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A longtime downtown fixture, Donut Bar, has closed after seven years of operation.

We always liked the place, always said nice things and would’ve been sad to see it go, but they blocked us on Twitter after we shared news of the closure, so we’re finding it hard to muster the strength to give a crap.

Those Homer doughnuts, though.

You’d need a manhole cover for scale. Sorry, “personhole.”

Donut Bar’s team, evidently populated by social marketing geniuses, posted this on Instagram, where we aren’t blocked yet, but give it a minute, “As of today, our journey has sadly come to an end here at Donut Bar Las Vegas. We have had a wonderful seven years with you all! We appreciate you starting your mornings with us. We will keep you all posted on what’s next in the future. Thank you to all our supporters, staff, family and friends!”

It seems there’s already another doughnut shop in the works for the space. Donut Bar shared in its post, “Please support our friends Carl’s Donuts as they will be taking over.”

Chatter is Donut Bar is selling its brand, but no other information about the timing of the closure is available. Other than they suck.

Setting our personal butt-hurt (sorry, indignation) aside for 15 seconds, the doughnuts were awesome, and we loved the marketing hook that Donut Bar sold out every day. How do we know this? The shop would write “Sold Out” on its windows every day.

Because baking fewer than the number of doughnuts you know you’ll need ensures you’ll sell out every day. It’s not rocket science. Ditto making doughnuts, all due respect.

The closure of Donut Bar comes on the heels of another downtown restaurant closing, Smashing Pig. There have been questions about whether these closures have anything to do with fallout of Tony Hsieh’s passing. While Hsieh was involved wish Smashed Pig, he was not involved with Donut Bar, so unrelated.

Before Donut Bar’s recent Twitter dumbassery, it was a charming part of downtown’s “restaurant row,” a stretch that includes The Parlour (previously 14 different Mexican restaurants), Carson Kitchen, VegeNation, 7th & Carson and others.

Going out on a high note. Specifically, “What are you, high?”

As for Carl’s, they’ve been in Las Vegas for 20 years or so. There’s a chance you’ve had doughnuts from Carl’s Donuts if you’ve ever had one at a convenience store in Las Vegas, as the company has supplied pastries to dozens of such stores for decades.

Farewell Donut Bar, and if you ever remove your collective heads from your collective asses, we hope you find success elsewhere. If you open somewhere else in Las Vegas, we plan to talk shit about you, so heads up. So to speak.



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