Blue Star Donuts

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Blue Star Donuts
Company typeChain
IndustryDonuts
Headquarters
Area served
United States
Website Official website

Blue Star Donuts is a small chain of gourmet donut shops. The business has operated in Portland, Oregon, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. [1]

Contents

History

Blue Star launched a CBD-infused donut in 2019. [2] It went under a major downsizing in June 2020. [3] It declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2020, but was reorganized and emerged from protection in December 2020. [4]

All locations were temporarily closed in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, [5] and began selling "limited edition" products in grocery stores. [6] [7]

American chef Andrew Zimmern visited for an episode of the Travel Channel series The Zimmern List . [8]

Locations

Previously, there were locations in downtown Portland, NW 23rd Ave, Beaverton Progress Ridge and Multnomah Village all of which closed between May and June 2020. [12] [1]

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