Seattle Donuts + The Spheres

Top Pot Donuts

We had many places on our agenda for our first full day in Seattle. Our first stop was Top Pot Doughnuts.

This mini chain has several locations throughout Seattle. Unfortunately, the locations by our hotel were closed (I assume due to COVID) so we had to walk further to their flagship cafe on 5th Street.

I immediately felt welcomed by the library atmosphere courtesy of the floor to ceiling bookshelves.

The cafe did not allow dine-in customers, but I imagine this would be a lovely place to sit and enjoy a coffee and donut.

We ended up ordering a coffee for D and half a dozen donuts. Our intention was to buy four, but the cashier persuaded us to buy six since it was a better deal. (We were easily convinced). We ended up saving two for snacking later in the day. It was a tough decision, but we settled on a lemon, raspberry, maple bar, cookies and cream, apple fritter and a Boston Cream.

The Spheres

The next stop on our itinerary was The Spheres, which is a unique Amazon office space. Isn’t it a head-turner? It is located super close to Top Pot, so we ate our donuts on one of the outside benches. I assume not many people are back in the office, as it was pretty deserted for a weekday morning. How amazing would it be to work here?

The donuts were quite tasty, including this large apple fritter. My favorite was the Boston Cream, although we agreed it had a little too much chocolate on top (didn’t know that was possible!).

I would have loved to take a tour of the inside of The Spheres, but it was closed when we were there. From the outside, we could see that the inside is filled with tons of plants. It reminded me of a life-size terrarium.

Amazon just recently started up free public tours of The Spheres again on the first and third Saturdays of the month. Online reservations are available here.

There is also a cool little outdoor space to enjoy. I think one of the security guards had his eye on us, but we just snapped a few photos and did not cause any trouble.

Even though I did not plan this pairing of eating donuts and visiting The Spheres, it worked out well. It was nice to be able to rest our legs, as we had a full day of sightseeing still ahead of us.