H O W  I T  A L L  S T A R T E D

IT  ALL  STARTED  WITH  MIKE'S  MOTHER,  KATHY,  THE  INSPIRATION  BEHIND  DONUT  LOVE.  FOR  AS  LONG  AS  HE COULD  REMEMBER,  MIKE  WOULD  HEAR  HIS  MOTHER  EXPRESS  HER  DESIRE  TO  OPEN  A  BAKERY  WHERE  ALL FAMILY  MEMBERS  COULD  WORK  AND  SPEND  TIME  TOGETHER.

KATHY  LOST  HER  LONG  COURAGEOUS  BATTLE  WITH  CANCER  IN  2016.  SHORTLY  AFTER,  MIKE, A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER,  WAS  HOME  ON  PATERNITY  LEAVE  AND  BRAINSTORMING  WAYS  TO  HONOR  HIS  MOTHER.  THATS  WHEN  IT  HIT  HIM.  DONUTS!  WHO  DOESN'T  LOVE  A  GOOD  DONUT!?  AFTER  MANY RECIPE  EXPERIMENTS  IN  HIS  KITCHEN  WITH  A  TINY  FRYOLATOR,  THE  POTATO  CONCOCTION WAS  BORN.

MIKE'S  DONUTS  ARE  DIFFERENT  AND  DELICIOUS.  CRUNCHY  ON  THE  OUTSIDE  AND  CAKEY  ON THE  INSIDE.  AFTER  GAINING  A  HUGE  FOLLOWING  THROUGH  FARMERS  MARKETS  AND  HOME DELIVERIES  ACROSS  THE  GREATER  SEACOAST  AREA,  THE  DONUT  LOVE  SHOP  FINALLY OPENED  IN  NORTH  HAMPTON  IN  THE  SUMMER  OF  2017.

IF  YOU  HEAD  OVER  TO  THEIR  SHOP  ON  LAFAYETTE  RD.,  YOU  CAN OFTEN  FIND  MIKE'S  WIFE,  STEPH BEHIND  THE  REGISTER  AND  THE  DONUT  KING  HIMSELF,  WHIPPING  UP  HIS  NEXT  DELICIOUS DONUT  CREATION  IN  THEIR  OPEN  KITCHEN.  THEIR  INFECTIOUS  SMILES  WILL  HAVE  YOU GRINNING  FROM  EAR  TO  EAR. 

MIKE  AND  STEPH  ARE  PROUD  TO  UPHOLD   THEIR  VISION  OF  ALWAYS  USING  FRESH, WHOLESOME,  AND  LOCAL  INGREDIENTS  AT  THE  FOREFRONT  OF  THEIR  PRODUCTS.  THEIR DONUTS  ARE  MADE  WITH  LOVE  TO  HONOR  AN  INCREDIBLE  MOTHER  AND  IN  TURN  IT  SERVES HER  MISSION  OF  BRINGING  FAMILIES  TOGETHER  OVER DELICIOUS  TREATS.