Lake View Orchards

Imagine if your grandparents opened up a bakery on a farm. That’s pretty much the vibe at Lake View Orchards.
Grandma bakes the pastries and is the friendly face at the register. Grandpa works the donut making robot, cranking out hot apple cider donuts while watching the world go by from the window.
The building may be a little bit run down, but the place is totally charming. There are a few tables toward the back of the shop to sit down and enjoy your hot donuts. However, most people take them to go. That seems like a bad idea, especially since the donuts are both warm and covered with cinnamon sugar.
To eat them in the car is a recipe for disaster. Sugar would get everywhere and you would soon be a sticky mess. Saving them for later would be a tragedy, since apple cider donuts are so much better when they are warm.
It’s a rare treat to get warm cider donuts. As Otis said, these are decidedly more aggressive on the spicing. I tasted not just cinnamon, but also nutmeg.
Are they worth an hour drive? Probably not. But if you are within a half hour of this orchard, I’d say it’s worth the trip.

Excellent cider donuts. We visited on a donut tour and this was the one that had the most «cinnamon-​y» taste. It was served fresh from the fryer in a small store stocked with various baked goods and tchotkes that’s typical of the small town backwoods «I think I’ll open a store» mentality that is rare these days in the Adirondacks as everything gives way to the chains.
The one thing you should know is that the «orchard» consists entirely of the room described above. Don’t come here looking for a corn maze or hayride. But it’s well worth a stop if you’re headed up 30. Pay attention to your GPS though because although it looks like it’s right off the highway, it’s actually tucked away and you won’t see it till you drive past it.