Britt's Donuts:
Don't ask for sprinkles, don't ask for cream filled and
for goodness sakes, don't forget to eat as many as you
can in the summer because Britt's is only open during the
tourist season.
Some things never seem to change.
I know it is all perspective, but eating a hot, delicious,
handmade donut at Britt's is one of those experiences that
doesn't need any embellishments. Started by the Britts and
Wrights in 1939, the donut shop has long been the cornerstone
of the Boardwalk area.
 People drive from all over just
to eat one or 19 of the steaming hot - glazed delicacies.
A fellow actually consumed that many in an impromptu donut
eating contest recently. The process of making the donuts
is a time honored, tightly guarded secret. It is thought
that the unique mix of ingredients for the glaze makes them
so unbelievably good. People who don't even like donuts or
sweets will gobble down six Britt's donuts in a heartbeat.
Why, I myself have eaten 9 for supper before.
Mr. Britt
sold the shop and the secret recipe for making the donuts
in 1974. Britt's long time employee Bobby Nivens purchased
the shop. Since then, the Nivens family has cooked up and
served hundreds of thousands of donuts to people from all
over. During the summer season, you can sit on one of the
stools at the counter and hear people order their favorite
treat. You can tell the ones who aren't familiar with the
drill. "Do you have anything
besides glazed?" they say. The regulars always tell
the girl behind the counter... "I'll have 1" or "Gimme
a half dozen" or very often they'll say "4 dozen,
please".
Bobby Nivens and his family have
operated Britt's Donut Shop on the Boardwalk in Carolina
Beach for over 30 years. Nivens has always included his family
in his business. His daughter Lynn grew up working behind
the counter. Maxine, his wife, still serves up the donuts,
milk and soft drinks to eager patrons all summer long and
now his grand daughter helps out as well. You can bet that
swimming weather, warm breezes and bare feet are soon to
appear when you can smell the aroma of donuts cooking at
Britt's.
Daniel Ray Norris - 2006
From Carolina
Beach, NC - Images & Icons
of a Bygone Era
SlapDash Publishing, LLC, 2006
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