Dunkin' Donuts In Boston Are Still Open During Lockdown

[Submariner]

On a lighter note:

Because, let's face it, nothing helps you get through a crisis like a few of these.


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The whole city of Boston is under #Lockdown . Therefore i cannot get my dunkin donuts coffee, therefore no one better not touch/talk to me.

19 Apr 2013 Reply
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Update - 11:50 a.m.: Dunkin' Donuts has released the following statement to BuzzFeed.

"At the direction of authorities, select Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in the Boston area are open to take care of the needs of law enforcement and first responders."

[Scuba]

1. Hey, cops gotta eat.

[TDale313]

3. And I'm sure they could use the coffee.

Been a long night/morning for them.

[avaistheone1]

5. Lol

So it is not the absolute end of the world yet.

[TwilightGardener]

2. They have some truly great breakfast sandwiches, too.

I'm not supposed to like DD because Carlyle Group, or something.

[uppityperson]

4. Nothing like sugar, fat and caffeine to get you through stressful times.

[olddots]

7. you beat me to it

how many of us at DU have slept more than a few hours in the last few days ?

[flamingdem]

6. I used to work for them sooo many years ago, in that pink uniform

but I was already kind of radical for a 15 year old and protested having to give the cops free coffee and donuts!

Back then police were pigs, remember? Nowadays I appreciate them well especially watching this Boston incident play out.

[FSogol]

8. Of course, those workers were on the job before the shutdown and probably can't get home,

but insert some cops and donut jokes here:

[AsahinaKimi]

9. Do they have Krispy Kreme IN Boston?

The only places we have in SF is at Pier 39 and at AT&T park.. personally I prefer BeardsPapa



Cream puffs, with lots of yummy stuff inside!

[tblue]

14. BEARD PAPA!!!

Those are SOOOOOO GOOOOOD!

[AsahinaKimi]

16. IKR?

[Marrah_G]

21. No....gross

There was one that opened just south of the city but I think it didn't last long.

Dunkins is King here, followed by Honey Dew..... Coffee rules over donuts. You can make great donuts, but if your coffee isn't good ( by good I mean.. new england good) then you don't stand a chance

[AsahinaKimi]

22. In the City by the Bay...

Every other street has a Starbucks and across from them is a PEET'S COFFEE!

[Marrah_G]

23. I can't stand Starbucks

I finally figured out why after doing some checking. It's totally a regional thing.

Dunkins and other New England type coffee has more acidity then say Starbucks. Also something about bitter vs sour on the taste scale.

Apparently here in New England we prefer a less bitter type of coffee then much of the rest of the country/world. I've tried and most coffee outside of here seems burnt to me.

[AsahinaKimi]

24. having grown up with real

Japanese green tea, its quite bitter. In the Japanese tea ceremony you are often given a little sweet before drinking it. I don't mind bitter, but I always end up buying Safeway brand coffee.. I mean who can afford a package of something that runs about 15 dollars?

[MindPilot]

10. That's not a doughnut shop -- that's a supply chain. nt

[Warpy]

11. Oh, please, Dunkies never closes

Even on Xmas Day, with a full scale blizzard, they are open.

[cthulu2016]

12. Thank goodness there is no "lockdown"

Merely businesses being open or closed "At the direction of authorities"

But no lockdown.

[Marrah_G]

20. Actually most of the city people are just being asked to stay home.... ASKED

And people are doing just that.... because they want this guy caught... because they want the cops to be able to move around and do their fucking jobs.

then there is 20 blocks of Watertown shut down..... because they are actively searching there.

There are no cops roaming the city pointing guns at people and telling them to get inside.

Unless of course you are in the main search area.

Even then the cops are escorting people in and out if they have an emergency ( like medicine or vital job, etc)

[tblue]

13. How'd the people get to work?

I wonder.

I love Dunkin Donuts! It's almost religion the way we patronize them when we travel east.

[Incitatus]

15. If you're running from the cops, you're probably not going inside a Dunkin Donuts.

just sayin

[bowens43]

17. well of course there are thousands of policemen there.....

[we can do it]

18. You expect a donut shop to close with an onslaught of cops in town?

[Marrah_G]

19. Dunkin's would be open here in the middle of a nuclear blast

Seriously.... open... and people would be buying coffee.

[Enrique]

25. "at the direction of authorities"

[Renew Deal]

26. lol

The only thing better than the story is the quote.

[pansypoo53219]

27. pfft. gotta learn how to make your own coffee.

just made a 2nd mug.i figured out old beans can be made good. mmm, the stronger the better.

[Enrique]

29. how do you make old beans good?

sounds like a useful skill

[aikoaiko]

28. There are more DD per square mile in Boston area than any other place on earth.

If you throw a donut in any direction from the front door of a DD, you will hit another DD.