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Portland's most photographed pastry: a yeast-raised maple-glazed doughnut bar topped with two strips of crisp bacon. The Voodoo Doughnut signature since 2003, on the menu at the Old Town shop daily.
Voodoo Doughnut opened in 2003 in a Portland storefront between two Old Town nightclubs. Co-founders Kenneth Pogson and Tres Shannon experimented with absurdity from the start, and the bacon maple bar (yeast bar, maple glaze, two crisp bacon strips) became the photograph that travelled. It crossed national TV in 2006 on Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, and it has been the bestselling Voodoo doughnut every year since. Portland claims it the way Chicago claims the slice. The pairing is older than the doughnut, with maple-and-bacon a southern brunch staple, but Voodoo gave it a wax-paper handle and a $5 price.
2 editor picks for Bacon Maple Bar in Portland, ranked by editorial score. All Portland signature dishes · Bacon Maple Bar across every city.
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Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai on NE Fremont Street Portland, the cult Portland mini-doughnut counter with rotating handmade chai flights and brunch trays.
TipOpen daily 07:00-16:00. The chai flight + a half-dozen mini doughnuts is the regular order; lines move fast.
Kenneth Pogson and Tres Shannon's original Voodoo Doughnut in Portland's Old Town, open since 2003 with the bacon maple bar that became a city symbol.
TipThe line moves faster than it looks. Cash and card. Open until 03:00 Thursday to Sunday.
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