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Along with many others, Gabrielle and Michael lost their jobs when the service industry shut down in Denver.

Pandemic Donuts was born out of a mixture of love and necessity. Gabrielle is a Pastry Chef and Michael is a long time coffee industry die hard

10/16/2025

P.S. This was the first picture I took of one of our donuts 🥹

06/05/2025

Moose has been gone since Saturday. He wasn’t just a dog—he was our constant, our quiet companion, our shadow. For nine years, he was with us everywhere, always close, always steady. The absence is heavy. We miss him with everything we have, and we always will.

We’ve lost our shadow.

But we’ll try to carry him forward—in the way we move through the world, with his kindness, his calm, his love. That’s how we’ll keep him close.

Thank you to everyone who gave to the GoFundMe. Your generosity helped cover several of the tests they ran on him. It lifted some of the weight in the middle of all that fear and sadness. We’re so grateful.

12/18/2024

Christmas is one week away, so you know what that means!? 🎄❗️Christmas Eve pre-order boxes❗️🎄 DM to get on the list and/or get more info 😜 Can’t wait to make your Christmas treats! ♥️

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Wednesday	6am - 2pm
Thursday	6am - 2pm
Friday	6am - 2pm
Saturday	6am - 2pm
Sunday	6am - 2pm

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http://www.pandemicdonuts.com/

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Westword

MARK ANTONATION | APRIL 21, 2020 | 9:30AM

Businesses are still being born during the COVID-19 crisis — even food-service businesses. But if one thing comes of this fact, hopefully it will be that, in a few years, we will all have a hard time remembering why Gabrielle Henning and Michael Milton decided to name their startup Pandemic Donuts.

Henning and Milton hatched their plan to start making doughnuts after getting laid off from their jobs running the coffee counter at Improper City, the multi-use venue that closed on March 17 along with every other bar and restaurant. Henning is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America who has worked as a line cook in several restaurants and was the opening pastry chef for Stowaway Kitchen, and Milton grew up in St. Louis as the son of coffee shop owners, so breakfast is in his blood. With newfound time on their hands, the two quickly nailed down recipes for yeast-risen and old-fashioned doughnuts with bright and flavorful glazes and toppings.

Each Pandemic doughnut comes with its own doughnut hole.

"I try to make them as bright and colorful as possible because you eat with your eyes first," Henning explains. "And because of my culinary background, I approach flavors with the mind of a cook."

So on any given day, you might find Key lime pie or lemon-lavender doughnuts, but the classics are available, too. "We'll always have plain glazed and chocolate sprinkle doughnuts, because a lot of people just like the basics," she adds.

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Other flavors include lemon poppyseed, white chocolate and mango, maple, cinnamon streusel and blueberry cheesecake; sprinkles, drizzles, powders and pieces of real fruit add appeal.

Milton explains that the doughnut flavors rotate weekly and the flavors for each day of the week — currently Wednesday through Sunday — are posted on the Pandemic Donuts website every Tuesday at 7 a.m., so you can order ahead if something strikes your fancy. Prices are $15 for a half-dozen and $25 for a dozen, and as a bonus, each doughnut is crowned with its own doughnut hole, so you get an extra bite for your buck. Bags of Queen City Collective Coffee beans are also available in the online shop.

Pandemic Donuts is a cottage bakery for now, offering pick-up or delivery to specific Denver zip codes listed on the website. Limited space equals limited doughnuts, so they've been selling out quickly. But Milton and Henning hope to move into a commissary kitchen soon and, eventually, to open their own brick-and-mortar doughnut cafe. The couple says their business was "born out of a mixture of love and necessity." Once they have room to grow, Henning and Milton plan to hire other industry workers impacted by the pandemic, and they're currently donating at least one box of doughnuts to a Denver hospital each week.