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These Glory Holes are what creams are made of
Ashley Jacot De Boinod admits to being totally "disgusting," hence the name (and tagline) of her gourmet, old fashioned doughnut business — Glory Hole Doughnuts. Since I believe myself to be of the mind of a 15-year-old boy cloistered in the body of an adult female, I can see where she's coming from. Though it was actually Ashley's husband who came up with the name for her company, which has been supplying Toronto with its Maple Bacon, Fried Chicken & Waffles, Lemon Meringue, and other doughnut varieties since summertime.
Ashley came up with the idea when she was working at BUCA and started experimenting with different recipes. She began selling her doughnuts out of the Caplansky's truck and eventually moved to a commercial kitchen, delivering regular shipments to Thor and Burger Bar, where Glory Hole enthusiasts can now find her products.
"I think the flavour combinations is the biggest factor," Ashley says when I ask her why these holes have gotten people hooked. "That and that they're handmade — there's a lot of love that goes into it." I'm not sure if that last comment is a euphemism, so I let it slide. (Yes, that was a euphemism.)
While finding her own retail location is the ultimate goal, Ashley says she's not hard-pressed to find something immediately. Parkdale would be the ideal neighbourhood, she says, partly because she lives there, and partly because "lots of new things are popping up." Oh my.
In the meantime, Glory Hole doughnuts can be found at Thor on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and at Burger Bar on Fridays and Saturdays.
Photos from Glory Hole's Facebook page
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Inspected on: December 19
Inspection finding: Red (Closed)
Number of infractions: 7 (Minor: 3, Significant: 2, Crucial: 2)
Condition(s) for closure: Operator fail to prevent a rodent infestation
I'll pass on tasty donuts unitl they are served somewhere that rats have not tasted them first.
Kudos to De Boinod for spelling "doughnuts" correctly.
Maybe run Yummy Stuff out of biz and take over their space???
As for having kids...for which an application process should be required anyhow...seriously? What with all the deadbeat welfare case drug addicts popping out kids, you're going to shoot that comment at an entrepreneur? Someone with the drive and ambition to start up their own something from nothing? Interesting.
Down with trolls! Up with holes!
Glory hole may refer to:
Glory hole, surface depression produced block caving in underground mining
Glory hole (petroleum production), a type of underwater excavation
Glory hole (sexual slang)
Gloryhole (album)
Glory hole, reheating furnace for glassblowing
Glory hole, reservoir-spillway design
1. This doughnut company has a perverse (read: clever, hilarious)name
2. Children love donuts (just ask Disturbed)
3. Therefore, these donuts will cause the moral ruin of an entire generation.
Keep up the great work Ash!
1)Have you heard of Glory Hole Donuts? 20 yes 6 no
2)Do you know what glory hole means as a term or would you like to look on google before proceeding? 24 yes 2 No, I googled it.
3)Did your first impression of the name affect your desire to try one of their donuts in any way? 5 yes 21 no
4)Is it the best name for a new street level donut shop in Toronto? 26 no
5)Is it a good name for a new street level donut shop in Toronto? 26 no
6)If this shop has no other sexual inneundos whatsoever, outside of the name, will you visit this shop when it opens assuming the donuts are believed to be delicious? 26 yes
7)If this shop continues a sexual theme with JUST the naming of the flavours, would you re-visit this donut shop? 1 yes 18 no 7 I don't know
8)Would you take a labelled gift box of Glory Holy Donuts to a dinner party, knowing they are delicious and innovative? 6 yes 20 no
9)Do you think the owner is perverted to name their shop Glory Hole Donuts? 4 probably 6 probably not 15 I don't know 1 who cares
10)Does the name of the shop bother you if it is street level on Queen St W? 12 yes 4 no 10 need to see the place first.
The doughnuts i had tonight were amazing! Super tasty, original and really fun to eat! Ashley, i hope you have many kids and open up many stores around the country! GOOD ON YA! KEEP IT UP!
Do you suck the cream out of the middle first? I'm guessing you swallow it...
I searched "glory hole mining" on google and found this "Where caving does continue, the ground surface may collapse into a surface depression such as those at the Climax and Henderson molybdenum mines in Colorado. Such a configuration is one of several to which miners apply the term "glory hole"."
HAHAHHHAHA!!! perfect inspiration for a doughnut! "I hate people" hates people because people know they are dishonest and weak minded.
... I love people, what was that about BS?
I know it is a real term as I wrore the definition above. But here I will explain my message further so you may understand. I call BS that this is the definition you thought of, or think others should think of, when they see the word Glory Hole written across a depiction of a donut. I also call BS that you think it is humourous to name a donut after this hardly known mining term. BS!!!
Your choice to lie and hide in the sand is astounding to me. It is intended to be the sexual reference - get over it!
The heavy discussion is about the name!
As far as i'm concerned there is nothing to 'get over'. I realized what the name was in reference to, maybe not at the first second i heard it, and it really does not bug me.. at all, and i don't believe that everyone should think automatically of the mining term or other possible meanings instead of the sexual reference.... its just what i did. My advice to 'disturbing' was to maybe thing of a different meaning if the other one disturbed him so.
What does disturb me is that someone calling me a liar and calling BS on an actual well known mining term. Google Searcher, are you in mining? Know any miners? Even watched a televisions show about it? Maybe that's why you haven't heard the term before. I'll admit that i'm not in that industry but i will say that i have been around it and those who have been in it and maybe even watch a special on TV or two. That's how i came across it and that's how i know it.
The definition you wrote is, obviously, a far too technical term to have in reference to a doughnut, you should have caught onto that, then, maybe dug a little deeper to find the simpler and most obvious 'jackpot' meaning that would correlate to the reference of a fantastic idea for a doughnut company or a 'gold mine' of a business instead of running your mouth (fingers) off.
I have not written a word of a lie, and i am sure as hell as not hiding in the sand. I do find it astounding that you, without knowing me... or what i know... or what i have experienced in my life, call me a liar and call BS on what first comes to MY mind.
Get your head out of your ass.
Even at the outset of this article it is written...."Ashley Jacot De Boinod admits to being totally "disgusting," hence the name (and tagline) of her gourmet, old fashioned doughnut business — Glory Hole Doughnuts..."
I am pretty sure they are prompting the mind to think of the disgusting and perverted act, and not some random mining term you discovered.
I heard of the company far before reading the article and that's when i, briefly, took the name for something that it wasn't intended. Now, if i were to have read the article, not previously being aware of the company's name and missed the point of the name itself, that would be a different story... i'd be an idiot.
I didn't 'discover' the term glory hole in its mining context, i'm simply aware of it.
That's who names a donut place after a seedy, disguting and illegal perversion.
I am so glad (relieved) it isn't a cheery, sweet person behind a disgusting name like that!
I think some of the posters with different tags are acutally the same people having a crazy message battle on here. I heard its over-rated as well.