The Doughnut Vault

For those who crave instant gratification, it is a maddening place because a line starts forming well before the door opens, so you always will have to wait for donuts, sometimes up to an hour.  But these are some very good donuts: cakey, old-fashioned buttermilks with crusty fissures all around the surface, jumbo glazed donuts (chestnut, chocolate and vanilla), and an item titled gingerbread stack, which actually is three small, sugar-crusted sinkers. That, plus coffee, is the extent of the menu.  It is amazing to watch the server behind the counter -- there is room for one and only one staff member -- as she fills boxes with dozens at lightning speed and with amazing good cheer considering the constant press of hungry customers she deals with all morning."