This Aloha shop is the place to be for those who love a cake doughnut — moist and almost custardy, the crumb on Donut Day’s fritters and chocolate glazed is downright decadent. The raised rings also have a nice fluffiness, for those who prefer something a little lighter. Flavors change periodically, but if a pineapple fritter appears in the case, it’s worth an order.

This Tanasbourne doughnut shop is beloved by its neighbors, thanks to its doughnuts’ deep color from a longer fry in shortening. That means these doughnuts have a nice touch of crispness that gives way to a light, soft crumb. The shop serves vegan doughnuts on Saturdays, with curbside pickup available for those who call ahead.

Sesame Donuts has multiple doughnut counters throughout the greater Portland area, making it the most commuter-accessible on this list. The original location on the Beaverton-Hillsdale

Highway is a good choice for people on the west side, but the downtown shop is still open for a sweet bite pre-Saturday farmers market. The shop’s doughnuts are reminiscent of Dunkin Donuts, but better — expect a lighter, fresher dough and more care given to glazes and toppings.

This Portland-based doughnut chain uses a family recipe for its dough, which gives its raised rings a nice springiness to pair with the shop’s house-roasted coffee. Coco’s assortment of mochi doughnuts, with rotating flavors like Oreo and matcha, serve as a nice juxtaposition to any of the heartier, chocolate-coated variations.

Because of its central location on Southeast Grand, the cheerfully blue Delicious Donuts gets plenty of traffic, particularly with workers grabbing a breakfast sandwich built on a glazed ring. Even with the morning bustle, it’s still worth a stop for fluffy maple bars or elaborate peanut-butter-and-jelly-slathered behemoths. Visitors can also customize their doughnuts, if they order them at least 24 hours in advance.

What started as a pop-up specializing in butter mochi doughnuts has turned into a tiny shop on Portland’s 28th Avenue restaurant row, with another on the way. This 100-percent gluten-free and dairy-free shop serves rings of soft, springy doughnuts with a gentle give, in an exciting range of rotating flavors. For example, any given visit may involve doughnuts filled with passionfruit curd, rings glazed with calamansi lemonade icing, or orange-hued Thai tea pastries. Mikiko is also available via delivery.

Blue Star Donuts is a culinarily-minded doughnut chain in Portland — in shops that are bright, airy, and modern, Blue Star crafts brioche-based doughnuts topped and filled with ingredients more commonly found in a high-end pastry chef’s kitchen. Although the doughnuts are much pricier than most and have a denser crumb than a traditional raised doughnut, it’s worth the stop to indulge in fancy varieties like horchata glazed, raspberry rosemary, and Cointreau crème brûlée. Vegan options are no afterthought — the passionfruit cake and powdered sugar-coated orange olive oil are both standouts.

In a pristine location in the Hollywood District, Doe Donuts is the vegan answer to both Blue Star and Voodoo. Doughnut flavors are on the more creative side, with options like strawberry milk and earl grey available year-round. Doe is also one of the few Portland shops to sell seasonal savory doughnuts — think green chile mac and cheese or spaghetti and garlic bread. Although the doughnuts are on the pricier end of the spectrum, Doe makes all its ingredients in-house and donates to various local charities each month.

Annie’s is a cult favorite among Portland’s classic doughnut purists, with a ’50s-nostalgic interior and a case filled with everything from the quintessential old fashioneds to devil’s food cake doughnuts. The pale blonde fry at Annie’s highlights the not-too-sweet glazes and toppings. If there’s a peanut butter butterfly in the case, grab it before it’s gone; they tend to sell out.

Lisa Nguyen started Heyday as a pop-up, pulling inspiration from the broader Asian American culinary lexicon — using a combination of wheat and rice flours, Nguyen would serve doughnuts in flavors like baked ube and coconut sweet corn (a play on the Vietnamese dessert chè bắp). At her counter within the Collective Oregon Eateries food hall, also known as CORE, Nguyen serves airy doughnuts in flavors like passionfruit chocolate or ca phe sua (Vietnamese iced coffee), as well as chewier baked doughnuts, including coconut pandan and the original favorite — baked ube. You’ll also spot Heyday doughnuts at coffee shops like Portland Ca Phe, Electrica, and Less and More.

This little red barn of a doughnut shop serves golden doughnuts fried fresh throughout the day. The flavors range from cherry cake to coconut cream raised, often with a generous dose of sprinkles or glaze. Donut World is a fun spot for those seeking doughnut holes — often a necessary pit stop pre-road trip.