Doughnut Shop

Links updated Tuesday, 08 July 2008

Family Doughnut Shop
A description of Family Doughnut Shop from Seattle Weekly.

Voodoo Doughnut - The Magic is in the Hole!!!
The world famous Voodoo Doughnut shop located in Portland, Oregon. The Magic is in the hole.

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For over thirty years, this Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop sold the tasty treats to those traveling along Independence Boulevard. The store closed in the 1990s.

Monster Garage: Doughnut Shop/Cop Car DVD - SHOP.COM
Jesse swears in a team of police officers for his most delicious project yet - a mobile doughnut shop. 50 minutes.

Clipart of Man drinking coffee on stool in doughnut shop
Man drinking coffee on stool in doughnut shop by Image Club. Fotosearch Stock Photography helps you find the perfect photo, fast!

- In North America, it is not infrequent to see police officers taking their breaks at a doughnut shop, which has led to police being stereotyped as pudgy doughnut eaters. While people in many trades and professions work "on the road" and take coffee breaks at doughnut shops, the stereotype exists largely because police officers and their vehicles are identifiable. Police officers may also prefer to visit doughnut shops because many of them serve free coffee to the police. As well, many police officers work late at night, and often the only place to go to get something to eat or drink is at a doughnut shop.

In California, the doughnut became an economic gateway for Cambodians who began to immigrate in the 1970s. In the way Italians and Croatians worked in restaurants, and Chinese immigrants in laundries, the newest wave of California immigrants began frying doughnuts. With prepared mixes, a simple cooking procedure and relatively low buy-in costs, the doughnut shop became a reliable way into the American dream. At one point a few years ago, according to estimates published in AsianWeek, as many as 90 percent of California's independent doughnut shops were owned by Cambodians.

Although competition from the Krispy Kreme juggernaut and coffee shop chains like Starbucks have cut that number, Cambodians in the Bay Area still have a firm hand on the doughnut fryer.

"I have a couple of friends whose relatives have doughnut shops. My dad's cousin has a doughnut shop, and at least one other friend is thinking about a doughnut shop," says Phillip Lim, president of the Cambodian American Resource Agency.