This Quirky Portland-Based Donut Shop Is All Kinds Of Eccentric
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The next time you’re in a city that has Voodoo Doughnut, you’ll want to add the Portland-based shop to your list of places to hit. Known for its eclectic donuts, quirky decor and iconic bubblegum-pink donut boxes covered with illustrations of voodoo priests, Voodoo Doughnut offers quite the experience. The company has two shops and a cart in Portland, as well as locations in Colorado, Texas, California and Taiwan.
The unusual donut shop has more than 50 different donuts and donut artists will create unique fried-dough creations upon request. Sugary cereals play a big role in the flavor varieties and the names keep on getting more creative with each donut.
You’ll find donuts like the Old Dirty Bastard, which is chocolate-frosted with Oreo cookies and peanut butter. The Oh Captain, My Captain incorporates vanilla frosting and Captain Crunch, while the Memphis Mafia is cinnamon-glazed with chocolate, peanut butter, peanuts and chocolate chips. The Ain’t That a Peach boasts fried dough and peach chunks, glaze, cream cheese frosting and pink and orange sprinkles. The Voodoo Bubble has vanilla frosting, bubble gum dust and a piece of Double Bubble in the middle.
Whenever someone famous passes away, Voodoo commemorates the event by creating a specialty memorial donut. Co-founders and friends Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson and Tres Shannon believe this helps employees of the company to express their creativity and artistic desires.
The donuts start at 95 cents and go up in price depending on the ingredients and design. They come in all different handmade shapes and sizes. This quirky donut shop aims to help “Keep Portland Weird,” which is a slogan you’ll see all over the city.
While you might not care about the religious aspects of Vodou, which inspired the eccentric donut shop, it’s cool to know the origins of what you’re eating. Vodou is a religion that is said to have originated in Africa and it’s thought to be a combination of different African, Catholic and Native American traditions. Vodou is community-centered and supports individual experience, empowerment and responsibility. Within the community, it’s believed that death is just a transition, so people are still here in spirit to watch over and inspire us.
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