At the opening week of the first 21st Century Chicago Krispy Kreme. Of course , there were other factors besides friendly , courteous service , real old school ma and pa store tastin'  donuts,  coffee and coffee drinks that were well above par , that sealed their doom  , here , and , God be praised , there's still as many , or more , Dunkin' Donuts as 7 -11s on every corner in this one - horse town (Barring the more recent $5 a pop Hipster donut places.)....When Krispy Kreme went public , instead of the anticipated tsunami of cash for it's investors , they went under in several markets.


LEFT - Mark Lane (Crookshanks , former Fuzztones , Michael Bruce Group, and one time guest guitarist with Thin Lizzy.) RIGHT - John Battles (That one guy.).