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Join Today. Sign Up. I Support Learn More. Latest Stories. More ». The 1,square foot Top Pot Donuts location is scheduled to open in the summer of Founded in , Top Pot Doughnuts is headquartered in Seattle and is a producer of hand-forged doughnuts, fresh roasted coffee, pastries and sandwiches.

The company owns and operates 16 cafes in the Puget Sound region and is the official doughnut provider to Kroger grocery stores QFC and Ralphs of California. For more information visit: www.

State Farm is leasing two million square feet in four office towers from KDC at CityLine, and KDC is also developing a ,square-foot office complex for Raytheon at the development. Mark was more pragmatic. The funky retro umbrellas? At this point, Michael has stepped back from day-to-day Top Pot operation. He found a new muse: booze. In opening the bar, he took the same approach he did with the doughnut shops. The details mattered, from the glassware to the signage.

Later, he and partner Erik Chapman decided to distill their own spirits. Finally, you say, wow! I never tasted that before. A relative of the cucumber, which is a well-known pair with gin, melon rinds are a key ingredient in their Hedge Trimmer gin. The melons are grown in Eastern Washington. In , Alaska Airlines—going for that unique, local feel—began offering Sun Liquor gin, vodka and rum on all of its flights.

For years, Michael has carried around sketchbooks in which he obsessively records ideas and inspirations. He estimates that he has filled a hundred of them. Some of the ideas have become elements in the doughnut brand; others in Sun Liquor; still others have yet to be realized. The food is an extension of it.

Along the way, there have been ups and downs.