Voodoo touts bike-friendliness at new location

A common sight at bike events.
(All photos © J. Maus)

Voodoo Doughnuts — a staple of baked goodness that has fueled countless Portland bike events — is celebrating their fifth anniversary and the opening of their second location, Voodoo Too (at 1501 NE Davis, just north of Sandy Blvd.)

According to employee Robin Ludwig, 90% of the people that work at Voodoo ride their bikes to work (and “all the time”). He also says that the new location will host regular bike-in movies and will have, “massive amounts of bike parking…this includes our fence which we’re encouraging people to use as a bike rack.”

Outside the new Voodoo Too.

A press release issued by Voodoo’s owners says “We need people on bikes because we are touting that Voodoo Too has the most bike parking in the Pacific Northwest.”

That’s a bold claim, so I rode by the new location this morning to check it out. I counted five staple racks out front and an imposing, wrought iron fence that I assume they think would make a perfect bike lock-up location.

UPDATE: Mr. Ludwig says, “We are currently building a covered bike parking structure in the parking lot and collecting old dented staples the city can’t use anymore…it should be done by this Friday.”

To kick off their anniversary and their new location (which will surely become a popular meeting spot for group bike rides), Voodoo has organized a parade for this Friday night. Ludwig says “a huge bike contingent [at the parade] would be awesome”.

Voodoo is hoping their parade is at least 1,000 people strong so come out and join what is sure to be a parade full of the eclectic mix of everything that makes Portland, Portland — and give a little back to the place that has donated (and sold for cheap) so many buckets of doughnuts to this city’s bike scene.

Voodoo Doughnuts Anniversary/Grand Opening Parade
Friday, May 30
Leaves at 7:00pm from downtown location (22 SW 3rd Ave)
Route will head across Burnside Bridge