Happy Donuts

Awesome donuts! Even better ham and cheese croissants. Clean store friendly employees

Out in this sketchy strip mall next to an ARCO/​AM-​PM out on the Costa Mesa-​Newport Beach border, you’ll find the unlikely best donut shop in Costa Mesa. At least you used to find it here — some Internet stuff is saying it might be closed, so I’ll probably need to check when I’m back in the area.
They do/​did a fantastic job with the fundamentals of baking the donuts, or at least the raised ones I always tend to eat. They’re soft and airy, with a beautifully sweet glaze (if applicable).
At the same time, there were some strange management quirks, ignoring the Chinese food-​esque name and giant smiley face sign. I always wanted them to be open longer hours, and it was confusing about when they were open because they’d often leave the door open doing things like letting trays dry. I remember at least one time the Open sign was on and I scuttled over there only to find that I couldn’t have my donuts, at which point I dropped to my knees, banged the ground, and protested the work of humanoid apes. If they’re closed, there may be more such moments.