More than a decade ago I saw a show narrated by Rick Sebak on PBS about Oram’s Bakery in Beaver Falls, PA. Beaver Falls is about 35 miles Northwest of the city and is on the Beaver River. ( I just looked it up and the show was out in 1999)
Their cinnamon rolls are their most popular donut, and they appeared to be the size of dinner plates. Well, at least a luncheon plate. I am sure each one weighs a half a pound.
I’d always intended to go check them out.
Today I did.
They barely fit in the bakery box.
I bought a seventh cinnamon roll for me to eat for lunch and Josh put it in a white paper bakery bag for me.
Here is Josh graciously posing for me with the box of the donuts. Thank you Josh.
I was going to take the box to Ohio but the car was so hot that when I was at the Beaver Falls Post Office I saw a woman waiting in a car, so I asked her if she liked Oram’s donuts and she said yes so I went to the car and gave her the box. She was most appreciative.
Nicole is constructing boxes to hold donut orders.
Josh and his brother built this LEGO® donut bakery. They sent a design to a company online and they sent the design kit to build, software is involved. It’s on display in the bakery and I found it fascinating.
Another view of the LEGO® bakery
A lot of details. This is the front of the bakery.
Love the LEGO® donuts
I bought a souvenir coffee mug for Steve if you lived in Beaver Falls and brought this mug in after purchase they will give you FREE coffee (the small size coffee) in your Oram’s mug
The building was built the year both my parents were born 1912
Oh yes, I mentioned that Beaver Falls is Football Hall of Famer Joe Namath‘s hometown so I found the plaque to him by the library(the library is closed on Friday’s 🙁 ) I drove by the Beaver Falls Senior High School but it is a modern one now and so I figured the old one must be the Middle School next door.
Here is the plaque
My friend Gail and her parents took me to see the JETS play in the late sixties and you know who the quarterback was in that game!
That was such a cool story. Thank you for sharing it in your blog. Those donuts looked amazing.
Nice story Ruth. I imagine that you would have left a very positive impression on the lady who received the donuts – your random act of kindness 🙂
How can you do this to me, Ruth? I decided to be good and only have an apple and a few almonds for lunch today, and then your “dinner plate” donuts popped out of my screen straight at me. 😀
I love the Lego donut shop!
An interesting post. And did the doughnuts taste amazing?
I’ll have the cinnamon one if you can arrange delivery please!
Looks like a classic bakery – with some modern touches. Those doughnuts/rolls look out of control!
Nice of you to give away the cinnamon rolls, Ruth. Random acts of kindness will never grow old. I’m amazed seeing the Lego donut bakery, especially given the best I ever made with my Legos were houses — and they were hardly memorable, though the family dog did enjoy chewing them. 🙂
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