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Baring a blizzard, the long awaited downtown location of Dunkin Donuts will open on February 11th. This is the second location of a large expansion of DD in the Columbus Metropolitan area.
Doors open 6 AM at 2 East Broad Street (Broad and High), expect some long but quickly moving lines as urbanites and office workers queue up to fuel up with coffee and donuts.
I spoke with Mike Bruno, President and Chief Operating Officer of USA Restaurant Developers the company planning on growing 30 or more DD locations in Columbus.
Bruno has observed many changes in Columbus since he was last here as an OSU student. He is impressed with the growth and many positive changes in the capital city since his undergraduate days as well as the expansion of restaurant offerings.
Columbus may also see something more modern as USARD expands locations. In October 2008, Dunkin Donuts opened their first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified location in Florida. Bruno wants to be a LEED leader with hopes to be the first to open a LEED restaurant in Columbus.
Additional information on new locations, new products, employment and community relations can be found at the USARD Web Site: USA Restaurant Developers
Mmm… donuts…
That’s a phenomenal picture.
I’ve been getting Dunkin’ Donuts’ coffee at the store lately.. pretty good as long as you make it as strong as they say on the bag. Never been to one of their stores for donuts though.
I may have to take a bike ride down to check it out. It’s a bit far for any regular visits though, especially with Buckeye right there near all my classes. Maybe when the Giant Eagle at Neil and Buttles goes bye bye they’ll put in a Giant Dunkin Donuts.. who needs Trader Joe’s anyway?
Do we know what the hours of this new DD will be?
Being a large man myself I cannot get over the picture of the token fat guy staring at the larger than life sized coffee drinks and donuts in the window display.
It’d be smart for this location to deliver. I wonder if that’s on the agenda.
There’s been a lot of hype around this store and the brand coming to Columbus. In Chicago, DDs are everywhere and I especially think of them as attached to train stations. In Columbus, it’ll be shiny and new and whatever the marketing says. I bet Chicagoans have an entirely different impression of the brand–just sayin sometimes an el stop isn’t shiny or new and smellin like fresh donuts.
That said, I always had the impression that they’re also fiercely loyal to the brand not unlike you always hear the Canadians are to Tim Hortons.
They were handing out gift certificates today. Is the store actually open now?
I read on the electronic bulletin board above that the opening was Feb. 11. And heard on Twitter that it was open as of today. A co-worker told me that they were doing a test of the ordering software yesterday, and people got free donuts, but it was only open for the two hours they were testing.
Woo! Open for a dry run this afternoon – free coffee and grilled cheese! Nice of them to make stuff free while they work the kinks out. It’s a little cramped in there, and in the future, I hope I’ll be able to add my own cream and sweetener to the coffee, but it’s a nice new addition to Cap Square!
The coffee is…interesting… Not so sure I like the grape-jelly-ish aftertaste. Might just stick with Caribou, Cup-o-Joe’s or Starbucks.
there were people in there today cleaning and training (or so it appeared), but that definitely had some people on the streets confused. i saw a few try the doors at lunchtime. signage said 2/11 for opening. i won’t go there all the time, but i can definitely see myself grabbing a donut from time to time.
Well no Blizzard today but there isa threat of giant wind storms. DDD was packed today with a line out the door. In fact downtown was packed. The Statehouse garage was full and was turning cars away – I have never seen that happen before. There was a horde of soccer fans downtown.
I do not drink much coffee – when I do it is usually Stauf’s or Yeah Me Too, but I have become a big fan of DD Coffee.
Had a bavarian cream. Very fresh, soft, dough and the usual custard filling. Just what I need to tempt me nearly every day of the week. They do have low fat options, the blueberry muffin was tasty and moist. You can also get their coffee in a box, ready for drinking.