{"id":103084,"date":"2017-10-22T05:03:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T11:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rendezvous-doughnuts-on-east-5th-offers-handmade-treats\/"},"modified":"2017-10-22T05:03:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T11:03:29","slug":"rendezvous-doughnuts-on-east-5th-offers-handmade-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rendezvous-doughnuts-on-east-5th-offers-handmade-treats\/","title":{"rendered":"Rendezvous Doughnuts on east 5th offers handmade treats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Charlie Shew, owner of Rendezvous Doughnuts, helps customers on Thursday in his new craft doughnut bakery located at 139 east 5th St.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Brown butter vanilla bean and sea-salted caramel with house-cured bacon are some of the unique flavors at Rendezvous Doughnuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I want to do is raise Durango\u2019s palate for high-quality doughnuts,\u201d Owner Charlie Shew said.<\/p>\n

Since opening about two weeks ago, Rendezvous Doughnuts on east Fifth Street has regularly sold out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m amazed at the demand,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

After working as a baker at a doughnut shop in Atlanta, Shew saw a clear void in the community when he arrived.<\/p>\n

Before graduating from Fort Lewis College in May with an engineering degree, Shew participated in Hawk Tank, a business plan competition, with his co-visionary Mac Greene. While the two didn\u2019t win, it did help kick-start the business.<\/p>\n

Shew had talked with Greene, a fellow Georgian, about why doughnut shops meant so much to so many people, and together, they entered the competition to find out if a doughnut shop would be a good fit in town.<\/p>\n

It helped formalize a business plan, meet and form a relationship with mentors and assess business financials.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe almost didn\u2019t need to win the competition; we were finding out what we needed to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Private angel investors provided the funding for the new shop.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would call it family, friends and fools \u2026 A banker once told me that was the group of people that a startup should go to before they go to a bank,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Shew describes Greene as his co-visionary, but Greene is not involved in the business because he has two more years of college.<\/p>\n

In addition to market research, Shew also developed his own recipes, drawing on books, the internet and recommendations from mentors<\/p>\n

The shop has some classic flavors, including vanilla, chocolate, and cinnamon and sugar, and specialties like sliders filled with fresh fruit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can cover almost anyone\u2019s flavor palate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

An individual classic doughnut at the shop is $2.45; $23.10 a dozen.<\/p>\n

The shop opens every day, except Tuesday, at 7 a.m.<\/p>\n

The shop\u2019s current closing time is 2 p.m., but that may change, Shew said.<\/p>\n

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