , but outside of that, their coffee sucks and every other doughnut they make besides their originals is nasty imo. 4/26/2010 8:45:39 AM |
SaabTurbo All American 25459 Posts user info edit post |
^ NAW SON, YOU NASTY. 4/26/2010 8:46:23 AM |
nothing22 All American 21537 Posts user info edit post |
4/26/2010 8:47:11 AM |
SaabTurbo All American 25459 Posts user info edit post |
FAT CAT DOES NOT APPROVE
4/26/2010 8:48:46 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72824 Posts user info edit post |
4/26/2010 8:54:38 AM |
Byrn Stuff backpacker 19058 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Last week, construction workers gutted the landmark, which makes 10,000 doughnuts a day for the Raleigh area. The floor was literally rubble, and ductwork dangled from the ceiling.
But it still smelled like doughnuts." |
[Edited on April 26, 2010 at 9:02 AM. Reason : .]4/26/2010 9:02:47 AM |
richthofen All American 15758 Posts user info edit post |
Hopefully they won't touch the big sign in the parking lot. Its neon-y goodness cannot be replaced.
I miss the days when I could go for a 2 AM doughnut if I so desired. I mean I still could (once the shop reopens anyway) but it'd be a long-ass drive from Durham. 4/26/2010 9:16:20 AM |
TJB627 All American 2110 Posts user info edit post |
I drove all the way over there about 11:30 the other night to discover this the hard way. I was
[Edited on April 26, 2010 at 9:25 AM. Reason : .] 4/26/2010 9:24:56 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "every other doughnut they make besides their originals is nasty imo." |
I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. But their coffee has definitely stepped up its game recently.4/26/2010 9:30:36 AM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
I have not tried the coffee in a long time because anytime I got any it was not very good. Maybe I'll give it another chance next time I crave a glazed doughnut. 4/26/2010 9:35:24 AM |
elkaybie All American 39626 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Kool Kreme doughnut sundae" |
wat? 4/26/2010 9:42:42 AM |
Lumex All American 3666 Posts user info edit post |
I predict a drop in the rate of heart-attacks and diabeetees 4/26/2010 9:57:46 AM |
SaabTurbo All American 25459 Posts user info edit post |
beetees 4/26/2010 9:59:03 AM |
dharney All American 4445 Posts user info edit post |
my buddies and i made a krispy kreme donut milkshake once
milk, vanilla ice cream, donuts
one guy got coffee ice cream...
after we drank a glass we all kinda went comatose for an hour or so. It felt like the drug scene in requiem for a dream after they inject the heroin. I'm pretty sure i hallucinated and took on a mild form of diabetes.
never again 4/26/2010 10:01:18 AM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
i love KK donuts but anybody who can eat more than one in a sitting is a disgusting human being 4/26/2010 10:20:58 AM |
nothing22 All American 21537 Posts user info edit post |
i eat half, and put the other half in my pocket to keep it warm for later
add: but only when i can afford one
[Edited on April 26, 2010 at 10:27 AM. Reason : Ø] 4/26/2010 10:26:44 AM |
DeltaBeta All American 9417 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "i love KK donuts but anybody who can eat more than one in a sitting is a disgusting human being" |
I never could eat more than 1 when they're warm and only 2 when cold. They're so rich.4/26/2010 10:36:18 AM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45166 Posts user info edit post |
when they are warm i can inhale a dozen, cold 3 at any one time 4/26/2010 10:47:45 AM |
zxappeal All American 26824 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "i love KK donuts but anybody who can eat more than one in a sitting is a disgusting human being" |
I guess I'm a disgusting human being.
I'll bet anybody that I can eat a dozen in less than 5 minutes.4/26/2010 10:50:35 AM |
ParksNrec All American 8742 Posts user info edit post |
How can anyone just eat one?? 4/26/2010 10:52:07 AM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "How can anyone just eat one??" |
Because if your body even approaches "healthy" then you get sick4/26/2010 10:54:11 AM |
ParksNrec All American 8742 Posts user info edit post |
I'm pretty healthy, I could eat a half dozen right now without thinking about it though 4/26/2010 10:55:45 AM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
dude that's a lot of fried dough covered in sugar think about what you just said son and stop lyin 4/26/2010 10:56:14 AM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45166 Posts user info edit post |
but when they are warm they are like liquid goodness 4/26/2010 10:57:02 AM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
lyin'
4/26/2010 10:57:04 AM |
ParksNrec All American 8742 Posts user info edit post |
what am I about?
[Edited on April 26, 2010 at 10:58 AM. Reason : wut?] 4/26/2010 10:57:49 AM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
son you have broken the dnl covenant and now you are dead to me
you have made me cold 4/26/2010 10:59:17 AM |
ParksNrec All American 8742 Posts user info edit post |
okie dokie
but now I want donuts 4/26/2010 11:00:23 AM |
ThePeter TWW CHAMPION 37709 Posts user info edit post |
eh
its doughnuts
now if this was about Bojangles... 4/26/2010 11:02:44 AM |
theDuke866 All American 52766 Posts user info edit post |
THere is a Krispy Kreme in Doha, Qatar. For there not to be an operational one in Raleigh, NC is unsat. 4/26/2010 4:51:06 PM |
Masskki22 All American 1245 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I drove all the way over there about 11:30 the other night to discover this the hard way. I was " |
me too 4/26/2010 5:07:45 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Just found out a KK is opening not too far from me TOMORROW
I'll be getting some hot doughnuts before any of you biatches! 4/26/2010 10:12:39 PM |
fenway All American 3135 Posts user info edit post |
I want a Krispy Kreme and a Smithfields on Western. I wouldn't leave that road. 4/26/2010 10:15:50 PM |
nothing22 All American 21537 Posts user info edit post |
OH WE BACK, FATTIES
Quote : | " Krispy Kreme reopens, Raleigh rejoices, shits itself
RALEIGH -- All is right again in the world.
The downtown Raleigh Krispy Kreme turned on its "HOT NOW" sign this morning after being closed for renovations over the last month.
Despite the rain, doughnut fans began lining up Monday afternoon for a chance to win a dozen doughnuts each week for a year.
Troy Smith, a teacher from Holly Springs won the prize after standing in line for 14 hours. He received the same prize last fall when he was first at the Fayetteville Street store, which opened in October.
He planned to teach class this morning, but there would be no donuts for his students. Sorry kids.
"I love Krispy Kreme," he said with his sleeping bag, green cot and grill nearby. He's also done the Krispy Kreme challenge, which involves running four miles and eating a dozen donuts at mile 2.
Smith served burgers on grilled donuts to others in line during the night.
The burger "was outstanding," said Abe Lawson, a rising senior at N.C. State University, who slept in a tent in the parking lot with his buddy, Brandon Long. "I felt my heart slow down a bit, but I would do it again."
The building on Person Street has not been remodeled sit it opened in that location in 1971. The original building was built in 1939 a few doors down." |
-http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/06/01/510181/krispy-kreme-reopens-raleigh-rejoices.html
LOOK AT THOSE TUBBOS, SLATHERING THEMSELVES INTO A FATTY FRENZY
[Edited on June 1, 2010 at 8:21 AM. Reason : link Ø]6/1/2010 8:20:33 AM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Troy Smith, a teacher from Holly Springs won the prize after standing in line for 14 hours. He received the same prize last fall when he was first at the Fayetteville Street store, which opened in October. " |
That's some dedication to doughnuts.6/1/2010 8:24:32 AM |
evan All American 27701 Posts user info edit post |
he's probably a fatty 6/1/2010 8:26:16 AM |
Master_Yoda All American 3626 Posts user info edit post |
14 hrs? Lame. Get over a day and then you might have my respect. 6/1/2010 8:48:49 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72824 Posts user info edit post |
6/1/2010 9:58:52 AM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45166 Posts user info edit post |
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! 6/1/2010 12:07:47 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on June 1, 2010 at 3:53 PM. Reason : .]
6/1/2010 3:52:43 PM |
Arkolion New Recruit 11 Posts user info edit post |
i would try one of those 6/1/2010 4:20:23 PM |
Master_Yoda All American 3626 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Ruin and waste of a good doughnut 6/1/2010 4:43:50 PM |