Momofuko Noddle Bar

Momofuko Milk Bar

Ninth Street Espresso

Grumpy Coffee

Duck Donuts

Every summer many families from the mid Atlantic states travel to the outer banks of North Carolina for a week at the beach. On your way to North Carolina, everyone stops to purchase carts worth of food since their isn't much anything to purchase once you arrive at the outer banks. One deviation to this rule is Duck Donuts.

In Duck, North Carolina, a little donut shop sits inside a small strip mall. A line 20 people deep forms outside the standing room only shop and the smell of donuts frying is worth the wait. At Duck Donuts, all donuts are made fresh and are topped to order. My only challenge was which donuts to eat first? The Cinnamon Sugar or Chocolate or Maple - hmmm... it ended up being a little bit of all of them.

Ipsento Coffee House

Do you like Nutella? For me, Nutella would be in the top 10 foods that I would want to have on a desert island. I can spread it on any kind of bread, any enjoy it for any meal of the day. While in Chicago, I stumbled upon the Ipsento Coffee House. The little coffee shop in the Bucktown neighborhood make the best of both of my worlds, combining Nutella and a Latte to make the divine Nutella Latte. The hint of hazelnuts in the latte is subtle and does not take away from the fresh ground coffee or frothy milk, instead the hazelnut enhances the drink and takes it to a new dimension.