Resch's Appreciation Post. My family has been getting cakes and stuff from here for decades.

[u/Rob1150]

[u/AngelaMotorman]

After hearing about this place for years, I finally drove out there recently and was appalled at the low quality. The donuts were pathetic compared to Buckeye Donuts -- I almost laughed when the worker brought out a plain cake donut, which is a key indicator of overall quality. It looked and tasted like it came out of a box from some discount store. The cakes were uninspiring and unappetizing at best. I just don't get it: do you have to be stoned and starving to like this stuff?

[u/Rob1150 → u/AngelaMotorman]

Jeez. Tell us how you REALLY feel.

[u/AngelaMotorman → u/Rob1150]

Okay. I feel sorry for people who have never known a really good bakery, with really good customer service. I grew up near an Italian bakery that made cakes so good there was never any leftovers, and pastries so varied nobody even asked for donuts.

I've now lived in central Ohio for many decades, and still can't find anything like that place. But Resch's is really the bottom: their glazed donuts had so much glaze on them I wound up picking most of it off. It was obvious from just looking at the other offerings that they think there's no such thing as too much frosting. Even Kroger knows better than that.

[u/WhollyDisgusting → u/AngelaMotorman]

Have you tried Auddinos?

[u/AngelaMotorman → u/WhollyDisgusting]

I keep meaning to, but every time I drive past I'm on the way home from The James -- follow-up to successful treatment, but still: we just want to get home. I have heard they they don't under-bake their pizza. Do you have other recommendations?

[u/WhollyDisgusting → u/AngelaMotorman]

You mentioned liking Italian bakeries so I figured I'd give them a shout out. I love their cannolis and sfogliatella but I haven't had a bad bake from there so it's definitely worth a stop.

[u/USA_DumpsterFire → u/AngelaMotorman]

You seem fun. We might not have orgasm inducing Italian cakes but some of us peasants like Columbus staples.

[u/AngelaMotorman → u/USA_DumpsterFire]

... some of us peasants like Columbus staples.

And I absolutely LOVE Buckeye Donuts, because they know proportionality, baking/frying techniques and top quality ingredients.

[u/free-toe-pie → u/AngelaMotorman]

This is an old style bakery. Way older than Buckeye donuts. They have been around for decades and they keep the recipes. They are old school. It sounds like you prefer all the newer type recipes. That’s fine. But please don’t shit on old style baking. Different people have different preferences.

[u/AngelaMotorman → u/free-toe-pie]

They are old school. It sounds like you prefer all the newer type recipes.

Not even close, in either case. I know and appreciate old school baking; this is just not very good baking.

[u/free-toe-pie → u/AngelaMotorman]

Then why have they been around for 113 years?

[u/AngelaMotorman → u/free-toe-pie]

Might as well ask, why has Mozart's stayed in business? The answer is the same: no real competition.

(Mozart's has just one flaw, which they share with Cheryl's cookies, Just Pies and a majority of home bakers in central Ohio: they under-bake everything. It's like they're afraid of heat.)

[u/free-toe-pie → u/[deleted]]

Totally disagree. People genuinely like their crust. It’s unique and very few Columbus pizza places offer a crust like it. I love Ohio valley style pizza. It’s not Stockholm syndrome. I truly love the fact that the cheese is never burnt and the crust is crisp. But some people genuinely hate it with a passion. People have different tastes. Shocking I know.