The Krispy Kreme donut shop did reopen on schedule Monday morning and by the time I got there on Wednesday, the aromas has taken their old spot and things were pretty much back to normal.
However, although the HOT NOW sign was at its neon brightest and the staff and coffee were warm – the promised KK's were warmed only by the little fluorescent light and the result was less than a HOT NOW WOW experience.
In the old days the sign would have gone off when the production line was shut down and that way we customers could lower our expectations before going into the shop or entering the drive-through.
It was interesting to see some Krispy Kreemie looking folk back in the shop and a few smiles and handshakes between people who had missed each over the past few weeks of reconstruction.
The new shop is offering whippy ice cream and some upscale downtownish coffees, but the standards are what people are expecting at every visit.
There was a poster announcing a new summer lemon iced donut and some lemonade. That will wait for a hotter day and a fresher batch of offerings than were perched on the counter.
So, for now, I am happy the shop is rebuilt, people are back to work and there is the chance for a sweet, hot, hard to handle but great to bite into glazed bit of heaven.
But not hot, not now, not today.
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