This past weekend my friends and I ventured into Crown Heights Brooklyn for a school project. When we first got assigned our neighborhood we first were a little intimidated. None of us knew this area besides what we have read online. Thus, we did some research and looked for interesting places to go eat or visit. We read about this called place called Elsie’s Doughnuts and saw some mouthwatering pictures of pastries. I immediately wanted the doughnut that was covered in chocolate and coconut shavings. We knew Elsie’s was a place we had to go visit upon our visit. When we got to Crown Heights, we walked around and explored this unfamiliar place. It was obvious that this neighborhood was one that was indeed changing. The visual difference from one block to the next was drastic. On one side there would be run down homes and on the next there would be brand new condominiums. Even the differences in businesses ranged from bodegas to trendy hipster restaurants. We walked around Crown Heights for a couple of hours and to finish up our trip we stopped at Elsie’s Doughnuts. With our luck, our GPS took us to Elsie’s Doughnuts on Bergen St which turned out to be an abandoned doughnut shop that was closed down. We wandered about thinking, “what do we do now?” Luckily, there was another Elsie’s but it was called Elsie’s Parlor just a few minutes away. When we finally found it, we encountered a cute place that was small and empty. The doughnuts offered at this Elsie’s were not as extravagant as the one we initially wanted to go to. Thus, instead of my chocolate covered doughnut with coconut shavings I settled for a glazed doughnut and my friend got a black and white doughnut. The prices for each doughnut was $2.50 which (to me at least) is a little pricey however, it was a pretty big doughnut and it was delicious. My experience at Crown Heights was a positive one that made me excited to go back and find other delicious places to eat and explore.

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