Somethin’ Sweet Donuts

This place is so amazing! I wish i was kirby so i could consume infinity amounts of their donuts, because they’re so freaking delicous!

The lady at the front was very nice. The place was clean and I liked the donuts. Coffee was made fresh, but if you go i suggest getting the dozen for $ 9 instead of paying $ 2 to $ 3 for just one. they also have breakfast sandwiches and hot dogs among other things.
I will be back.

Try going next door to the resturant because it is the bomb, I have been eating at this place for over 20 years. Tried others but keep coming back to this one. The place is called Kim Long

We come here every time we have donuts cravings. The crounuts are a crowd pleaser, so light and airy. By now I have tried the red velvet, coconut, glazed, french curlers, maple bacon, boston crème. The service is great and it taste so fresh.

Amazing caked donuts! Love all the variety. So far this place is my favorite for donuts. Fire cakes is 2^nd. Wish they were closer to the burbs

Have only been here twice but each time the owner was super cool and nice. He would offer samples of the popular choices, and it would force to cave in and buy them. The standard donuts are priced really well.
A little hard to find since its blends in with all the other small stores in the area. PS: Not in the best of areas.

We love Something Sweet, especially Lemon cake and glazed. Great selection! My husband is on his way there now for some desserts as we ring in the new year. The owners are super sweet as well :)

I love love love their donuts! They are scrumptious and often just out of the oven warm and toasty. I really enjoy the caked donuts more than glazed but both are great here.
This is a small family operated donut shop and they are super friendly.
Haven’t tried there other goods like smoothies and teas or coffees. Will check that out next time!

The Chicago’s Best segment looked great! But what I found was a cute storefront with a cordial gentleman behind the counter. What I purchased was a chocolate cake doughnut so stale and hard that it quickly became bird food in Lincoln Park. A total disappointment!

I heard about this place before but I did not look in the map to see where exactly it was. I was driving to West on Fullerton in my car to make it to an appointment. In less than 30sec, I saw three cop cars randomly touring around this place. I was like I must be really in the hood, but then I realized the reason was something else. got it?
I pulled over. The store is right on Fullerton and easy to stop in front of it. It may not catch your eye but you can not miss the asian restaurant next to it. So, just mark it in your heads.
Im not surprised to see asian families in the donut business anymore. They are pretty good at this. The donuts were successful and delicious. I tried multiple flavors.
Now, besides the good donuts there were few things that disappointed me. The Cronut! I had the original cronut before and the cronut here was not even a slight imitation of it. It had nothing to do with a cronut and it was simply a donut that I paid 4 $ for. I kinda felt ripped off at that moment. Either sell it at the donut price or do not claim that you are making a cronut there. I did not feel like arguing with the older lady.
I still think the best glazed and the bavarian cream filled donut are made at Old Fashioned donuts in the south side, so that is why I can not say this was the best.
Congratulations to the business for bringing a different taste to the area. It was something needed and I believe that they will be around for a long time. The prices are really good btw, a dozen was about 10 $ which I think is the regular and fair price of a donut.

After watching their great reviews on TV, I decided to give them a try. This is a small place and had an ok variety of donuts. The staff was friendly and attended us immediately. I had the cake vanilla sprinkled donut and it was nice and moist. I was just expecting something amazing as this place has been so hyped. Their donuts beat Dunkin Donuts any day. If you’re in the neighborhood stop by and satisfy the sweet tooth.

Local donut spot that has a unique selection of treats. Try the maple bacon donut!
They also offer smoothies and coffee as well. And if I’m reading this correctly, they deliver! This completes my life.

Red velvet crumbs & Blueberry crumb donuts are among the best donuts I have had.
Skip the routine donuts like chocolate, glazed etc as they are treated as second class citizens.
You are better off choosing donuts on the top shelves which is their USP

WOW! I’m a crazy donut lover! I know everyone says that… but no seriously… my life revolves around donuts. I came here for the first time on national donut day wearing a donut dress. I hadn’t come here sooner bc it wasn’t really close to me but now I know to make the extra drive!
Not only were the donut so good but it was clean and the staff was sooooo nice and friendly!!!
The lemon cake was my fav (even tho I’m usually a chocolate donut type of girl) We got the bismark and the lady told me they add the filling when you order. GENIUS! the twists were great. Red velvet was great! You won’t be disappointed!
SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS! Better than any chain donut shops! So yummy

I’m not really into doughnuts. If given the choice, I’ll pick a cupcake before a doughnut.
I just so happen to be 5 minutes from this place when I opened up the Unilocal app. Two Unilocal friends wrote about this place and I thought it would be cool to try it out.
I came in 20 minutes before closing, walked in and instead of smelling doughnut I smelled Chinese food… An employee was eating at one of the tables as she said hello to me. she got up and hit the bell and set back down eating her Chinese food. (It’s a Chinese Restaurant I believe that’s connected as it’s one right next door.)
The person that got my selection of doughnut had a great smile and I’m sure If I had gotten there earlier I probably would have gotten samples to try to help speed my selection along.
I thought the doughnut were good and fresh (I’m sure they were made in the last 24 hours) had a mix of flavors that I think you’re only going to find here. I can honestly say despite the reviews I really didn’t have much expectation about this place so can’t say I was «let down» (on the other hand seeing how many doughnuts were still at the front counter at almost 10 p.m. I doubt they throw them all away.) The glaze is not Hard but it seems to do a good job locking in the freshness (most of the one’s I had gotten were glazed.)
If I’m in the area, I could see myself coming back.

I just checked out this place a few days after it aired on Chicago’s Best. I live all the way in Uptown, but didn’t mind stopping by before work since their CB clip and reviews were excellent! I ordered a dozen of their regular donuts and could not believe how cheap they were! A little over $ 9 for a dozen of these delicious donuts. I brought them into work and they were mostly devoured within a few minutes. I would say that my favorite had to be the red velvet, followed by the apple and blueberry donuts. I would definitely stop by to try other donuts, especially their fancier ones. If you live in the area, forget about Dunkin Donuts, this is the place to satisfy your sweet morning cravings.

I’ve heard that they were featured in the recent episode of Chicago’s Best. But did Somethin’ Sweet Donuts (SSD) make it to Rosa J.‘s best? I certainly thought so, without a doubt!
The owner lady has one of the greatest hospitality skills. We were greeted warmly and offered some donut samples. Other than the regular drink menu, they have some seasonal iced tea items that look so attractive and tempting for someone who is too excited for the spring in Chicago.
I’m not so sure if the winter has indeed come to the end (don’t bounce back like a mad woman, Miss Winter), yet I welcome great Thai iced tea and donuts at anytime of the day.
We had some delicious Thai iced tea; it had just the right amount of sweetness and ice. Without any hesitation, we went with the one (1)-dozen donut option. For $ 8.95 for twelve (12) donuts? I think it’s a nice deal.
Those donuts looked like they could go to a donut pageant competition! They were made in a perfect shape and size, and they were beautifully-​decorated and dazzled like a dream.
It’s kind of ironic that the D*nk*n D*nuts was diagonally across the street from SSD. Well, have a quality life by coming to SSD and trust Unilocal.
They were many regulars stopping by, and the owner lady knew their names and what they wanted… very cool.
From now on, they will remember my name as well. I don’t live close by at all, but should I make a point coming here? I think the answer is affirmative.

I am not one for trying to one-​up someone about what is the best restaurant, coffee house, café, diner, doughnut shop, etc. But what I will have to break down and say is that Somethin’s Sweet Donuts is «the best» that I’ve had in Chicago.
Glazed. Chocolate glazed. Chocolate bowtie. Chocolate crueller. Apple fritter. Old fashioned. Cinnamon swirl.
Having gotten there a few hours before closing, the doughnuts were as fresh as I’ve gotten at any doughnut shop when they opened for morning business. Go to a doughnut shop close to closing and you get something akin to a hockey puck or a chewable dog treat. Not here. And add to it all the friendly shop staff, I’m glad this gem is a short drive from Logan Square.

These were easily some of the best donuts I’ve had. After a couple of disappointing experiences with the hipster donut shops of Wicker Park, I extended my Unilocal search area and found this gem a bit further west. The store is bright and clean with a HUGE variety of donuts — so many flavors, some of the same flavor in cake and yeast versions, and both with and without crumb topping so you can get exactly what you’re looking for. As soon as I walked in the owner gave me a sample — a cherry donut hole (wow, even the donut holes come in a variety of flavors!) Cherry donuts are one of my favorites, so I got one of those, plus a blueberry, a chocolate frosted, glazed chocolate cake, cruller, and deluxe red velvet. Took them home for my family to sample, and everyone agreed these were top notch.
All the varieties were light and melt-​in-​your mouth. The blueberry actually tasted like a blueberry muffin shaped into a donut. The chocolate donuts had a good chocolate taste, and the red velvet was amazing. I’ve never had a yeast version of red velvet before, or one that was glazed instead of being smothered with cream cheese frosting. The glaze instead of frosting really let the flavor shine through.
This shop is a bit off the beaten path, but worth the drive. Actually, it would be worth taking the CTA. The basic donuts here reasonably priced at 85 cents each («fancy» ones are 1.29−1.59). The bus fare over here is cheaper than what it costs to buy one an artisan donut at a trendy hipster donut place. And the donuts here are ten times better. Definitely worth the trip.

So I was on a mission last year to find a decent apple fritter in the city. I stopped by many of those hipster donut shops that charge $ 3+ dollars a donut but the fritter was elusive, as they were always out by the time I got to the store.
Finally I took to Unilocal to find a coffee place near work and what do you know Somethin’s Sweet came up. When I walked in for the first time there were about half a dozen cops standing and sitting around. At first I thought I might have happened across a crime scene of some sort, but was immediately put at ease by the owner who offered me a donut hole.
I was pretty amazed at the assortment of donuts that they carry here, cherry, blueberry, maple bacon long johns, cake, raised, chocolate, red velvet, their version of the cronut, muffins, and so much more. Their flavors are not quite as inventive as some of those hipster donut places, but it is definitely better than most donut chains with very reasonable prices to match (last I was there, $ 0.89 for a regular donut, $ 1.29 for the filled or specialty donuts).
I have bought donuts for the office several times now (mostly because I want to try all of them without eating a whole one of each), and each time has been a hit. Each time I get the same smiling service from the owner, Jimmy. And each time I get a free donut hole. Once I was asking about a particular flavor and he just happened to have that flavor as a donut hole and gave it to me to try.
I can’t rave enough about this place. Half a dozen cops can’t be wrong when it comes to donuts, right?