Bob’s Donuts, which has been doling out dynamite donuts for more than 60 years and is a Bay Area’s treasured institution, opened its Tam Junction location at 252 Almonte, the former longtime home of the Bamboo Hut across the street from CNL Native Plant Nursery and Proof Lab. In doing so, the donut colossus reminded Mill Valley residents that the family behind Bob’s Donuts has a long history in Mill Valley.
“We’ve always wanted a business in Marin,” says Aya Ahn, whose family lived in the Almonte neighborhood of Mill Valley from 2000 to 2012 before moving to San Rafael. “We lived up on Morningsun and I was a regular customer at the Bamboo Hut.” Their children attended Strawberry Point Elementary School, Mill Valley Middle School and then went to Redwood High as they were drawn to its rowing program.
SF donut shop institution Bob’s Donuts has been further immortalized as the subject of the new children’s book Bob’s Donuts for Breakfast, which tells the tale of an intrepid dog and squirrel who are trying to get themselves some donuts.
It’s been a heck of a year or so for the 65-year-old family-owned SF favorite Bob’s Donuts. The 24-hour donut destination had to move to a new spot on Polk Street after some sort of landlord dispute, but their new location at 1720 Polk Street just opened in February. Meanwhile, the staff had been dealing with a tragic hit-and-run accident that severely injured one of their bakers.
But now there’s a sweet topping on a year of tumult, as KGO has the interesting story that someone has published a children’s book about Bob’s Donuts.