It’s been a heck of a year, right?
We hope you are doing well, and that you are staying safe.
After much discussion, we have decided to do at least one more search this year.
Michigan’s Best Doughnut!
Why doughnuts?
Well, we know we can practice social distancing rather easily, and doughnuts are very portable. We expect to be spending a lot of time in parking lots across Michigan, managing boxes of doughnuts, gulping coffee and making sure we have enough napkins.
But, we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
We first need to gather nominees to determine a list of finalists.
This is where you come in.
How to make a nomination
Send us an email. Tell us the name of your favorite doughnut shop, its address or at least what city it’s located in, and what makes their doughnuts so good. Tell us if your favorites, too. Put “Michigan’s Best Doughnut is at......." Be sure to include the name of the shop in the subject field.
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After the nomination process, we’ll create regional polls that will go up on Monday, Sept. 21, and you’ll be able to vote through noon Friday, Sept. 25.
As on past searches, each regional winner is guaranteed a visit. We’ll decide the other finalists from a variety of other factors, including poll placement, reputation, history and passionate pleas from you. Yes, your emails really matter! We’ll visit around 30 finalists.
Can you guess where these are from?John Gonzalez
What makes a great doughnut shop?
We’re looking for those places that are fixtures in your neighborhoods. Those places that bring communities together with the best Long Johns, Crullers, Bear Claws, old-fashioned cake doughnuts, jelly-filled, creme-filled, cinnamon rolls, and the list goes on an on.
We’re also interested in gourmet doughnut shops that are popping up all over the state. We love the creativity.
And we’re even open to cider mills that make great doughnuts.
You tell us.
As always, we’re looking for mom and pop places, independent shops, and Michigan-based, of course.
By the way, we did this search back in 2014, and we can’t wait to hear from you again.
This search is being sponsored by our friends at Michigan Sugar.
John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman of Michigan's Best meet up with a park ranger at Kitch-iti-kipi, Michigan’s largest freshwater spring, located at Palms Book State Park in Manistique in the Upper Peninsula.John Gonzalez
Follow our Michigan’s Best adventures on social media:
@mlivemibest on Twitter
@mlivemibest on Instagram
Facebook at MLiveMIBest.
Join in by using the hashtags #mibest, #BestDoughnut and #ItriedMiBest
In addition:
Amy Sherman is on Twitter @amyonthetrail, as well as Facebook and Instagram @amyonthetrail.
John Gonzalez is on Twitter @michigangonzo, as well as Facebook and Instagram @MichiganGonzo.
Special thanks to Michigan’s Best Doughnut search sponsor, the Michigan Sugar Company.