'I made a Nyquil donut': A look back at Voodoo Doughnut's 2003 opening
Back before the pink boxes you see all over PDX, Voodoo Doughnut was a small upstart shop started by Tres Shannon and Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson in 2003, with an eye toward things just a little differently. OK, maybe very differently. From their hole-in-the-wall shop behind a nondescript door in Portland’s Old Town, KGW reporter Jack Penning spoke with the owners about their inexperience, their ideas and their big new contract for the LPGA Women’s Open, which was in Oregon that year.
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