Unabashed

I’ve never been to Portland. It’s a long, long way away from me. It would be absurd to think that I would make a 2500 mile journey just to go to a doughnut shop. But then, I might just do it. See, there’s this place over yonder called Voodoo Doughnut. I learned about it on the show No Reservations (yes, I am a Tivoer of the show) and I immediatly thought this was the best idea and best product in the world. Okay. Maybe not in the world but awfully damned good still. Why is Voodoo Doughnut so awesome?

• Their logo is great (see me in my new Voodoo Doughnut t-shirt at right, trying to look cool).
• Their slogan is sensational: “The Magic is in the Hole.”
• They sell doughnuts.
• They sometimes put bacon on their doughnuts.
• The word Voodoo is one of my favorite words; it evokes thoughts of mysticism and secret things.
• The word Doughnut is one of my favorite words; it evokes thoughts of slavering buttery fluffy tasty wonderful goodness.
• I love doughnuts. I don’t eat them though, because I love them so much. If I ate doughnuts my 16 stone frame would expand so rapidly they might hear the resulting sonic boom in Portland. 

They really need to expand. They need a shop in New Orleans and they need a shop in Hoover, AL. The one in New Orleans would be because, well, obviously just because. It’s Voodoo Doughnut. New Orleans is where Voodoo Doughnut belongs. The one in Hoover would be so I wouldn’t have to travel 2500 miles to get one. I pledge to purchase one bacon doughnut every morning (workdays only) if they will put establish a Voodoo Doughnut in Hoover. So let it be written, so let it be done.

Here’s a documentary filmed about Voodoo Doughnut, which doesn’t make it look even remotely as cool as it looked in the No Reservations Pacific NW episode in which a needy Tony Bourdain stood outside the closed shop one gray morning screaming at the sign, “Bacon Doughnut!”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cTDh5TQaaw[/youtube]

written by Matt Mitchell