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Stan's Donuts
Stan's Donuts was founded in Westwood, near UCLA, in 1965 by Stan Berman, who became known for personally handing out free donuts to students during exam weeks, building a devoted campus-area following that helped the small shop become a genuine Los Angeles institution. The original Westwood location closed in 2003, and the brand was later revived and expanded by new owners into a small multi-city chain, including locations in Chicago, while working to preserve recipes and a customer experience true to Berman's original shop. Stan's became particularly known for its peanut butter chocolate donut, a specific flavor combination that developed a devoted cult following distinct from more traditional glazed or filled donut varieties offered by larger chains. Stan's Donuts's combination of its beloved original campus-area shop culture and its successful modern revival into new cities has made it one of the more nostalgically regarded independent donut brands in the country.
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Voodoo Doughnut
Voodoo Doughnut was founded in Portland, Oregon in 2003 by Kenneth "Cat Daddy" Pogson and Tres Shannon, built around deliberately outrageous, novelty-driven donut creations topped with ingredients like breakfast cereal, bacon, and Pepto-Bismol-pink frosting, distinguishing it sharply from traditional donut shop offerings. The shop's original single Old Town Portland location, open 24 hours and famous for hosting spontaneous wedding ceremonies performed by staff who were deputized as licensed officiants, became a genuine only-in-Portland cultural landmark and tourist attraction independent of its donuts alone. Voodoo Doughnut's Bacon Maple Bar, combining a maple-frosted donut with strips of bacon on top, became one of its most widely imitated signature creations, helping popularize the broader trend of savory-sweet donut combinations across the wider donut industry. Voodoo Doughnut's combination of its deliberately outrageous novelty creations and its quirky, only-in-Portland shop culture has made it one of the most distinctive donut destinations in the country.
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