Weird Portland Wednesday: Doughnut Delights

I remember when Krispy Kreme doughnuts were the thing. I saw people getting off their flights from the East Coast carrying three or four Krispy Kreme doughnut boxes. No carry-on luggage; simply Krispy Kreme. See, we didn't have any Krispy Kreme shops here in Oregon. Even though KK started back in 1937, it pretty much stayed in the south.  It finally hit California in about 1999 and Oregon and Washington soon followed.  Yay Krispy Kreme.

Except I didn't really find them all that good. They sometimes gave me heartburn and if they weren't warm, they were just a doughnut. Don't get me wrong. I love doughnuts. I'm excited when I visit my sister and we go to the best little donuts and bagel shop in LaVerne.  

And then Portland--TaDa!--Portland got it's own doughnuts.  They are not just yummy, they are weirdly yummy. Voodoo Doughnuts!

Here's their story:

In 2000, Portlanders Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson and Tres Shannon decided to embark on a shared entrepreneurial venture – something that combined quality hospitality with their daring do-it-yourself brand of show business.

Research revealed that downtown Portland lacked a single doughnut shop, so in 2003 they rented a hole-in-the-wall storefront scrunched between two Old Town nightclubs, joked to friends and family about being bent on “world doughnut domination,” and opened Voodoo Doughnut. Their initial pastry offerings were a mix of the classic and the unconventional. They included various sideshows such as legal weddings, concerts in the loft space atop Voodoo’s duct tape-muraled bathroom and weekly Swahili lessons.

Who doesn't love a good Swahili lesson?

 The menu is what makes the place fit for Portland. They serve traditional donuts, sure, but why have something you can get a Duncan Donuts when you can get extra yummy different ones at VooDoo!? You know, like a VooVoo Doll, filled with raspberry jelly and a pretzel stick for a pin. Or a Memphis Mafia: Fried dough with banana chunks and cinnamon covered in glaze, drizzled in chocolate and peanut butter with peanuts and chocolate chips on top. And how can we pass up the Easy Keasy Lemon Peasy, raised yeast doughnut filled with lemon jelly, tie dyed vanilla frosting and gummy “acid” cube (a Warhead sour Chewy Cube)? 

Check them all out and grab something weird, something perfect in Portland.
https://www.voodoodoughnut.com/doughnuts/

And that's how we keep Portland weird.
peace~~~