San Francisco - September, 2016

Bob's Donuts

Web Site: Bobsdonutssf.com
Address:

1621 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109

Rating: 

Bob’s is a highly-acclaimed, no frills, down and dirty, neighborhood donut place in Polk Gulch.  The interior is bare bones but the donuts are old school and delicious.  I enjoyed an old fashioned (what else?).  Bob’s has a very interesting (not duplicated anywhere else to my knowledge) shtick.  They sell gigantic $10.95 each donuts (see photo) and have a donut eating challenge.  Specifically:

“Eat one donut within 3 minutes.  It’s as simple as that.

If you finish in 2 minutes, you get your $10.95 refunded, a free drink, a Bob’s Donut’s T-Shirt, and your name listed on the Hall of Fame.

If you finish in 3 minutes, you still win a Bob’s Donut’s T-Shirt and get your name listed on the Hall of Fame.”

Either way, if you really eat that huge donut, you are invariably in for a huge stomach ache. Worth trying; wish I’d done it!