Angela says it's an attempt to save money by making her own coffee, rather than those nauseating Rachael Ray posters, that has made her swear off her morning Dunkin' Donuts coffee run:
... So far, I'm on Day 3 and I don't even miss it. I have my large metal coffee cup (or my hipster-mug, as my boyfriend calls it) and it's filled to the brim with my own homemade coffee which, as it turns out, is much better than anything I could get at Dunks.
Is this to get back at McDonald's for selling drinkable coffee? Or is Rachael Ray running amok already?
I have had their hash browns and they are just yummy! You get about 4 large coin size hash browns in an order , I do hope they keep these on the menu.
Jay Fitzgerald cracks open William Martin's set-in-Boston novel, The Lost Constitution, and discovers a mistake no true Bostonian should make.
I've been out of the apartment scene for awhile now, so I guess I didn't realize the importance of Dunkin' Donuts proximity as a selling point.
Just saw my first Dunkin' Donuts commercial with Rachael Ray. She walks into a Double-D, past a star-struck "new guy," gets a coffee and a bagel, takes a sip of the coffee and declares it:
Delish!
Just shoot me now. And I say that as somebody who actually buys ground Dunkin' Donuts coffee so I can make it at home. What's next? Little packets of EVOO to dunk that bagel in?
Oh, Fred, a (Red Sox) nation turns its lonely eyes to you:
Ben Ostrander has had enough of constant price increases that have pushed the cost of a cup of ice with some coffee and sugar up past $2.30 - and vows to start frequenting places such as McDonald's from now on:
Deb is outraged that somebody recently got to her site through a search seeking a comparison between Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts coffee, because there simply is no comparison:
They aren't even from the same planet. Starbucks comes from a world full of hostile, hundred-legged aliens who grew warlike from being too damned hot all the time because their planet is too close to its star. Which explains why they favor over-roasted, bitter coffee. ... Dunkin's coffee, OTOH, proves that there is a God and He loves us. ...
Because it's Dunkin' Donuts and it's free and you know the Dunkin' crack they'll sprinkle in it will hold you for another year, of course. All day tomorrow.
Maybe that would explain what the uptight yuppie type was doing this morning at my regula Dunk's (Rte. 9 west in Wellesley - but, hey, that's almost Natick): Seeming to get upset when the staff didn't understand why he kept asking what the strongest coffee they had was and they started reciting all the different types of sugary things they offered (because, come on, this is Dunkin' Donuts, buddy) and he said "No, I'm just looking for the strongest coffee you have" and finally one of the workers got the idea and said "espresso" and that seemed to quiet him down.
No, I wasn't happy to read about Dunkin' Donuts hiring Rachael Ray. But thanks to some people who aren't happy that Rachael Ray even exists, I now know that Rachael Ray may be like Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman," only not as skinny.
In a statement yesterday, Dunkin' Donuts quoted Ray:
Bad enough that you see her cherubic little face on the cover of every single women's mag at the Shaws' checkout line. Now Dunkin' Donuts announces the overexposed kitchen queen is its new official Spokescutie.
... Ray will also lend her perspective to the Dunkin' Donuts culinary team in the development of new, "better for you" food and beverage options. ...
Police swept through the area around New Chardon and Congress streets yesterday rounding up suspected drug dealers. The report notes that after making some arrests, officers were in a Congress Street Dunkin' Donuts (celebrating? taking a break? doesn't say) when:
Jessica Allan knows she's back home in Somerville when she watches a cop turn on his blues, drive down the wrong side of Washington, turn onto Somerville:
and then pull a U-turn, pull into the Dunky's, and turn off his lights.
Jonelle photographs a hot-anger warning downtown.
Also: Dunkin' Donuts is now selling White Hot Chocolate. Is Dunk's trying to kill us?
John Daley: I guess they scrapped the idea for a line of super-radioactive breakfast sandwiches.
That would seem to be the implication of the storefront at Osaka Sushi Express on Cambridge Street, as captured by Michael.
If that Dunkin' Donuts Fritalian ad keeps stupid people away from Starbucks, that's just fine with John:
Because your doing so means people like Gary and I can get in and out that much faster with our Triple Venti Soy Mocha Peppermint No Whip Lattes in tow.
Meanwhile, the folks at Ace of Spades have compiled a list of the choices on the menu boards in that commercial:
If your time is up, might as well melt away into a steaming hot regula at the Dunkin' Donuts on Rte. 9 in Wellesley.
Also, please see creepy Dunkin' viral videos (via Jeff Chausse).
Chika loves, posts that Dunkin' Donuts Fritalian ad:
... Fritalian has succeeded in entertainin me. And since I sound dumb trying to sing this song to people, I posted it here. Maybe afterward you can sing it to me. Or with me. Sounds better as a chorus. ...
Earlier:
How do you say "latte" in Fritalian?
Ooh, bonus: Another post on a Dunkin' commercial means the chance to post an immortal "Time to make the donuts" ad (whoa: remember when Dunkin' Donuts promoted their fresh donuts?).
I love the newest Dunkin' Donuts commercial, the one with all the people unable to figure out how to order a latte at Starbucks, unlike at Dunkin' Donuts, where, John Goodman assures us, "you order them in English, not Fritalian." Because nothing satisfies the Anglo-Saxon soul quite like a good hearty English "latte."
Speaking of, um, nothing, here's Fred the Donut Guy and Tattoo from "Fantasy Island:"
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