Jack’s Donuts opens in Fishers

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By Nancy Edwards

Late night owls craving a fresh, moist, iced donut near their neighborhood can now celebrate the arrival of Jack’s Donuts at 131st and Olio Roads.

The donut shop celebrated its grand opening on Feb. 23, selling nearly 3,000 donuts to more than 300 customers in slightly more than six hours, according to co-owner, Angi Bone-Downs.

The franchise sprung from its original Jack’s Donuts location in New Castle. More than 50 years ago, Jack and Ada Marcum opened the shop, which eventually became so popular that lines formed outside the building and an extra dining room was added. Jack’s Donuts has been voted the Courier Times Reader’s Choice Award for Best Bakery. Three generations later, the New Castle shop’s current owner, Lee Marcum, has added Jack’s own line of coffee and fountain drinks. Customers may order donuts for delivery, and many even travel across the nation to take the baked goods home, even freezing them to eat later.

Bone-Downs’ husband, co-owner, Jason Downs, is originally from New Castle, friends with the Marcums and “understands the craze with the homemade donuts of Jack’s and that Fishers needs a hometown mom–and-pop donut shop,” she said.

Before the Fishers store opened, Bone-Downs sometimes traveled to New Castle at night, bringing back coffee and favorite customer donuts to distribute to schools and businesses in Fishers. The result wetted the appetites of many new future customers.

“Our applesauce, cake donuts and tiger tail yeast donuts continue to fly off the shelf in Fishers as they do in New Castle,” she said. “We make ours fresh daily and use cake icing.”

A family of four, Danny, Danielle, Rae and Dylan Riego, have already claimed Jack’s as their favorite donut shop in the city.

“The donuts are delicious. The chocolate glazed is our favorite,” Danny, the father, said as he wiped the chocolate crumbs off his children’s mouths.

“We’re so excited,” his wife, Danielle, added. “We’ve been waiting a long time for this to come to the area; plus, we get our exercise from eating off the donuts.”


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