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Not Everyone's Psyched About The Psycho Donuts
Here at Jaunted we've been profiling Dunkin' Donuts Alternatives, places where you can find donuts created with care instead of just mass-produced glazed, jelly, and chocolate donuts and munchkins. We have to say, it's pretty hard not to want to eat a dozen donuts after writing about some of these delicious donut shops. Unless it's the Psycho Donuts shop in Campbell, Calif., in Silicon Valley.
As we mentioned the other week, at Psycho Donuts--from the moment you enter the shop to the type of donut you choose to devour--everything is styled as a mental illness hospital. ABC News reports:
In [owner Jordan] Zweigoron's shop, Psycho Donuts, customers are handed bubble wrap to pop as they come through the door. Cashiers dress in old-fashioned nurses' outfits and patrons can get their picture taken in straight jackets near a mock padded room before they head out to sit in the "group therapy" area.
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Cali Donut Shop Offers 'Donut Fries' And Insane Asylum Jokes
We recently proclaimed Portland’s VooDoo Doughnuts the home of America’s craziest donuts, but we might have to rethink that statement now that we’ve stumbled upon a competitor a couple of hundred miles to the south.
Psycho Donuts, which opened earlier this year in Campbell, California, just outside San Jose, challenges nearly every accepted orthodoxy of how donuts can be made, from odd flavors (like green tea) to shape (triangular), and toppings (rice krispies, Cocoa Puffs, and graham crackers). They even serve oblong “donut fries that come with donut ketchup for dipping." To complete the “psycho ward” theme, servers don lab coats and nurse outfits, while décor elements include a padded cell and straitjacket.
Not everyone is laughing—local mental health advocates have protested the store, taking umbrage at the lighthearted insane asylum jokes, like the “bipolar” donut above—half crushed peanut topping and half coconut shavings (actually one of their less crazy concoctions). Whether or not Psycho Donuts is convinced to tone down the jokes, we have a feeling these delectable donuts are here to stay.
Related Stories:
· Psycho Donuts [Official Sites]
· Campbell's Psycho Donuts owner to take on head of mental health organization in televised debate [San Jose Mercury News]
· Portland Has America's Craziest Doughnuts [Jaunted]
[Photo: Psycho Donuts ]
