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Mike's Doughnuts

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The man in the kitchen today is not named Mike, but there really IS a “Mike.” The original Mike is Mike Copoulos. Mike's DonutsCopoulos bought the bakery at 1524 Tremont Street in the late 1950’s. But the history of the bakery goes back to the 1920s, when it was a German bakery. Back in the late 1880s, many German immigrants settled in Mission Hill to work in the breweries that lined the Stony Brook (which still exists, now in a conduit beneath Columbus Avenue.) The building was constructed in 1898-99 - perhaps there was always a bakery on the ground floor! By the 1940s, Mission Hill was home to an increasing number of Irish immigrants, and 1524 Tremont was the location of an Irish bakery. The bakery was then acquired by two brothers, John and Philip; at this time it was called Mission Hill Bakery. John and Philip sold the bakery to their cousin Mike in 1959. Mike developed the bakery into Mike’s Donuts. Mike was known to make the best donuts around – there are still many who will attest to his skills in the kitchen. He also owned about 45 racing dogs, and some theorize that his reason for changing the bakery to a donut shop was to simplify operations so that he could spend more time with his dogs. Still, his hand-cut, hot honey-dipped donuts were unrivalled, and the recipe lives on today.

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