03/08/2022
💡Small Business Spotlight: Dutch Monkey Doughnuts
Owners Arpana Satyu and Martin Burge both hail from less-than-humble culinary origins. Satyu, a graduate of the French Culinary Institute, worked at the notable Manhattan mainstays Mesa Grill, Craft Restaurant, and Fiamma Trattoria & Bar. Burge, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, spent much of his career at Gotham Bar and Grill, Fresh (his own restaurant) and Vento, where he met Satyu. The pair moved to Atlanta in 2007 and their doughnut journey started shortly after.
Satyu and Burge's impressive collective culinary experience shows itself in each of the playful gourmet doughnuts they hand-roll daily. The Tiger Tails - a twisted beauty of glazed and chocolate doughnut doughs - are so big (about 16 inches give or take an inch), they cannot fit in the natural cardboard box stamped with the Monkey's mascot that looks like it jumped straight out of a Japanese schoolgirl's sticker book. The Buttered Maple Bacon is so sinful you'll feel guilty for days, but the shame is worth it. A standard doughnut wrapped in sweet, smoky bacon is slathered with maple syrup and soft butter when ordered.
The signature doughnut, the Dutch Monkey, overflows with banana cream; this raised yeast ball of fun is coated in dark chocolate before being drizzled with white glaze. Cake doughnut fans will be happy to find the old-fashioned, dense delights: Look for the Key lime-infused cake doughnut encrusted with shredded coconut.
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