http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/(c) Roadfood.com Discussion Board30 Sorry to hear that. Can you say which ones you tried out? <br> <br> Butler's is doing just fine with the new owners as I have found out several times by now !<img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/tongue_smilie.gif" alt="" /> <br> <br> The most noticeable change is the hours. They are now open seven days a week from 7 to 5 I think. <br> I got some cream donuts, a few longjohns (made right then and there since the lady in front of me bought 17! Thankfully I only wanted 3), a few jelly and some french crullers. All were fantastic! http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=178469Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:21:40 GMT I checked out two independent donut places Sunday AM. I was going to write something nice about the places that manage to compete with Dunkin Donuts, every day. One is within sight of a Dunkey, and the other, near a highway exit, is the only doughnut place for several miles. The place near the Dunky's had 2 sitdown customers, plus me when I went in. The Dunky had a line to get into the parking lot. DD has never served me a stale donut.......they are not great, but they are fresh. Both of the donuts that I got at the independent places were on the edge of stale. They were stale enough for me to suspect that they were made on Saturday. I should have gone to Butler's to see how the new owners are doing. <br> I know that we all love to hate the chains, but some of the small places are not better by virtue of being small. http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=178468Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:03:06 GMT