Tres Shannon

The Path

Voodoo Doughnut has been co-owned by Tres Shannon since 2003, and Voodoo Doughnut Recordings has had Shannon as co-founder since 2014. Those dates map a career built around invention, with the Portland company staying close to the original impulse that shaped it.

The Work Today

The craft here is doughnut-making with a broad inventive register: flavors and products that balance the familiar against the unexpected. Tres Shannon’s role has kept that approach in view since 2003, and the continuity matters in a business where identity is part of the work. With Voodoo Doughnut Recordings, started in 2014, that same impulse extends beyond the case and into a wider creative frame. That approach has given Voodoo Doughnut a fixed place in Portland’s food scene, where the name itself signals a certain audacity. The work has stayed tied to a single authorship through Shannon, and that steadiness gives the brand its recognizability as it grows.

Signature

Tres's signature dishes include Bacon Maple Bar, Grape Ape, Old Dirty Bastard, and Maple Blazer Blunt. Taken together, they show the house style plainly: sweet, rich, eccentric, and built to be read before they are tasted.

In Their Words “We look forward to spreading the mojo to everybody and have a great time.” The line matches the shop’s public-facing style: direct, loose, and built around shared enjoyment rather than polish. “I try not to question its success.” There is restraint in that answer. Some products catch because the mix is right, and the work is to keep making them.