Parlor Doughnuts reveals additional plans for new Downtown Evansville location

John T. Martin, Evansville Courier & Press
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EVANSVILLE – Parlor Doughnuts' new Downtown Evansville flagship location, at Second and Main streets, also will serve as the chain's corporate office and a training center for new franchisees, according to owners of the rapidly growing chain.

Renovation work has started in ground-floor spaces at 200 and 202-204 Main St., and construction documents were presented to the Board of Site Review at a meeting Monday.

The growth of Parlor Doughnuts is creating the need for the larger Downtown Evansville spot, said Darrick Hayden, who founded the company with Josh Tudela.

There are 11 corporately owned Parlor Doughnuts locations, and Hayden said the company is on track to sign 50 franchise markets by February 2023, the company's four-year anniversary.

Parlor Doughnuts is known for its multiple varieties of layered treats. The company started in Downtown Evansville in a Fourth Street storefront next to Comfort by the Cross-Eyed Cricket but quickly outgrew that space.

Croissant doughnuts with creative toppings at Parlor Doughnuts.
Croissant doughnuts with creative toppings at Parlor Doughnuts.

Its other Evansville location is on North Green River Road, and it expanded further to Bloomington, Jasper, Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Valparaiso in Indiana, as well as Bowling Green, Louisville and Lexington in Kentucky. It also has multiple locations in other states, including New Orleans, Denver and several beachfront spots.

Parlor Doughnuts said in June 2020 said it would eventually move its flagship store to Second and Main, but those plans stalled during the pandemic. Owners anticipating being open for business at the new location sometime in 2023.

Spaces at Second and Main have been vacant the last few years. The storefront at 200 Main St. most recently was the restaurant Salad World.

The Bitterman Building at 202-204 Main St., dates to 1923. It was Rowe's Import Shop and Bitterman's, a high-end jewelry store.

A small grocery store in the Bitterman Bulding quickly came and went a few years ago.

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