Is the Logic Behind the Donut Wars Full of Holes?

As dozens of New Yorkers cling to their monitors and tearfully pay homage to the "Time to Make the Donuts" guy in preparation for eleven(!) Dunkin' Donuts locations closing their doors, others are simply refusing to even bear (claw) the thought of patronizing the Canadian Tim Hortons stores that will now be runnin' in Dunkin'. One Upper West Sider told the News, "It's not American. I can't do it." As the Dunkin' in Penn Station started getting disassembled today, one Brooklyn Heights man laments, "I just wanted a cup of coffee. Now I don't know where to go." Hopefully if Tim's 100 gallons of free coffee at that spot Monday is not enough, he'll be able to track down one of the 427 Dunkins within 10 miles. Canadians seem to be enjoying their loon's eye view of our newfound Donut Wars, as a Tim's spokesman shills away, "In Canada, Tim Hortons is a religion so I don't see why it can't be the same kind of situation here."

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By Billy Parker in Food on July 11, 2009 4:44 PM

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NannyState

Canuckian coffee tastes like everyone else's coffee...unless somebody in the Southern Tier is running an indoor coffee plantation...

longacre

761 7th Avenue @ 50th St.

48 New Street @ Wall St.

152 West 34th Street bet. 6th & 7th Ave.

2547 Broadway @ 94th St.

1276 Lexington Avenue @ 86th St.

47 East 42nd St. bet. Park & Madison Ave.

Penn Station LIRR Level

Penn Station Amtrak Level

Madison Square Garden Taxi Ramp

451 Fulton Street

22 Court Street, Brooklyn

50 Fulton Street @ Cliff St.

spiritross

Thanks for this!

I couldnt find a locations list anywhere

Maple doughnut, eh? Oh you betcha! Don't be a hoser!

babyfishmouth

They really should update their website so one can actually find out where the New York stores are located. I went and it keeps telling me there are no stores located in New York City.

djchaser

Now if only they'd import some friendly Canadians to replace the surly Dunkin Donuts employees!!!

Karen

Tim Horton's coffee rules! Ask anyone from Buffalo.

NannyState

It doesn't rule. The best coffee in Buffalo is at the Spot or 2nd Cup.

Billiamsburg

doesn't the patriot act protect us from this?! Damn you Obama! I knew once you got in there you'd let the commies run wild on our shittiest chain fast food corporation of all!

Think2wice

Cue "Montagues and Capulets" by Sergei Prokofiev.

ep

I grew up in Ontario and Tim Hortons is just terrible, as is Dunkin, fucking corporations.

Peter Pan and Doughnut Plant rule NYC.

Adrian

i like peter pan too. it's a bit hipster-infested but they seem to go home to their parents in droves now.

i love that you can order custom topped donuts for special events.

the taste of a Krispy Kreme donuts beats peter pan hands down though.

Snoopy

First they came for the hamburger chains, then they came for the pizza chains, followed by the coffee chains, oops I forgot there was an ice cream chain thrown in there somewhere, and now the donut chains. Although there was some infighting with the fried chicken shit chain, it appears that has calmed down.

Where might I ask is Al Sharpton and Ralph Nader in on this problem?

Toby von Meistersinger

Quite simply Dunkin Donuts doesn't have good donuts (and seemed to never have had them) and Tim Horton's is way better. So it is a win that there are less Dunkin Donuts and more Tim Horton's.

Otherground

I for one welcome our new Canadian donut overlords.

xcannedx

As a canadian in NYC, I welcome a handful of Tim Hortons in a city of over 400 Dunkin' Donuts. Where's the waaahhhhmbulance?

WesleySnipesAlot

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Snoopy

What ever happened to Krispy Kreme?

"one Brooklyn Heights man laments, "I just wanted a cup of coffee. Now I don't know where to go."

It appears the above individual should only wear loafers in his life, because life comes at you with a vengeance.

Snoopy

Nicely done. When did you graduate from Pratt?

longacre

One Upper West Sider told the News, "It's not American. I can't do it.

When is the last time you saw an American working in Dunkin Donuts? Every NYC location I've been to is staffed entirely by Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani and/or Filipino immigrants.