Frosted Donuts To Celebrate Tinley Park Community After Reopening

TINLEY PARK, IL — Frosted Donuts in Tinley Park nearly shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Owner Feda Ibrahim said March 5, 2020 is a day she will never forget. A day the Tinley Park community gathered to save the popular doughnut shop.

Frosted, now located at 17119 88th Ave., Tinley Park, reopened in September 2020 and sold out its first day on the other side of town. Residents from Tinley Park and surrounding communities gathered to support the doughnut shop, after a Facebook post in March asked people to head over there and save the business from folding.

"Frosted Donuts on Harlem and 159th is in serious threat of closing and is an amazing establishment," Facebook user, Michael Praski, wrote in a public post. "The owner is the sweetest woman and I would hate to see her lose her establishment and passion for making unbelievable donuts."

The move of the business and support of the community was so special to Ibrahim, a 17-year resident of Tinley Park, that she decided March 5 would be a day Frosted celebrates the Tinley Park community, its small businesses and give back.

The first 20 people to get to Frosted on March 5 will receive a free gift. Ibrahim said some will also be getting free Jets Pizza, located within the same plaza. The owner said gift cards and gift certificates from local businesses in Tinley Park — from pedicures, food, desserts, coffee and more — will be handed out to about 50 people, and more activities are planned as well.

"March 5 is the day the community came together and made Frosted what it is today," Ibrahim said. "I want to give back support to the community and local businesses in Tinley be discovered, the way have discovered Frosted. I've been living in Tinley Park for 17 years, and I'm still discovering places that have been here for a long time. It's all about supporting local businesses, together."

Frosted has been in business for three years and serves doughnuts that are made from scratch, in-house every day. The donuts range from classic styles like chocolate glazed and old-fashioned, to gourmet options, such as cocoa puffs, cinnamon toast crunch and banana cream. The shop also sells fresh Peet's coffee, every day.

The store will be opened at 6 a.m. on March 5. Are you heading out there? Let Patch know!

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