On a recent Saturday at about 11 a.m., Fresh Donuts & Deli was as buzzy as a sugar rush.
Facing a tiny, full parking lot, people bent the rules and parked alongside the small building instead, then rushed inside and lined up at the counter, ready to order an apple fritter, a double chocolate cake doughnut, or a maple bar. Two women both purchased a half-dozen, then found seats at a small table and started eating their doughnuts right out of the boxes. I ordered my favorite, an old fashioned, and a half-dozen doughnut holes as a bonus treat.
Finding the interior of the shop too crowded that morning, I chose instead to enjoy my doughnuts in the car, where I could delight in the crispy, iced edges of my old fashioned in private and pop puffy doughnut holes into my mouth with glee. Fresh Donuts & Deli, at 2699 S. State St.
in South Salt Lake, has been open at the northeast corner of 2700 South and State Street for 25 years. The owners, 57-year-old Wilson Le and 47-year-old Brenda Le, work a grueling schedule to make sure the small shop is stocked with doughnuts and ready to open at 5 a.m.
six days a week. (They’re closed on Sunday.) (Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Wilson Le, left, and his wife Brenda Le, the owners of Fresh Donuts and Deli, work in the kitchen in the early hours at Fresh Donuts and Deli in South Salt Lake.
In 2023, Fresh Donuts & Deli was included on Yelp’s list of Top 100 U.S. Donut Shops , and ranked 26th.
It was the only shop from Utah to make the .
