There is never a bad time for a great donut and one of the best donut shops in the country has a new address here in Western New York.

Recently Paula's Donuts was named a Top Donut Shop in the country by Yelp! They release their list of the best 100 donut shops in the United States and Paula's landed at #52.

Paula's Donuts was founded in 1996 and quickly became a Buffalo favorite. They offer over 30 different types of donuts and were rated as the #1 donut shop in Western New York by Buffalo Spree.

Today is also a big day for Paula as they move their Clarence location to a new location in Williamsville. The old location was open in Clarence for 11 years.

The new location will be at 8010 Transit Road in the Premier Plaza which is located across the street from Dick's, BJs, and Walmart.

The new location will have the same phone number and operating hours as the old Clarence location.

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The new Williamsville location opened this morning at 7 am.


Paula's wasn't the only donut shop from New York to make the Top 100 list.

Other donut shops from New York State include:

Croffle House, Flushing, New York
Angelina Bakery, New York, New York
Glazed Over Donuts, Beacon, New York

Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop, Brooklyn, New York

You can see the whole list of the Top 100 Donuts in the United States HERE.

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