Come read with me - Cops & Doughnuts

 

I'm reading this new book, the one pictured at left.

For the uninitiated, let me tell you about this place.

In, I believe, 2009 the city bakery in Clare, Michigan was about to permanently close.  Members of the local police department caught wind of the impending closure, pooled their money and resources, and bought the place renaming it "Cops & Doughnuts".  

Those of you familiar with the song "Walk Like an Egyptian" by the Bangles probably recognize the line in the song about the cops hanging out in the doughnut shop.  In this case, the cops own the doughnut shop.

It was an instant success, even surviving a bad business decision in the mid to late 2010's and covid in 2020.  Thanks in part to the stereotype of cops and doughnuts, this place probably has the best business plan of any place I've ever been to, restaurant or not.

This book is their story.

Disclaimer:  I knew I had to come to buy the book because I can no longer come and eat here.  In around 2018, I formally became a diabetic.  I did have one doughnut here since then and my sugar levels skyrocketed at the end of the day.  Therefore, I can't eat here.  This is still a good place to come though.

I purchased this book at the Cops & Doughnuts Clare headquarters.  I did some checking and this book is available at other online outlets including Amazon.  Cops and Doughnuts has set up the website for booksales ---> copsbook.com.  One perk of buying the book at headquarters - you might even get it signed by one of the owners as I did.  Thanks Bubba, if you somehow see this. 

If you are anywhere near Clare, Michigan or one of their precinct locations, stop in.  If you're nowhere close, get the book.  Either way, you will be inspired