HermanPark Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Went for some coffee this a.m. and noted that a sign on the window stated that they were closing this month with the last serving day being October 24. I remember my dad taking me there when I was about 3-4 years old. As trivial as it seems, I'm a bit sadddened and hate to see a long time building, landmark or establishment close it's doors. Not sure why it is closing, but my guess is that it has something to do with land values or rent. Long time patrons might remember the rotating bar stools and the glass window to the right as you walked in, where you could watch them hammer out the donuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahiki Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Darn, I hardly ever went there, but I liked knowing there was a DD around if I wanted to go. I lived off DD egg sandwiches and coffee during my grad student days in the northeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Is this the one by the post office? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Is this the one by the post office?It has to be. The only two Dunkin's I know of on the west side of town are that one and one on hwy 6 in Copperfield. A year or two ago I heard DD was making a major expansion into the Houston market. Nothing seems to have come of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Used to eat there a lot when I worked in Bellaire. I will miss it even though I haven't been there in a couple of years. I wish there were more DD's around. Shipley's is okay buy DD was always my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Wasn't there also one on Shepherd at Richmond? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 It has to be. The only two Dunkin's I know of on the west side of town are that one and one on hwy 6 in Copperfield. A year or two ago I heard DD was making a major expansion into the Houston market. Nothing seems to have come of that.There's also one of FM1960 west of I45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Dunkin Donuts finally admitted that they were fighting a losing battle against the much superior Shipley Donuts.Hopefully they'll start making good donuts at the old Dunkin Donuts building...move a Shipley in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Dunkin Donuts finally admitted that they were fighting a losing battle against the much superior Shipley Donuts.Hopefully they'll start making good donuts at the old Dunkin Donuts building...move a Shipley in.Not sure why, but I am not a huge fan of Shipley's. I think they're fried in lard (are all donuts?). They also have a weird aftertaste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I thought Shipleys and Dunkin Donuts were both good. The Krispy Kreme ones were disgrusting however.Anyone tried Tim Hortons? After saturating Canada they are now in a lot of US states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Man Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Shipley's = Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 They're okay ... awesome? That's stretching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totheskies Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 There's a Dunkin Donuts on Wayside between Harrisburg and Polk. It's in the Magnolia area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Wasn't there also one on Shepherd at Richmond? I treated many hangovers at that place. I can't remember exactly when it closed, but it had to have been no later than the early 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 There's a Dunkin Donuts on Wayside between Harrisburg and Polk. It's in the Magnolia area.That one, and the one on Southmore, in Pasadena, have been there for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunsonpark08 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 The Kainos Partners Holding Company, which were to fund the expansion of Dunkin in Houston, filed for bankruptcy. In my opinion, Dunkin is king and ruled Bellaire! Long live the Vanilla Kreme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucesw Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 According to b4-u-eat.com the Bellaire location is being remodeled and will re-open in a couple of months as Dunkin again. The owner also owns the BR next door.According to b4, the only Dunkin still open for business in Houston now is the one on Wayside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 According to b4-u-eat.com the Bellaire location is being remodeled and will re-open in a couple of months as Dunkin again. The owner also owns the BR next door.According to b4, the only Dunkin still open for business in Houston now is the one on Wayside.There is one on HWY 6 in Cooperfiled. And I think there is on on I-45 North somewhere.Whatever happened to Houston getting 100's of new Donkin' Donuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Whatever happened to Houston getting 100's of new Donkin' Donuts?I wish. Never been a Shipley fan. Plus DD has way better coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I'll take Shipley's any day for donuts and kolaches, Dunkin for coffee or breakfast sandwiches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I wish. Never been a Shipley fan. Plus DD has way better coffee. I'll take Shipley's any day for donuts and kolaches, Dunkin for coffee or breakfast sandwiches.I like Dunkin's concept better than Shipley's. The atmosphere in Shipley's is dull while Dunkin's is more planned out uniform. As far as donuts, I like the both in their own way, but Shipley's are easier to eat and you probably eat more of them. Other than the Donuts I would say everything else is better at Dunkin. I think that it would be great if the Canadian chain similar to Dunkin called Tim Hortons came to the Houston Area. I have never been to one, but I know that competition makes everything better and with Dunkin sitting stagnate and Krispy Kreme gone, Shipley's has no chain competition. http://www.timhortons.com/us/en/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Patel, owner of two Dunkin’ Donuts franchises, for 18 years on FM 1960 near the North Freeway, and for eight years in a location in Pasadena, heard of the chain’s exit from Bellaire in October after the franchise’s previous owner, Henry Tsao, left the location due to demands by the company to renovate the store at 5406 Bellaire Blvd.Patel hired Level Construction to quickly overhaul the building, which has been gutted and includes plans for a new roof and air conditioning system, along with the standard restaurant equipment.“I heard they were closing that store and I called the corporate office right away,” Patel told The Examiner. “We don’t have that many Dunkin’ Donuts close to the city, so I asked if I could re-open that one. If we close all the stores in Houston, we have no market.http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/04/01/bellaire_examiner/news/be_dunkin_back.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 http://www.hcnonline...dunkin_back.txtGreat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusionescape Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Although its great that the Bellaire location was saved, Houston did lose the location on Wayside. That one was my local DD. Someone did purchase the store, but renamed it "Dunk Donuts". I'm thinking that they lost their license or something because that location was always crowded. I heard stuff about DD corporate revoking licenses for certain locations based on certain criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChannelTwoNews Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Plans for over a dozen more locations by '16...http://www.chron.com/default/article/Q-A-Dunkin-Donuts-to-add-a-bunch-of-locations-3570257.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleak Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 And not a moment too soon......Forget all these cupcake stores, (in my best Homer S. voice) "Mmmmmmmmmm, donuts" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 The new Dunkin Donuts on Westheimer near the beltway opens at 5am today. Mmmm...smell those donuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 and of course the new shepherd/near westheimer location opened up a couple of weeks ago! its awesome... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Someone brought some Dnkin Donuts to the breakroom the other morning, They sucked! No wonder DD left town several years ago.Too many of us are spoiled by Shipley's I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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