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Two Ethnic Classics to Sweeten Valentine’s Day

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(Gerry Furth-Sides) Primo Donuts and Gourmet Gift Baskets have come to symbolize the best of holiday traditions.

We don’t have to even say, “be still my beating heart, because here are the sweet, serene hearts. And they are all plump and formally dressed with red roses especially and only for Valentine’s Day. And ready to gift and eat any day of the year!

Primo Donuts in LA serves up the most vibrant, gorgeous heart donuts for Valentine’s day

Primo’s Donuts, Original Location:  2918 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (parking in back lot).

Westwood:10948 Weyburn AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90024 

Irresistible Primo Donuts in LA tops its vibrant, gorgeous heart donuts for Valentine’s day


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Adding another heart to the holiday, Celia Primo, “Mrs. Primo” celebrates her 90th birthday this month. Ralph Primo Sr.  celebrated his 90th birthday during the 2020 World Series when his favorite team, the  Dodgers won.

Celia and Ralph Primo, founder-owners of historic Primo Donuts LA celebrate Celia’s 90th birthday this Valentine Day week

Founded in 1956 by this husband and wife team, Los Angeles beloved Primo’s Donuts is consistently ranked as one of the top donut shops in the city. The family run business spans three generations and 63 years in business.  “Regulars” and destination customers fill the no-nonsense little place for a traditional donut shop experience of daily fresh-baked donuts including the renowned Buttermilk Bar.  www.primosdonuts.com


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Primo Donuts in LA open up at 7 am for Valentine’s day

For all of those foodies looking for last-minute Valentine’s Gifts, GourmetGiftBaskets.com always has several offerings that should delight nearly everyone.

//www.gourmetgiftbaskets.com offers Valentine’s Day gifts boxed in every size and shape
//www.gourmetgiftbaskets.com offers Valentine’s Day blondies and brownies in a snazzy box

Here are just a few of the most-popular gifts this season. To see the entire Valentine’s Day collection, go here.

We served these special treats at a life celebration party and it was perfect //www.gourmetgiftbaskets.com offers Valentine’s Day

Traditions, many of them centuries old, are high on the list of magical things about holiday. One of our favorites is the Valentine cookie gift box.  Here it is represented here by Gourmet Gift Basket, complete with a thoughtful gift card. It shows how American entrepreneurial creativity evolved a British Christmas tradition into a year-long custom for all occasions. //www.gourmetgiftbaskets.com

Local Italian Primo’s Donuts “Deliver”on National Donut Day

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(Gerry Furth-Sides) All the news, delicious and cautionary:  I’ve eaten more donuts since being introduced to Primo’s Donuts two years ago than pretty much my entire life.  That’s because they were best when fresh.  And Primo’s are fresh.

And I just learned that National Doughnut Day is celebrated in the United States and other countries on the first Friday of June of each year. It all started with an event by the The Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938 to honor those of their members who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. It became the most requested snack by military men before long. And my dad remembered the ladies delivering donuts right near the front!

So I’ve already happily celebrated National Donut Day before I even knew this before its official start on June 3.  Everyone can pick up orders at the  LA locations or by ordering online via Goldbelly.  Primo’s Donuts, a family-owned LA staple since 1956 is a true story of an immigrant family of several generations.  

Primo’s donuts come in festive colors and in cake and fried versions

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Primo’s Donuts served at home fresh out of the box is perfection


A special discount using code GOLDB3LLYIT for $20 off your first purchase exclusively on //www.goldbelly.com/primos-donuts.  Reserve your pre-paid donuts for pick-up now at //www.primosdonuts.com/menu. Primo’s Donuts (both Sawtelle and Westwood locations)  

Primo’s Donuts are now available to ship on Goldbelly


Primo’s Donuts: Sawtelle: 2918 Sawtelle Blvd. Westwood:10948 Weyburn AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90024 

Primo’s Donuts for the chocolate and maple flavor lovers!

Primo’s Donuts, a family-owned LA favorite since it opened in 1956 by husband and wife, Ralph & Celia Primo has been consistently ranked as one of the top donut shops in the city since its opening. Second generation owner Ralph, Jr. oversees the Sawtelle store and third generation, grandson Nick oversees the Westwood location, with manager,Amelia.

Westwood Primo’s Donuts, Manager, Amelia (left) with Primo Donuts third and second generation, Nick, who oversees the store, and son Ralph, Jr. who oversees the original

Primo’s Donuts cake doughnuts come in plain, maple-iced and glazed in chocolate and cherry.  The donut texture has been described as  “magnificent—sensationally moist and hardly bogged down by oil, definitely one of the very best cake doughnuts that we’ve ever encountered in our fair city.”

Classic Primo’s Donuts fill the case
Primo’s Donuts at 8 am on Sunday on Sawtelle while refills were being made in the back. Three people line inside when I arrived and when I left, a line of 10 inside and out fresh donuts

By the way, Primo’s Donuts has cake and fried donuts. A cake donut is made with a sweetened dough that’s leavened with the help of baking powder, and is extruded into oil to cook. It’s firm, often with a slightly crunchy exterior and a soft, cake-like interior – think jelly donut.

A yeast donut made with a yeast dough is cut out into a shape before being fried. They’re light and airy, but have a chew and slight yeast flavor.

How LA’s Top Historic Donuts Carries on the Legacy of a Competitor

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Primo’s Donuts Westwood across from UCLA

(Gerry Furth-Sides) The Primo family continues the Stan’s Donuts legacy across from UCLA right at the start of fall term. The combined total of the two shops is well over a century. To celebrate, Buttermilk Bar bites were offered the first day to a sell out crowd.  www.primosdonuts.com,

Primo’s Donuts Westwood10948 Weyburn AveLos Angeles CA 90024

Even the boxes are now Bruin blue (with a little gold print)at Primo’s Donuts, Westwood

The second Primo’s Donuts location on the site of the shuttered Westwood favorite updates and brightens up the original location, known to us only as a window on the sidewalk for pickup! A gleaming Italian expresso machine is just about the first thing you see from the door.

Barrista Rico at work at the new Primo’s Donuts, Westwood
Barista Rico at Primo’s Donuts, Westwood

The finest espresso and coffee drinks, and seating to enjoy them in the store are available at this Primo’s Donuts location. Tables line the outer walls, and the former Stan’s Donuts little pick up slot is still visible directly across the room.

Seating at Primo’s Donuts with the former Stan’s Donuts pick up window intact

Plans were in the making to continue the Stan’s legacy as far back as spring, 2020 when it closed abruptly at the start of the pandemic. According to Ralph and Celia Primo, “We were so upset when we heard that Stan’s had decided to close its doors early due to COVID-19. There aren’t many family-owned mom and pops like us left that bake donuts fresh every morning, and we have always felt that we shared the same type of customers and vision for our businesses. The location in the heart of Westwood Village is so iconic, and we are honored to have a chance to open our doors here. We wish Stan the best in his retirement.”

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Celia and Ralph Primo in front of shuttered Westwood favorite, Stan’s 2020(photo courtesy Primo Donuts)

Primo’s Donuts, a family-owned LA favorite since it opened in 1956 by husband and wife, Ralph & Celia Primo has been consistently ranked as one of the top donut shops in the city since its opening. Second generation owner Ralph, Jr. oversees the Sawtelle store and third generation, grandson Nick oversees the Westwood location, with manager,Amelia.

Westwood Primo’s Donuts, Manager, Amelia (left) with Primo third and second generation, Nick, who oversees the store, and son Ralph, Jr. who oversees the original

Primo’s Donuts cake doughnuts come in plain, maple-iced and glazed in chocolate and cherry.  The donut texture has been described as  “magnificent—sensationally moist and hardly bogged down by oil, definitely one of the very best cake doughnuts that we’ve ever encountered in our fair city.”

The classic Primo’s Donuts, with the addition of the “blue and gold” donuts

A cake donut is made with a sweetened dough that’s leavened with the help of baking powder, and is extruded into oil to cook. It’s firm, often with a slightly crunchy exterior and a soft, cake-like interior.  The jelly donut below is what the best cake donut looks like.  (A yeast donut made with a yeast dough is cut out into a shape before being fried. They’re light and airy, but have a chew and slight yeast flavor.)

Celia & Ralph Primo on their wedding day over seven decades ago.  (photo courtesy Primo Donuts

Primo’s Donuts, 2918 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 (parking in back lot).

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