Voodoo Doughnuts: Portland, OR

Voodoo DoughnutVoodoo Doughnuts is the kind of place that you would expect to exist in a city like Portland, Oregon.  It’s a doughnut shop with character, and it has a real cult following in the Pacific Northwest.  The sell all kinds of doughnuts, some of which have names that cannot be published on this website.  The real ingenuity occurred when someone decided to put breakfast cereal on top of a glazed doughnut, or thick-sliced bacon on a maple bar.  The latter is a real treat, and if you get the chance, I highly recommend that you try it.  Id’ liken it to eating pancakes with maple syrup, and stuffing some bacon into your already full mouth as you chew all of these ingredients together at the same time.  Sounds gross- taste amazing.  Just don’t ask for the nutritional facts.

The doughnut shop itself is rather small.  Open 21 hours a day to serve both the hung over and those well on their way to becoming hung over, their menu covers a wide range of new and dirty creations as well as traditional pastries.  If you don’t mind paying a bit of a premium for the opportunity to embark on a culturally unique experience, then check out this doughnut shop the next time you’re in town.

Some of the menu items include the ODB (Old Dirty Bastard), which is a chocolate glazed doughnut with chocolate frosting, chocolate sprinkles, and Oreo cookie crumbs on the top; the gay bar, which is a vanilla frosting-glazed bar with fruit loops on it, and the Arnold Palmer, which is lemon-glazed with tea powder on it.  They also have doughnuts with coco puffs, bubble gum, or marshmallows on top.  This shop even has a Nyquil glazed doughnut with a Pepto-Bismol filling for those of you who are feeling a little under the weather but are still looking to enjoy a uniquely-flavored doughnut.

Voodoo Doughnuts also offers a large selection of vegan doughnuts and explicitly-themed creations that can cost over $5 apiece.  You may also find yourself waiting in line for a few minutes, as this doughnut shop is quite popular with tourists and locals alike.  A quick visit to Voodoo Doughnut’s website offers some examples for those who think they may be brave enough to try one of the more unique pastries.

No visits to Voodoo Doughnuts is complete without an apparel purchase.  Since this doughnut shop has gained regional, and, arguably national fame, why not show your love of unique pastry concoctions with a pair of Voodoo Doughnuts hot pants of panties?  T-shirts just don’t cut it anymore do they?

So far Voodoo Doughnuts is an exclusively Portland establishment.  I could see how they would be successful up and down the west coast however.  I wonder though if their fame and cult following would be subdued if locations in multiple cities existed.  No matter how you top your doughnut or what crazy, non-politically correct name you give your pastries, no one does doughnuts quite like Voodoo Doughnuts.  They are definitely worth a try.  They only take cash though and you’re likely to spend around $20-$30 a dozen.  It’s worth it though, trust me.