July 22, 2025- Strawberry Shortcake is a nice name for one of the offerings at Parlor Doughnuts, the pleasant current occupant of a two-tiered restaurant on the north side of Montezuma Street. The place has been a rough and tumble Mexican restaurant; an Italian restaurant with great food, but somewhat snobbish management; and a fine dining establishment that couldn’t quite get its act together. The Mexican place and this coffee shop are actually my favourites of the four.

I used to indulge quite heavily in doughnuts, sometimes mistaking them for a good breakfast. Some years back, a casual acquaintance pointed out that they are properly a dessert. Over the past four years, my consumption of the pastry has been limited. Even with the high quality of Parlor’s fare, that will remain the case. I’ve had two, in the last three weeks; so, seeing them as a specialty dessert is still the case. Besides, Parlor’s doughnuts are bigger than those in other shops around town.

All in all, my once heavy food consumption has been largely reduced. I am still a faithful member of the Clean Plate Club, though. It’s another feather in my mother’s cap.