Sandy, Owner (with husband Gene), and Maker-of-All-Deliciousness at Last Stop
Sandy at Last Stop Variety in East Gloucester is making the most delicious pumpkin spice doughnuts you could ever possibly imagine. They are sweet, tender, and cinnamony spicy–with no skimping on a dusting of powder sugar–and delightfully warm.
The past few mornings, after standing still for hours and shivering in the cold marsh since daybreak, I have been stopping in at the Last Stop and it has been my good fortune to arrive just as Sandy is taking the doughnuts off the griddle. If you like Russell Orchards apple cider doughnuts, which my family adores, these are AT LEAST TEN TIMES BETTER!
Geno Mondello Enjoying Sandy’s Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts
Last Stop Variety is located in East Gloucester at 273 East Main Street, just before the right turn to Rocky Neck.
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Good Morning Gloucester 
I bet it smells yummy
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Yes that too, Donna!!
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OK, got to go there.
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Will love it Fred, and great muffins, too.
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Ohhhh they look good! Glad to know that storefront is still serving the community. Another place to take my donut loving grandchildren and tell the story of walking there with my grandmother for groceries ~ happily a stop at ” Peters” (now Salior Stan’s) for ice cream was on the route. I wonder what donuts the summer will bring 😉
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Sounds so idyllic Mary!
Mmmmmm-Blueberry?
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Love this place. go there all the time when we stay in Rocky Neck every year. Yummy food and homey atmosphere. wish I lived in Gloucester. South Carolina is not me !
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Maybe you could convince Sandy to mail you a box–they are yummy reheated!
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I’m there!
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Let us know if you go Lowell!
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Wow this looks like my kind of place – nice cup of coffee and Doughnuts go hand & hand to ye happy mouth:-)
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Do they have anything comparable to a doughnut in Korea Dave?
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Yes Kim, – all kinds of things and – very modernized around the big cities, the country side is still old school in places and the mom and pop’s places are always the best:-)…We have also have McDonalds, many other stateside places off installations close to. 48 Million Citizens in a land the size of – Tennessee, I not much for big cities too many people. And old Korean Veteran was with his wife who was blinded in the war by a grenade…He was on top of a large hotel chain roof in Seoul asked his wife to explain what she saw – when she told him a tear came down his cheek on far this country had come from what he remembered in the land ravaged by WAR. Seoul was taken twice by North Korea and the surprise attack on 25 June 1950 at close to 4am changed things forever! People who have served here can tell you this also. Things have changed drastically since my first assignment here in December, 1978 bitter cold that year. If you are interested in knowing more about this way I can provide pictures and information – I have 25 years here…Was born the same day and month the WAR started only a few years later…strange I have come sort of full circle my father lost himself in the WAR – I found myself in the land and country to understand why he had the issues. It’s called the forgotten WAR but not by me I lived this long before I ever came this way from dads service by I now have closure. Thanks for asking Kim and keep the excellent photos and videos’ coming it is soothing memory lane of a path traveled called Cap Ann (Spirit)
Dave
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Dave — thanks for this. I for one would be interested in learning more about your connection to the country.
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Thank you Dave. I am leaving for work but will write a longer response later this afternoon. My Uncle served in the Korean War. He saw too much and would never, ever talk about it.
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I didn’t know they sold pastries in there! I’m goin……….
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You won’t be disappointed Vickie!
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I thought there was never need for anything besides cider donuts. I’m comin’ by to check these out.
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I used to think that too, Al…
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Are they more diety that the Russell Orchard doughnuts? I can’t go there anymore because I found a half dozen stuffed in my pie hole and I couldn’t fit in my kayak the next day.
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I would say honestly yes because they are not as oily, which means they also reheat better the following day, and Sandy’s are a bit smaller, so even if you eat two, you don’t feel yucky from too much grease.
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OMG – those look so awesome! They are such nice people over there, our son Yianni worked at their store thru school for awhile a few years ago and they were so wonderful to him
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Great to know that Anna–Sandy always has a smile and friendly manner whenever I stop in.
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Try the cream cheese filled carrot muffin! To die for
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Thanks for that tip Alicia and will do!
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