Cartems co-founder Jordan Cash claims the idea to open a donut shop first came to him in his sleep. Now, with a second donuterie location opened in Mount Pleasant, it seems the dream is recurrent.
The space, in the 103-year-old Edwardian-style Ashnola Building on Main has been transformed by designer Ricky Alvarez into a sun-lit cream-coloured hub with wood slab tables, restored fir floors, stump stools and original photography of hands splashed over with donut-glaze (you need to see it). There’s no kitchen; rather, the team will continuously ferry fresh batches of donuts from Cartems’ Pender flagship—in a van powered by recycled frying oil, no less. Elysian coffee and Earnest Ice Cream are available, too, to pair with your petal-speckled Earl Grey donut.
Living the dream. —Adrienne Matei
Cartems Donuterie, 2190 Main St., Vancouver, 778-707-1114, cartems.com
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