Fewer than a dozen of the Los Angeles area’s old giant-donut buildings were left by late 2025, and one of them is in La Puente, California.
The Donut Hole opened on Amar Road in 1968. Two donuts, each 26 feet wide, stand at the ends of a one-story stucco shop. The driveway runs between them.
Its chain closed in 1979. The Lopez family ran this store until 2003, and the shop kept going…