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Portland's "Voodoo Doughnut": The Magic Is In The Hole

by Willy Volk (RSS feed) on Feb 28th 2007 at 5:58PM

Triple Chocolate Penetration. Cock-n-Balls. Butter Fingering. No, these aren't the names of the movies your co-workers talk about in hushed voices. These are some of the doughnuts made by the whacked-out guys at Portland's Voodoo Doughnut. They also feature a Vegan doughnut, an Apple Fritter doughnut "as big as your head," and -- my favorite -- a voodoo doll doughnut, which is stuffed with berry filling. When you buy a voodoo doll doughnut, you're also given pretzels, so you can stab the doll, and watch the "blood" ooze out. It's better than being in the mafia...cuz you get to eat berry filling! Yummy!

Open 24 hours a day -- except for real, real early on Monday mornings -- the doughnut shop is very popular with the after-bar crowd. Yeah...I've always wanted a Tang doughnut after a night of heavy drinking. But evidently, it's good. Voodoo Doughnut also features local bands, Swahili lessons, and bizarre contests; in fact, their schedule of events is as eclectic as their menu. Oh, and I almost forgot: they perform weddings.

If you want to learn about these delish-nuts, check out some of the press they've received; gawk at their Flickr-hosted cult following; or set your TiVo to record the Travel Channel's Anthony Bourdain as he visits Voodoo Doughnut -- tonight at 1am!

Filed under: Food and Drink, United States

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