JPW Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Opening soon in downtown SS on Fenton Ave across from Whole Paycheck (next to the Men's Wearhouse)(which is a truly god awful store)(at that location at least)(I've never been in another)(and have no desire to after seeing the selection at this one)(if you can really call it a selection). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Opening soon in downtown SS on Fenton Ave across from Whole Paycheck (next to the Men's Wearhouse)(which is a truly god awful store)(at that location at least)(I've never been in another)(and have no desire to after seeing the selection at this one)(if you can really call it a selection). With the triple reference there, I'm not sure which of the three places (WP, MW, or FP) you're disillusioned with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I stopped by the downtown Silver Spring location this morning, and didn't see what the fuss is about. Greasy and sticky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICD Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I stopped by the downtown Silver Spring location this morning, and didn't see what the fuss is about. Greasy and sticky. I don't get it either. Plus, they are only palatable fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Plus, they are only palatable fresh. This makes no sense to me, since, whether you like their donuts or not, they fry them to order... Heather - they're only good in the store right out of the fryer. A day later, an hour later, even 10 minutes later, not nearly as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Heather - they're only good in the store right out of the fryer. A day later, an hour later, even 10 minutes later, not nearly as good. I suspect the fryer temp is inconsistent or just too low, because these were saturated with grease. And the glaze soaking in made it worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICD Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 This makes no sense to me, since, whether you like their donuts or not, they fry them to order... Daniel, I'm completely agreeing with you. By fresh (freshly made) I mean they don't store well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundae in the Park Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 The Fairfax (Nutley St.) location has been closed for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 Rockville Town Square location is now closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 The Silver Spring store is closed now. No great loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I've been eagerly awaiting the opening of the new Dupont Circle Fractured Prune. ... The Fairfax (Nutley St.) location has been closed for awhile. Rockville Town Square location is now closed. The Silver Spring store is closed now. No great loss. (It's so easy to look back now and think what a bad idea this was.) Today's donuts are tomorrow's cupcakes. (And hopefully the next day's hamburgers.) (Just sayin'.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 The problem with the Rockville store wasn't the quality or price of the donuts, they were fine. They had a pretty high rent space, which couldn't have helped. But the real problem was that they opened at 10am and closed at 7 or 8p, so they were never actually open during the hours that people wanted to buy donuts! (breakfast/dessert) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm212 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 ... (It's so easy to look back now and think what a bad idea this was.) Today's donuts are tomorrow's cupcakes. (And hopefully the next day's hamburgers.) (Just sayin'.) I think it was one of those things that were a great idea in concept but in real life had too many detail issues to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, dracisk said: Fractured Prune isn't completely dead, though they no longer have any DC locations. It looks like the closest may be in Crofton, Frederick, and Leesburg. They still have a bunch of locations in Ocean City. Interestingly, The Fractured Prune goes on the list of Oldest Restaurants in the Baltimore Area, having opened its Ocean City location in 1976. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkS Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Fractured Prune works at the beach where folks are willing to wait for a doughnut. But that was a fail a Dupont Circle where people go nut at Starbucks waiting 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dracisk Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, MarkS said: Fractured Prune works at the beach where folks are willing to wait for a doughnut. But that was a fail a Dupont Circle where people go nut at Starbucks waiting 5 minutes. So true. Also, when I'm in Ocean City I'm on vacation, and even though I'm spending a lot of time in a bathing suit, I'm more willing to wolf down a couple of hot, fresh donuts than when I'm slogging along in my regular life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Wells Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 On 1/9/2019 at 6:28 PM, DonRocks said: Interestingly, The Fractured Prune goes on the list of Oldest Restaurants in the Baltimore Area, having opened its Ocean City location in 1976. Looks like Crofton has closed, but Glendale AZ (!) is alive and well. BTW, we had a Prune out here off 606 for a while, but it's long gone too. Think they did reasonably well at least for a while. According to the Prune website they have "Licensed Stores" and "Legacy Stores." Anyone know what that means? The Legacy Stores are listed on the website but there's no link to the menu for those stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dracisk Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 29 minutes ago, Bob Wells said: Looks like Crofton has closed You're right -- it does appear to be closed, though it's still listed on the Fractured Prune website. It must not have been there very long. I lived in Crofton from 2012-14, and I'm pretty sure I would have known if there was a Fractured Prune in my midst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tfbrennan Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 On 1/11/2019 at 3:33 PM, dracisk said: You're right -- it does appear to be closed, though it's still listed on the Fractured Prune website. It must not have been there very long. I lived in Crofton from 2012-14, and I'm pretty sure I would have known if there was a Fractured Prune in my midst. Crofton store opened in Sep 2015, closed sometime last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 There are still several Fractured Prune franchises in Ocean City, but other than that, Frederick is the only other location remaining in the DMV region, as the Leesburg, VA, location closed on Sep 1, 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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