111 St. Paul St., Burlington, 497-1645
It’s called the Bad Idea, but that’s a misnomer. It’s actually a very, very good idea.
I’ve met my share of breakfast sandwiches and burgers served on doughnuts. Usually they’re overkill that require a nap for dessert. Guild Fine Meats’ Bad Idea is different. Like everything from the Farmhouse Group, the offerings at the brand-new deli and butcher shop have a sheen of sophistication and great taste.
After visiting the Guild Commissary for this week’s feature, I was eager to try as much as I could this weekend.
The soon-to-be-legendary sandwich starts with a very special doughnut. Neither doughnuts nor maple are ordinarily my thing, but pastry chef Samantha Noakes has combined the two to create one of my new favorite desserts. She told me it was loosely modeled on the pastries from Krispy Kreme, and Noakes captured the airy, cloudlike quality of those doughnuts. But these are far more subtle, with just enough sweetness.
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