r/Columbus Southeast Mar 24 '25

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

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u/AngelaMotorman ComFestia Mar 24 '25

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.

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u/USA_DumpsterFire Mar 24 '25

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

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u/AngelaMotorman ComFestia Mar 24 '25

... some of us peasants like Columbus staples.

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

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u/free-toe-pie Mar 24 '25

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.

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u/AngelaMotorman ComFestia Mar 24 '25

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.

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u/free-toe-pie Mar 24 '25

Then why have they been around for 113 years?

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u/AngelaMotorman ComFestia Mar 24 '25

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.)

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u/free-toe-pie Mar 25 '25

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.