Mary Lou Donuts
Known for: Apple fritters, glazed yeast donuts, blueberry cake donuts, tiger tails and pecan cinnamon rolls made in a 1961 A-frame on South Fourth Street; also iced sugar cookies.
2 locations
Lafayette, IN
Opened in 1961 in a mid-century A-frame on South Fourth Street in Lafayette. Owners have included Mary Lou Graves, Keith Cochran and Brian Freed (27 years); Purdue alumnus Jeff Waldon bought it in 2017 and opened a second, larger Commerce Drive store in November 2021 without changing recipes or vendors.
Open since 1961
Owned by Jeff Waldon since 2017.

