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Is Blue Star Donuts Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Portland, OR)

Food Paradise, Season 11 Portland, Oregon

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Blue Star Donuts is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The business's website (checked 2026-09-08, 2026 copyright, active shipping/ordering) and Wikipedia (revised 2026-02-01, describing a four-location Portland chain with centralized production) are two independent current sources. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

Blue Star Donuts appeared in the 'Carb Overload' episode as a Portland doughnut shop known for baking all of its doughnuts at a single central production facility and shipping them out to its stores rather than frying in-house at each location, according to Wikipedia (revised 2026-02-01). The same Wikipedia entry describes Blue Star Donuts as a small chain with four locations in Portland, Oregon. On 2026-09-08 the company's website, bluestardonuts.com, carried a 2026 copyright notice and displayed an active ordering system offering pickup, local delivery, and nationwide shipping, along with gift cards and corporate ordering.

The same site check listed a current careers page and separate pages for company history, press and awards, and a locations directory. The website's homepage was titled to highlight its shipping option, matching the shipping and delivery links featured in its main navigation menu.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 11

Episode 3
Air date not confirmed
Title: Carb Overload · What was featured: central-facility doughnut production and shipping across a four-location Portland chain
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

Also in Season 11 Food Paradise

Season 11: 73 of 126 still open · 7 renamed, moved or under new owners

All 15 Season 11 episodes →

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. bluestardonuts.com https://www.bluestardonuts.com/
  2. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Star_Donuts
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Record fp-0764 · checked by Cal Marchetti.