Voodoo Doughnut expanding to Denver


Voodoo Doughnut is expanding to Denver, Colorado.

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Voodoo Doughnut is expanding to Denver, Colorado.

Co-owners Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson and Tres Shannon have been flying back and forth from Denver, talking with tourism boosters and city officials there while scouting out storefronts. They recently signed a lease on a space approximately the size of Voodoo Doughnut Too, the store’s Northeast Portland location.

“It’s on East Colfax, this great gritty avenue, which used to be really, really scary and sleazy,” Shannon says. “It’s kind of like being on Burnside. There’s a dentist nearby and a wonderful … lesbian bar with a pink pool table, the same color as our boxes. That’s a good sign. And there’s a tattoo parlor and then a medical marijuana dispensary. It’s kind of like one-stop shopping.”

Circumstances also lined up in Denver’s favor. The city offered Voodoo tax credits if it eventually hires more than 35 employees, applicable retroactively. And a homesick Voodoo Too manager from Colorado agreed to run the Denver store.

Read more at OregonLive.com.

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