How I wish this didnât resonate
âI will return here constantly⌠and also believe this is the best version of something!â
I have Canadian family who truly believe Tim Hortons is a high standard US chains should aspire to. I have consumed plenty of Tim Hortons⌠and it is not (I mean, nor are any of the US chains 
â but itâs funny that they are such passionate ambassadors of TH)
I have a couple cousins who still like it a lot, especially one who prefers nothing fancy to fancy. 
Tims had better coffee and donuts 20 years ago. The donuts have really gone downhill, but Iâll still eat them
Interestingly, there is Tim Hortons coffee being sold at SPARs (convenience stores /grocery stores) in Ireland. Hahaha. I didnât try it.
Tim Hortonâs is in New York â right in Penn Station, even.
Oh no. It used to just be upstate NY and Florida.
Maybe climate change is to blame? We get your deer ticks and you get our Timâs?
I stayed in the east or west 20s on most of my trips to NYC from 2016-2019. I had this Google map of all the nicer indie coffee shops between 23rd to and 34th St, between 2nd Ave/ Irving Plaza and 8th Ave.
I worked there when I was a teen and yes, they used to actually be good. The sweets were all being made completely in-store by a baker. Now there is no baker and everything is made in volume off site and is already stale by the time it reaches the store. I tried a TH coffee and donut a few months ago. Just vile.
Theyâve had them in Thailand since 2020 and I went to this one (last photo borrowed from Tim Hortonsâ Thailand website) right across the street from a major university in Bangkok. It was packed with students while the university cafeteria (which they call â canteensâ in ThailandâŚa nod to the Thai preference for British English, it would seem) was basically empty. I had some donut holes which were OK, but nothing to write home about. It was my first time having Tim Hortons outside of Canada and will likely be my last.
I was really surprised at how much the Thai people love donuts! There were Dunkinâ Donuts, Mister Donut and Krispy Kreme stores everywhere with a few Tim Hortons and MANY other local chains.
I will say the coffee can be very good at some locations that use hotter water , maybe use the right ratio, donât let it burn, with employees who know what theyâre doing.
The Tims and Country Styles in the GTA and in the city of London, ON, donât do coffee as well as the Timâs in the small towns in my experience.
The Tim Hortons in St Maryâs, Mitchell, Port Dover, Ilderton, those ones are better at making coffee.
My friend makes Tim Hortons coffee at home, with a good coffee maker and a little more coffee per cup, and it tastes great.
I am a bit of an indie coffee snob so my thing since 2020 has been trying indie roasters anywhere I travel in Ontario or Quebec, and when I get a coffee to go, I buy some coffee to make at home.
Timmyâs used to make a doughnut that I liked, called a âDutchieâ, then discontinued it several years ago. They brought it back temporarily recently, so I tried it, anticipating the taste from my memory. It was âmehâ, far too sweet for starters.
Thereâs a new store here called âBritish Pride Bakeryâ that makes mince meat tarts that I quite like, except that they dust the tops with finely granulated sugar after baking, making them far too sweet, and I donât like the feel of raw sugar in the teeth, so I have to scrape it off before eating.
Have you ever tried Olie Bollen? I think the Dutchie was based on those Dutch raisin fritters/ donuts (no hole) . Recommend trying them.
No, I havenât; will do. Thanks.
A German friend of mine who spent a lot of time in the Netherlands makes them every NYE (no raisins in hers, AFAIK).
My PIC has zero shame and took the entire bowl home with them this NYE, having one for breakfast for almost a week! If youâre fond of fried dough, itâs pretty excellent.
They are so delicious.
@BarneyGrubble , there is a also an Olie Bollen mix available at some grocery stores, Dutch stores and probably at that German deli in the Byward Market. I havenât tried the mix.
Tim Hortonâs is to Canadians as Dunkin Donuts is to New Yorkers.
I looked up a recipe for olliebollen, but on second thoughts, I probably wonât make them as Iâve completely gone off deep-fried foods, so after the first couple, the rest would get thrown out. The Dutchie is an aberration based on a fond memory. Doughnuts are an extremely rare purchase, as are French fries.
Bostonians⌠Dunkinâ isnât quite in the fabric of life in New York, but you canât escape it in Boston!
Youâre not kidding. I have a lifelong friend who now lives in Waltham, and she and her family visited Manhattan (and me) over the holidays. She was very excited to report that their hotel was right near a âDunksâ and I was like what the hell are you even talking about? She was surprised that NYers werenât also devotees. The only NYC-dwelling devotee of Dunkin Donuts I know is Israeli.
