New Albany’s classic Honey Creme Donuts debuts a drive-thru
If you’re a native New Albanian, Honey Creme Donuts feels like a civic birthright, but contrary to common assumptions the shop did not wash ashore with New Albany’s founding Scribner family back in 1813. It only seems like it’s been that long. The family-owned business actually dates to the late 1940s, making it one of the last remnants of New Albany’s postwar food and drinks scene. Today Honey Creme Donuts continues to defy the chain-happy Dunkin’ Donuts-ization of the commercial landscape, still ensconced in its small, cozy (and since 2016, wonderfully repainted) building at 514 Vincennes Street, and still making customers like the Bakery Boy happy. Honey Creme Donuts is a classic little old-fashioned donut shop that just happens to sit at the corner of Donut Alley and Vincennes Street in downtown New Albany. Well, not “just happens to,” exactly. Four generations of loyal customers have patronized this long-operating shop, often parking in a...Read more