Duncan Donuts

Jul 12, 2017

Our July/August issue includes a story by Staci Perry on the Flandreau Bakery and Coffee Bar. Two generations of the Duncan family have been baking tasty treats there for 88 years. Perry visited the Duncans to hear their story, sample a few classics and take several photos — too many to print. Here are the ones we couldn’t fit into the magazine.

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Mel Duncan got the keys to the bakery in 1929 as payment on a debt.
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88 years later, his sons Ed and Don still rise in the wee hours of the morning to light the ovens and mix ingredients.
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They attribute their success to dedicated employees like Ilsa Grindeland and Colin Myears.
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Denise Myears and Jackie McDaniel help with customers.
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The bakery has an impressive menu.
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Classics include sweet rolls, cinnamon bread, chocolate chip cookies and bread varieties like sunflower, French, whole wheat, rye and multi grain.
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A generation of school kids got hooked on the chocolate cake donuts because of a reading program implemented by a local teacher; read a book, get a free donut.

Comments

02:17 pm - Wed, July 12 2017

Jon said:

If you could only send the smells with the photos!!!!!

11:41 am - Thu, July 13 2017

Karoline said:

Always got a cream filled donut when ever we came to town. One of my first memories of Flandreau. Was born there in 1946. Mom and Dad probably had a donut as a celebration of my birth.

12:50 pm - Thu, July 13 2017

Pat Buskerud said:

****I stopped in Bakery last week, long Johns are terrific!!! Wish I would have gotten a dozen.

04:59 pm - Thu, July 13 2017

Kris Weinand said:

You can't go wrong with any of them!!! They are all terrific!!! The chocolate covered donuts melt in your mouth and I love anything filled!!! I bought two dozen last week to take to work! It makes everyone's day when I bring Flandreau Bakery donuts!!
#loveflandreaubakery

06:53 pm - Thu, July 13 2017

Tabatha Grafing Eubank said:

I grew up with great memories of this bakery. Walking in on Saturday morning with my mom to buy bread for the week and getting a chocolate covered cake donut or some donut holes! Later I got my first job at the Ben Franklin down the block and would spend my lunch breaks in the cafe. They don't make them like this any more.

07:36 am - Fri, July 14 2017

Jean (Handberg) Kottom said:

Nothing beats the memories and smell and taste of Flandreau Bakery. Long John's and Mocha Cakes are my favorite and I do buy a dozen and freeze them.

09:15 am - Sat, July 15 2017

Nancy said:

2nd best thing about going to Flandreau for horse events is stopping at the bakery. Never disappoints.

01:49 pm - Tue, August 15 2017

Doris Wilding Hermann ( Gladys Milne's daughter) said:

I love this bakery