Richmond's Dixie

... Dixie doughnut that is! Located on Cary St. where most of Richmond's boutique shops can be found, and of course I had to try it out. Dixie is just a few blocks down from the Galaxy Dinner, Can Can Brasserie, and other great shops. We had brunch at the Can Can, more on that further down.

Don't you just love the stamped logo. I'm a stickler for cool packaging and I loved the handmade, stamped paper bags with their logo. It has a retro feel to it, but retro has nothing to do with the cake doughnuts this place is puttin' out!

The place smelled like heaven, like a cake doughnut heaven.

Not that I needed to eat three doughnuts, but I did want to 'sample' a few. So we got tiramisu (my personal favorite flavor), samoa (like girl scout cookie samoa) and peaches and cream (shown in that order below).

Unfortunately, we didn't eat them right away, when they were warm, and probably at their best. Oddly enough, the peaches and cream had the best flavor, the other two were so so (i.e. a bit on the dry side). But all in all they were good cake doughnuts. Certainly not better than my personal Durham, NC favorite, Monuts! More on Monuts Doughnuts to come ...

Sunday after we checked out from the hotel we grabbed brunch at the Can Can Brasserie before leaving town. The reviews online made this place, and their coffee, sound glorious, so we had to try it out.

The coffee was good, but the house made sourdough bread and butter were the best part of this meal, hands down! We both got the house made sausage, potato & cheese omelet. It was good! Hubs and I could've easily split the omelet because it was way more food that I could put down. 

Can Can's Menu

Anyone else ever been to Richmond? What places did you visit and/or would you recommend? I hear the Redskins training stadium is located in (or around) Richmond. Not that I care much about pro-football, but it's nearing fall and football Sunday's have begun!

xoxo

Ps. I did finish that HUGE coffee!