Credit: Photo via Brewnuts, Facebook

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  • Photo via Brewnuts, Facebook

We’ve known for a while that Cleveland’s only craft beer-based donut shop is something special and now, it seems, others are recognizing that too.

Yesterday, Brewnuts was named on USA Today‘s list of 10 best donut shops in the country, alongside other major donut players in L.A., Chicago, and Minneapolis.

“We just choked up. We were just named one of the ten best donut shops in the US by USA TODAY,” Brewnuts founders Shelley Fasulko and John Pippin posted on the Brewnuts Facebook page earlier today. “We admire each and every single shop on this list. In fact, they scare us, we admire them that much. We. Can’t. Even. Begin. To. Handle. This.”

So what exactly did the folks over at USA Today have to say about the Tremont-based gem? All good things, of course:

The inevitable melding of beer and donuts has been taken to the next level at the newly opened Brewnuts. Craft beer is infused into seasonal creations like “The Symon” (a chocolate peanut butter donut, with Peanut Butter Coffee Porter, topped with a peanut butter beer sauce and pork rind dust), “The Bumbler” (a Honey Blueberry Ale donut with whole blueberries, topped with a lemon glaze, poppy seeds and sanding sugar) and “The Dub Choc” (an Oatmeal Stout donut with a combination of 70% and 85% cocoa chocolate ganache). Due to the all-consuming attention they give to their product, they usually only have about six flavors at any given time.

If you haven’t yet tried one of these magical creations, now really is the time. (We recommend the Bernie.)

This article appears in May 28 – Jun 3, 2014.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.

7 replies on “Cleveland’s Brewnuts Named Among Best Donut Shops in the Country”

  1. I find this quite surprising. It’s a great gimmick, but I found them to be dry and was not really impressed by the flavor. With the $3 price tag, I’m good on these. I tried the Symon and one I don’t remember that had the Portside Rusalka stout.

  6. Jack Frost is really good. Brewnuts are sweet. Both represent Cleveland well. $3 / donut is probably standard for boutique style donuts (which most on this list are) that use higher quality ingredients.

  7. It seems like there are a couple people on this site who love to trash every local food story with their own garbage review.

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