Cincinnati is filled with artisan bakers, so what’s one more? At Oakley Fancy Flea Market (O.F.F. Market) on May 30, Karina Rice debuted her handcrafted donuts under the moniker Gadabout Doughnuts, a term meaning “a person who flits about in social activity.” The market was a success, and it marked the beginning of Gadabout making life in the city a little bit sweeter.
Last November, Rice was working at a Starbucks in Madeira, but she wasn’t satisfied.
“I was really tired of doing that, and I wasn’t finding what I was looking for,” she says. “I was like, ‘I’m going to start something on my own. I’m not sure what.’ We (she and husband Chaz) looked at the pop-up shop model, and then donuts had really gotten popular. I saw that modeled together and was like, ‘That could work.’ ”
GADABOUT DOUGHNUTS will be at Oakley’s O.F.F. Market Saturday. For more info, visit
or follow @gadaboutdonuts on Instagram.
This article appears in Jun 24-30, 2015.