Yummy Donuts

The location at the corner of Austin and Main had been a donut shop since at least the late 1970's. At one point, the location was a Winchell's. At another, it was a BoSa Donuts. At some point, Egyptian born chef Ahmed Ahmed acquired the property and opened Yummy Donuts on the site. Although the business was called "Yummy Donuts," most people called it "Bosa's" due to the fact that the BoSa sign was still on top. (The letter "B" has been painted over, so as to avoid trademark infringement.)

Yummy Donuts was a favorite with students due to Ahmed's culinary delights, its immediate proximity to campus, and its college student-friendly hours (8 PM - noon). Late shift workers at the 3M and Kohler plants also were faithful customers. When Main Street was widened in the 1997-1998 academic year, the building unfortunately had to be torn down. Today, the location is empty, save for a rock sign that says "Brownwood, Texas." Ahmed moved his business further south down Main St. (US Hwy 377) to a new location. Today, it is called Sweet Oasis Donuts. Alumni from this period and before still call it "bosa."

The HPU student band Big Eugene and the Loose Screws was in the habit of practicing at Yummy Donuts the night before a performance. Other students would bring their guitars there to play. The practice was continued at Ahmed's new establishment. Ahmed encouraged this practice and said that he enjoyed listening to the music as he worked in the back.

Another event that took place at the old location was "Bosacabulary days." Occasionally, Dr. Gary Gramling would hold his Intermediate Greek class at Yummy Donuts. This always occurred on Friday, the time of his weekly vocabulary quiz. Students would meet at Yummy Donuts to take the quiz and eat donuts. The fall 1997 Intermediate Greek class was the last Greek class to have this opportunity, as the new location is too far away and too small to allow the event. Bosacabulary days led to the Greeklish sentence "Esthio donats."

Many students would walk to the old location for donuts and other food. One in particular had a "nice little racket" going. In the 1994-1995 academic year, the lobbies of the dorms were staffed with all night security guards who checked all ID's and wrote up any freshmen who came in after curfew. Due to credits previously recieved, freshman Greg Irwin became a sophomore at the beginning of the spring 1995 semester and, therefore, recieved the coveted "no curfew" sticker on his ID card. About five minutes before curfew he would mention being hungry and that he wanted to make a bosa run (as going to Yummy Donuts was called). His freshmen friends would give him their order, and he would walk to bosa's carrying everybody's money and reuturn carrying everybody's donuts. Usually, someone would pay for his donuts for the trouble of walking down there. This happened about every other week, sometimes more often. If he had been able to drive a standard, the guys would have gotten Whataburger too.

Ahmed makes donuts, sandwiches, kolaches, and many other products. He was asked to cater the reception for the Jackson-Nowowiejski wedding in 2003.

Ahmed was trained in a fancy restaurant by a highly experienced pastry chef. His donuts are chef made on site and not factory made, like many other donuts. Ahmed takes great care in maintaining his reputation. Most other donuts seem like lead compared to Ahmed's. Aficionados of Ahmed's cooking agree that his donuts exceed all others that they have eaten, including the much-lauded Krispy Kreme.



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