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Is The Holy Donut Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Portland, ME)

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As of September 2026, The Holy Donut is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed April 2026.

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Yelp ·
Secondary source
theholydonut.com

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What the source shows: Yelp's April 2026 update for the Commercial Street shop shows recent reviews and photos, and the business's own site lists that address among its current active locations.

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What happened after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's "Off-the-Chain Eats" episode (S18E2) featured The Holy Donut, a Portland, Maine bakery known for potato-based doughnuts, marketed on its own site as "Gourmet Potato Donuts." A direct check of theholydonut.com on 2026-09-08 returned the site loading normally, with a 2026 copyright notice, a working online-ordering system, and posted hours extending into early evening on weekends. Google Places lists the business as operational at 177 Commercial St, matching the address on file for this business's existing database record.

On Man v. Food, Casey Webb visited The Holy Donut in Portland, Maine, where the specialty is a dense, cake-style donut made with mashed Maine potatoes folded into the batter. The episode highlighted the bakery's rotating case of flavors, from classic sugar-and-cinnamon rounds to toppings like maple bacon and dark chocolate sea salt. The Holy Donut opened in Portland in 2010 as a small storefront and grew into a multi-location bakery, with shops on Commercial Street and Park Avenue in Portland plus a Scarborough location, according to the company's own website. Yelp's April 2026 update for the Commercial Street shop shows continued customer reviews and recent photos, and the bakery's own site lists that address among its current stores. The potato-donut format that drew the show's attention remains the shop's signature product line, sold daily across its Maine locations.

Featured on Food Paradise

Season / episode
Season 18, Episode 2
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Off-the-Chain Eats
What was featured
gourmet potato doughnuts
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
The Holy Donut
Season / episode
Season 8, Episode 26
Original air date
Episode title
—
What was featured
Maine potato donuts in rotating specialty flavors
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
The Holy Donut

Frequently asked questions

Is The Holy Donut still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, The Holy Donut is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed April 2026.

What happened to The Holy Donut after Food Paradise?

Food Paradise's "Off-the-Chain Eats" episode (S18E2) featured The Holy Donut, a Portland, Maine bakery known for potato-based doughnuts, marketed on its own site as "Gourmet Potato Donuts." A direct check of theholydonut.com on 2026-09-08 returned the site loading normally, with a 2026 copyright notice, a working online-ordering system, and posted hours extending into early evening on weekends. As of September 2026, The Holy Donut is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed April 2026.

Where is The Holy Donut located?

177 Commercial St, Portland, ME 04102. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Food Paradise featured The Holy Donut?

Season 18, Episode 2 of Food Paradise. The episode is titled “Off-the-Chain Eats”.

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Address
177 Commercial St, Portland, ME 04102
Venue type
bakery
Official website
theholydonut.com

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