Even as the temperature drops and a pandemic rages on, it’s not uncommon for lines to snake outside the building right at opening time.

Savory doughnuts, ice cream-stuffed doughnuts, and more are in the works.

The catch? You have to buy a dozen donuts first.

The coming days are sure to be sweet for District food and drink fans, with free doughnuts, pancake burgers, and a new cocktail bar among the best happenings.

Yes, the answer is “Footloose.”

Eat doughnuts for charity, or for free. Or pay for them. Whatever, so long as doughnuts are involved.

First day flavors include brown butter, dulce de leche and Nutella bacon.

It costs $9.

Rejoice, doughnut aficionados, the D.C. Donut Crawl is returning next month.

Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken will be selling “a vanilla glazed doughnut with a chocolate-piped handlebar mustache” this month, with ten percent of the sales going to the Movember Foundation.