Doughnut Plant, or How The Shophound Turned Into Homer Simpson

We actually made our way down to the Lower East Side to see the latest Alice Roi pop-up shop. Either we were too early or Alice was opening late, but the trip took us too close to Doughnut Plant, and like a crack-whore to...well...crack, we found our feet walking a few blocks north to Grand Street wholly independent of our better judgement.
Doughnut Plant has been there a while, serving as the anti-Krispy Kreme. They are familiar to many for suppling their fresh, natural yeast or cake confections to Dean & Deluca and Whole Foods, but nothing really compares to a fresh doughnut still warm from the oven with one of their seasonal glazes. That's their cruel little trick. Normally, we would be able to walk by safely knowing that we knew what was there and what it tasted like, but periodically they throw us a whole new set of flavors, the latest being a luscious meyer lemon. Naturally, we are unable to walk by without sampling the latest just to make sure that it is up to their usual standards.
What can we say? We feel a duty, and are thankful that we live far enough away to resist temptation.
Well, most of the time, anyway.
Doughnut Plant 379 Grand Street, Lower East Side