If Krispy Kreme saw a viable market here, there would already be a store. I'm not a huge fan of Krispy Kreme, but with all due respect to Mark, I don't think New Haven is in a great position to be turning away businesses. There seem to be fewer and fewer every day, thanks to the city's appalling taxes and a palpable anti-business climate. (And this from a die-hard liberal yellow-dog democrat.)

Meanwhile, if you're looking for tasty baked goods, I would recommend Lucibello's or Marjolaine.

Aren't there already enough humongous fat people in New Haven? If you look down and you can't see the tips of your toes, I don't think donuts are the answer. Poor cities need more junk food, diabetes and rotten teeth.

Krispy Kreme isn't McDonalds. And it sure looks a look more classy then McDonalds. I'm almost positive that adding a Krispy Kreme to the city will not a. add a streetcar service, b. add 100k more resident to the city, c. promote business, etc. etc. etc. But it can, however, add one more store to downtown. And that's really what we need, it's not going to make the whole city of New Haven obese.

Krispy Kreme has one remaining store in all of New England (at one of our casinos).

A few years back they shuddered the store on the Berlin Turnpike and recently closed the Milford location.

They were booming with business when they opened but, over time the fad wore off. Their coffee was terrible, and their donuts were wads of sugar.

Initially the Dunkin Donuts nearby the Milford location suffered a huge cut in business but, as time ran on they got most of their customers back.

Folks really didn't want to eat their donuts everyday and their terrible coffee was what really did them in in this market.

I doubt Krispy Kreme is pondering a return to CT. They recently got over a huge accounting mess and filed for Bankruptcy a few years back.

It would be nice to see a few more local donuts shops or to see a Tim Horton's open in New Haven as they have already made inroads here in CT.

I would love to see both a Krispy Kreme and a locally owned donut shop open up downtown. I like to support local businesses, but Krispy Kreme has the best donuts that I've ever tasted.

i would rather see a locally owned shop. there are tons of locally owned coffee shops in downtown, a lot of them have pretty good morning-type snacks. there is no reason to introduce another chain store into downtown, the few that we have are to much already.

Krispy Kremes are closing everywhere, not enough customers want that unhealthy crap. Open up a franchise yourself if you want a failing business to come here

Let's not. Lets encourage local new haven business's instead.

Best donuts in town are made by Tony Poleshek at the Orangeside Luncheonette 135 Orange St.

Donut lovers should run, not walk to this donut mecca.

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/dunk_this_doughnut/

It was closed about two years ago, so in the world of retail snacks, not so recently. But I do miss it so.

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