American Doughnut Kitchen

Home to Melbourne’s most iconic hot jam doughnut—a retro 1950s truck parked at Queen Vic Market pumping out irregular, pillowy dough bombs. Generations of weekend market-goers consider a grease-stained paper bag from this setup an absolute rite of passage, happily braving the famously long lines that move with ruthless efficiency. Forget perfectly round bomboloni. These are rustic, strictly old-school, and rolled heavily in crunchy granulated sugar. The payload? A dangerously hot, sweet raspberry and plum jam that demands respect. Grab a five-pack for a handful of gold coins, dodge the CBD tram tracks, and devour them fresh while the dough is impossibly soft.