Donut Friend & Town Pizza - York Blvd, Highland Park, CA

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First, Donut Friend - a DIY donut house. They also have some on their list that are already made. I like ordering off their menu because well, they spent a lot of R&D money to make sure some of these ingredients work together. When left up to my demise, the donuts I create end up tasting off. 

My favorite off their menu is the Jets to Basil and Nutella Vision. This one below is neither of these. I don't even quite remember which one this was but it contained reese's pieces and it wasn't as good as the two aforementioned donuts.


You end up ordering at the cash register but the setup looks almost like you order it when you walk up to it and follow the donut maker to the cash register. That is not how it works here. You just order at the cash register and someone makes it for you (and you're allowed to watch this person make it for you). Yes, it is a confusing set up and I get annoyed as well. 

Another place we go to frequently just because it is convenient and because sometimes you just want one or two slices of pizza - not having to commit to a whole pie or the temptation of one - is Town Pizza. Three doors down from Donut Friend and 2 down from Scoops. We love this corner.



Here is the Mole Pizza and the Cheese Pizza. The Mole Pizza is really good but not the kind of good that you want to keep eating after having tried it once. So you don't feel like you wasted your money ordering it because it is indeed good, but you order it more for the novelty anyway. The next time you're there you end up getting the Cheese or Sausage (they use Lindy & Grundy's sausage) or one of their vegan ones if you feel healthy (well, healthy for a pizza).

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