{"id":69089,"date":"2024-12-26T00:02:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T06:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=69089"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:31:16","slug":"randys-donuts-phoenix-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=69089","title":{"rendered":"Randy&#8217;s Donuts &#8211; Phoenix, Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_69090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69090\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69090 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 525px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 525\/700;border: 4px solid black; margin: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts01-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts01-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1920w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts01-225x300.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 225w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts01-768x1024.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts01-113x150.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 113w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts01-1152x1536.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1152w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts01-1536x2048.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1536w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts01.jpeg?size=384x512&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts01.jpeg?size=512x683&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the Most Famous Donuts in the Country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s a scene in Iron Man 2 where billionaire playboy Tony Stark decided to treat a hangover with coffee and a box of donuts from Randy&#8217;s Donuts in Inglewood, California.\u00a0 Instead of enjoying his bounty inside the restaurant like most of us earth-bound &#8220;hundredaires,&#8221;\u00a0 he flew up onto the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qMNo10Pvy1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>gigantic 32&#8217;6&#8243; donut<\/strong><\/a> atop the building and ate his donuts there.\u00a0 My first visage of Randy&#8217;s Donuts came from a more altitudinous vantage point than Stark&#8217;s.\u00a0 I first espied the iconic donut on approach to the Los Angeles International Airport.\u00a0 Had a parachute been available, I might have been tempted to drop down for a donut or ten.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69092\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69092 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/563;border: 4px solid black; margin: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 2560w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02-300x225.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02-1024x768.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02-150x113.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 150w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02-768x576.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02-1536x1152.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1536w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02-2048x1536.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 2048w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02.jpeg?size=384x288&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02.jpeg?size=512x384&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts02.jpeg?size=640x480&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Randy&#8217;s Donuts, a Los Angeles Landmark Now in Phoenix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My first actual taste of donuts from Randy&#8217;s was courtesy of the generosity of my dear friend Bruce &#8220;Sr Plata&#8221; Silver who grew up not far from the fabled donut shop.\u00a0 On one of his visits home, he brought back a half dozen donuts for me.\u00a0 In my 39 years of devouring dozens of donuts, I&#8217;ve never had donuts that good.\u00a0 Randy&#8217;s has been making believers of superheroes and ordinary Joes like me since 1953.\u00a0 That&#8217;s seventy plus years of people and palate pleasing.\u00a0 Iron Man 2 is far from being the only movie in which Randy&#8217;s has made a cameo.\u00a0 Other noteable appearances were the films Earth Girls Are Easy, Mars Attacks!, The Golden Child, Into the Night, Coming to America, Stripped to Kill, Problem Child 2, Breathless, Californication, California Girls, 2012, Volcano, \u201cCrocodile Dundee in L.A., and Love Letters.<\/p>\n<p>Randy&#8217;s Donuts has long been a California staple, but in recent years it&#8217;s begun <a href=\"https:\/\/randysdonuts.com\/locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>expanding<\/strong><\/a> to donut-deprived destinations like New Mexico (coming in 2025) and Georgia.\u00a0 2024 saw the launch of Randy&#8217;s in Phoenix, Chandler, Gilbert and Scottsdale.\u00a0 We knew our annual Christmas season visit to the Valley of The Sun would include at least one perigrination to Randy&#8217;s Donuts.\u00a0 It would hardly be a good trip without one.\u00a0 We first attempted to visit the Scottsdale location, but were rebuffed when we got there just minutes after Randy&#8217;s closed.\u00a0 Our third attempt was just after enjoying a fabulous meat of Isan-style Thai at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=69078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glai Baan<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69093 aligncenter lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/416;border: 4px solid black; margin: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"416\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 2230w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566-300x166.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 300w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566-1024x568.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1024w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566-150x83.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 150w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566-768x426.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 768w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566-1536x852.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 1536w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566-2048x1136.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 2048w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566.jpeg?size=384x213&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 384w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566.jpeg?size=512x284&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 512w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts03b-scaled-e1735488663566.jpeg?size=640x355&lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1 640w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Randy&#8217;s menu is replete with virtually every conceivable donut choice you could possibly crave.\u00a0 The menu is categorized into several varieties:\u00a0 &#8220;Classic Selections&#8221; offers thirteen different choices, such favorites as glazed raised, devil&#8217;s food and plain cake; &#8220;Deluxe Selections,&#8221; also a thirteen item menu, lists such caloric overachiever&#8217;s dreams as chocolate long johns, glazed twists and blueberry iced cake; &#8220;Fancy Selections&#8221; lists only eleven items, but who can possibly pass up cinnamon rolls, apple fritters, bear claws and even glazed crondies: &#8220;Premium Selections&#8221; also lists eleven items&#8211;such delightful creations as red velvet with ganache, matcha tea raised and bacon maple long john.\u00a0 That&#8217;s 48 types of donuts.<\/p>\n<p>The Takeout, an online presence &#8220;<em>about making your life better through food<\/em>&#8221; calls the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/the-best-doughnut-is-long-john-maple-bar-name-origin-1850313816\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>long john<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &#8220;<em>the king of pastries<\/em>.&#8221;\u00a0 It&#8217;s my very favorite of all donuts though The Takeout debated whether or not it should actually be classified as a donut.\u00a0 The Takeout&#8217;s verdict: &#8220;<em>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouseats.com\/the-serious-eats-doughnut-glos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Serious Eats<\/strong><\/a>, a doughnut is defined as &#8220;a sweet deep-fried piece of ring-shape dough or batter.&#8221; But this same glossary goes on to define a Long John as &#8220;a long, almost rectangular, filled doughnut, often iced.&#8221; So, for the sake of ease (and because minutiae of this sort can be exhausting), I&#8217;m sticking with the colloquial genus. A Long John is a doughnut<\/em>.\u00a0 Not only is a long john a donut, it&#8217;s the most delicious donut in the universe, especially Randy&#8217;s version.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69094\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69094 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 525px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 525\/700;border: 4px solid black; margin: 3px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts04-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts04-scaled.jpeg?lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 525w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts04-scaled.jpeg?size=128x171&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 128w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts04-scaled.jpeg?size=256x341&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 256w, https:\/\/b4385483.smushcdn.com\/4385483\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/RandysDonuts04-scaled.jpeg?size=384x512&amp;lossy=2&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1 384w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cinnamon Roll and Cinnamon Crumb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It could also be debated whether those spiral fondant-glazed pastries are a <em><strong>cinnamon roll<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Though they resemble a honey bun, the question as to whether or not they&#8217;re cinnamon rolls depends on how much cinnamon you&#8217;ll find within those layers of spiraled dough.\u00a0 At Randy&#8217;s, they are donuts&#8211;replete with cinnamon and deliciousness.\u00a0 There&#8217;s absolutely no question the <em><strong>cinnamon crumb<\/strong><\/em> donut is bursting with cinnamon.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a bit messy, but what&#8217;s a few crumbs when a donut abounds in glorious sweet flavors.<\/p>\n<p>When the inevitable crush of donut aficionados hits Albuquerque upon the launch of the Duke City&#8217;s Randy&#8217;s Donuts, we&#8217;ll be happy and proud to say &#8220;been there and done that.&#8221;\u00a0 I have a feeling we&#8217;ll be building on our list of favorites for a long time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Randy&#8217;s Donuts<\/strong><br \/>\n5709 N 7th Street<br \/>\n<strong>Phoenix, Arizona<\/strong><br \/>\n(480) 716-1999<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/randysdonuts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RandysDonutsLA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Facebook Page<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>LATEST VISIT<\/strong>: 26 December 2024<br \/>\n<strong># OF VISITS<\/strong>: 1<br \/>\n<strong>RATING<\/strong>: N\/R<br \/>\n<strong>COST<\/strong>: $$<br \/>\n<strong>BEST BET<\/strong>: Chocolate Long John, Cinnamon Roll, Cinnamon Crumb, Vanilla Donut<br \/>\n<strong>REVIEW #1441<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a scene in Iron Man 2 where billionaire playboy Tony Stark decided to treat a hangover with coffee and a box of donuts from Randy&#8217;s Donuts in Inglewood, California.\u00a0 Instead of enjoying his bounty inside the restaurant like most of us earth-bound &#8220;hundredaires,&#8221;\u00a0 he flew up onto the gigantic 32&#8217;6&#8243; donut atop the building and ate his donuts there.\u00a0 My first visage of Randy&#8217;s Donuts came from a more altitudinous vantage point than Stark&#8217;s.\u00a0 I first espied the iconic donut on approach to the Los Angeles International Airport.\u00a0 Had a parachute been available, I might have been tempted to drop down for a donut or ten. My first actual taste of donuts from Randy&#8217;s was courtesy of the generosity&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,32,5647,553],"tags":[746,4618,4619,1833,4614,4617,4613,4615,4611,1506,4616,769,4612],"class_list":["post-69089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona","category-donuts-specialty","category-rating-n-r","category-across-america","tag-albuquerque","tag-chocolate-long-john","tag-cinnamon-crumb","tag-cinnamon-roll","tag-classic-selections","tag-deluxe-selections","tag-expansion","tag-fancy-selections","tag-iron-man-2","tag-phoenix","tag-premium-selections","tag-scottsdale","tag-tony-stark"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Randy&#039;s Donuts - Phoenix, Arizona - Gil&#039;s Thrilling (And Filling) Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nmgastronome.com\/?p=69089\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Randy&#039;s Donuts - Phoenix, Arizona - Gil&#039;s Thrilling (And Filling) Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There&#8217;s a scene in Iron Man 2 where billionaire playboy Tony Stark decided to treat a hangover with coffee and a box of donuts from Randy&#8217;s Donuts in Inglewood, California.\u00a0 Instead of enjoying his bounty inside the restaurant like most of us earth-bound &#8220;hundredaires,&#8221;\u00a0 he flew up onto the gigantic 32&#8217;6&#8243; donut atop the building and ate his donuts there.\u00a0 My first visage of Randy&#8217;s Donuts came from a more altitudinous vantage point than Stark&#8217;s.\u00a0 I first espied the iconic donut on approach to the Los Angeles International Airport.\u00a0 Had a parachute been available, I might have been tempted to drop down for a donut or ten. 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