Dough Joy Donuts to Open Brick-and-Mortar in Seattle

If you’ve been to Seattle recently, you’ve probably heard of the brightly colored food truck covered in donut doodles selling vegan donuts in the Ballard waterfront. Dough Joy started their food truck journey earlier this year and plans to open their first brick and mortar store this fall.

Handmade vegan donuts with yeast rearing

Dough Joy makes fresh handmade yeast-raised donuts every day and sells them from their food truck at various pop-up locations in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. Although the food truck only opened in May of this year, founders Sean Willis and Christopher Ballard have already made a name for themselves in the local community.

Dough Joy’s new store will be located at Capitol Hill, 1316 E Pike St, Seattle, WA 98122. Willis and Ballard are currently running a Kickstarter campaign to raise the capital they need to get started in the new space. If you’d like to help with the Kickstarter campaign, click here. The owners plan to use the campaign money to buy a variety of machines for the new store, including new kitchen gadgets, to streamline their baking process and keep up with demand for their donuts!

You can expect to see all of the Dough Joy classics in the new shop, like the Little Dippers – 10 classic donut holes served with a chocolate or caramel sauce – and the Strawberry Milkshake Donut. If they achieve their flex goal in the Kickstarter campaign, they will even plan to build a sidewalk cafe!

Vegan donuts in Seattle

While Dough Joy is building her new home, the food truck is going nowhere. Currently, the truck is located at 5401 17th Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117 Tuesday-Friday 7 am-2pm and Saturday and Sunday 9 am-2pm.

To raise awareness of their Kickstarter campaign – and bring their donuts to a wider audience – Dough Joy is going on a Donut Worry Be Happy tour in the greater Seattle area in the coming weeks. Check her Instagram for the latest schedule.

Visit DoughJoyDonuts.com to browse the menu, check for the latest specials, or place a pre-order to pick it up at the truck!