Blue Star Donuts

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

Blue Star Donuts is a small chain of donut stores with four locations in Portland, Oregon. [1] [2]

Contents

Blue star manufactures their donuts in central facility in Portland and distribute them to various locations instead of locating a fryer in each store. [3]

History

Blue Star opened its first location in 2012. [2] It launched a CBD-infused donut in 2019. [4] It went under a major downsizing in June 2020. [5] It declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2020, but was reorganized and emerged from protection in December 2020. [6]

All locations were temporarily closed in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, [7] and began selling "limited edition" products in grocery stores. [8] [9]

American chef Andrew Zimmern visited for an episode of the Travel Channel series The Zimmern List . [10]

It did have a presence in Los Angeles from 2015 until abrupt closure in July 2024. [11] In January 2025, it again abruptly closed two additional locations in Portland, Oregon. [2]

Reception

In 2024, Richard Foss of Easy Reader wrote "Their doughnuts were very pretty, very expensive, and not that good." [12] In 2018, a group of staff writers from The Oregonian scored Blue Star 4.29 out of 10 whose donuts were priced at over $3.50 at the time. [13] Blue Star was a runner-up in the Best Donut category of Willamette Week 's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2022 and 2024. [14] [15]

References

  1. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (June 9, 2020). "Blue Star Dramatically Downsizes, Permanently Closing Three More Stores". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Portland donut chain Blue Star downsizes by abruptly closing 2 shops". KOIN.com. 2025-01-02. Archived from the original on 2025-01-02. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  3. ↑ "A Hole New World". Oregon Business. 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  4. ↑ "That's so Portland: Blue Star releases first CBD-infused donut". kgw.com. 19 February 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2020-06-09). "Blue Star Dramatically Downsizes, Permanently Closing Three More Stores". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  6. ↑ Lalley, Heather (December 10, 2020). "Blue Star Donuts emerges from bankruptcy". Restaurant Business. Archived from the original on 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  7. ↑ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (April 8, 2020). "After Temporarily Closing All Its Locations, Blue Star Now Sells Doughnuts in Grocery Stores". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Blue Star Donuts now in grocery stores". April 8, 2020. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Portland doughnut shops evolve to stay open". kgw.com. 9 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. ↑ "Portland, Oregon". Travel Channel. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  11. ↑ Roland, Rebecca (2024-07-18). "One of LA's First New-School Doughnut Shops Just Suddenly Closed". Eater LA. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  12. ↑ Foss, Richard (2024-04-25). "Variations on a Donut: Cambodian, Classic, and Modern". Easy Reader News. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  13. ↑ Russell, Michael (2018-05-31). "Portland's best doughnut shops, ranked". oregonlive. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  14. ↑ "Food Winners". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  15. ↑ "2024 Best of Portland Readers' Poll: Food". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2025-05-20.
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