I was just thinking about Roselyn Bakeries this morning - there was a big chain of 'em when I was a kid - and their pastries were so GOOOOOD. Freaking amazing neopolitans, and they had Ding-Dong-ish creations with chocolate sponge cake and whipped cream dipped in a chocolate shell that were The Deal.

Anyway. Roselyn's kicked much fat donut ass. Were they anywhere other than Indiana? Do these stores still exist? I want a neopolitan!

Make one yourself, lazy doughnut ass.

FunkMistress said:

then it wouldn't be a ROSELYN'S donut, now would it? ya donut-linking glazey ass!

Anx said:

Why is there a Massachusetts Avenue in Indiana?

And do you guys call it "Mass Ave" like we call ours?

FunkMistress said:

no, we're not quite that clever with geographical nicknames in indiana. i mean, we call indianapolis "naptown".

Anx said:

What?

Here, if you call Mass Ave "Massachusetts Avenue" you'll get laughed out of Bos.

FunkMistress said:

kinda like i did when i first moved to NYC and insisted on saying "south of houston" as if i were pronouncing "houston, texas" rather than the NYC version (HOUSE-ton). i fed myself to the lions several times with that one.

not as bad as a friend of mine in chicago who STILL insists on saying "GREEN-WITCH village".

Roselyn Bakeries Inc
3710 East 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46201
(317) 635-7778

Roselyn Bakeries Inc
2181 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 923-8470

Roselyn Bakeries Inc
2102 Shelby Street, Indianapolis, IN 46203
(317) 786-3721


Seems to be a bunch of them...

http://www.thecityofindia...akery.html

superspaceboy said:

really? i read somewhere that they all closed and you had to go to marshe's supermarket (that's how ya say it in indiana, it's not MARSH, it's MARSHE'S) for roselyn stuff. wow. i may have to roadtrip into the land of the lost for some neopolitans soon.

Anx said:

Anx....they do call it Mass Ave... What are you talkin' about. They just had a Taste of Mass Ave fest. They advertise it as a thing to visit in Indy..."Mass Ave". You've been away too long.

And Roselyn is closed and sells its products through Marsh. There are no Roselyn locations anymore.


and yes, I do miss them damn donuts...OMGosh

http://www.indy.org/india...9915726098


info on Mass Ave

There were no Roselyn Bakeries in Gary.
There was Solomon's fish shack, but that's not quite the same.

jb

I lived in Gary, Indiana for a year...and went to Ball State for three years. What the hell is Roselyn Bakeries?...lol

Rhondab said:

well, they didn't call it mass ave. back in the old timey days!

Byron said:

I'm thinkin' this was an Indy thing.

Byron said:

you went to ball state? *I* went to ball state!

Rhondab said:

those bakeries just smelled like heaven. every time we'd go in there i'd just wanna lick the walls.

Anx said:

did you ever go to Long's bakery? Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy.....at least Longs is still open.

Rhondab said:

Longs...is that off 16th street on the west side not far from the track? if so, then yeah...that was another OMFG kinda place. my mom and i would go get crullers from them and a sunday paper every week and it was such a treat.

Anx said:

Yep Yep.... I'd rather have a Longs donut even over Krispy Kreme....lawdy...so good!!