Voodoo Doughnut Materializes in Southern California

There’s no telling how far you’ll go for a prominent doughnut. To the far reaches of dwarf planet 2014 UZ224? Perhaps a little too far. The Valley? That works. And so it’s our great pleasure to inform you that Voodoo Doughnut, Portland’s notorious house of black magic and icing, is now soft-open at Universal Citywalk with 60 doughnut variations. Figured you’d be into a peek. Yes, you’ll have to scale the hill to Universal’s mall to reach this Pepto-colored temple of carbohydrates. Which isn’t ideal for grabbing a doughnut and coffee for your morning freeway-to-work shuffle. But it is ideal for obtaining… —Three dozen doughnuts served in a sizeable wooden coffin. To-go. —The eponymous Voodoo doughnut, which bleeds jam when pricked with a pretzel stick. —Macchiato from the Stumptown station. —Doughnuts encrusted in famous breakfast cereals. —Visions of a Harry Dean Stanton black velvet painting. —A pink box that sort of resembles a heavy metal record. —A Southern California-only “Hollywood Cream,” distinguishable mostly for its maple glaze and sunglasses made of icing. —A nook where weddings are conducted in front of a casket. We just wrote that entirely true last sentence.