Daddy’s Donuts is a new, family-owned dessert shoppe in Kenmore with a sugary-sweet menu that’s sure to delight adults, kids and robots alike.

“Our theme is donuts and robots, as you can see,” said Eduardo Suzawa, owner of Daddy’s Donuts. “We make it fun for everybody.”

In family-owned fashion, the theme was chosen by his wife’s friend, who had never seen robots and donuts paired. Some of the robots lining the walls are heirlooms from his grandfather and the flavors are even named after his children, such as the flavors Straw-Bella and Robot Roberta.

“That’s exactly the idea behind it,” said Suzawa, who had been a manager for a hotel for a while before opening the business. “We thought, hey, let’s open a local place, locally owned, so my kids can grow up and work here. A mom-and-pop place, that’s the idea.”

And that’s exactly what families coming through the door receive, a fun and family-safe, fried donut experience.

“Every time I’ve driven by here, I’ve looked to see where it is. I got excited to see on Facebook that it’d opened up,” said Jodie Queener, who brought her two sons, Cooper Queener, 3, and Clayton Queener, 5, to meet up with friends for donuts. “It feels great and we want to support them, they’re local business and local people. And, eat more donuts – why not?”

During its startup, Suzawa tried to open Daddy’s Donuts in Snohomish County, but he ran into some big hurdles. As soon as he called up the city of Kenmore, it was easy sailing.

“I contacted the city of Kenmore and they called me back right away,” Suzawa said. “The neighborhood has been great, the acceptance has been great.”

For the city, it’s a boon, both in donuts and new businesses starting in the Kenmore area.

“We are so incredibly lucky to have this wonderful, young couple decide to open this business in our community,” said Kenmore Mayor David Baker. “[Daddy’s Donuts is] certainly a business that we really, really need; we need more places to eat or to congregate or have fun in.”

For Baker, it’s not just about the businesses being incubated in Kenmore, but also about the donuts.

“I love them,” Baker said.

And so too do most people who come through the door.

“The best feedback that I’ve had is that everybody really likes my donuts, every flavor and combo that I have is different, but everybody really likes them,” Suzawa said. “The positive feedback from the community makes me the happiest.”

And, have no fear donut-connoisseurs, the donut-pocalypse that occurred on the weekend of Aug. 8 and 9 when the shop was closed, won’t happen again.

“I was supposed to get my delivery truck on Friday, but the forest fires in Wenatchee held up the truck,” Suzawa said. “I had to close down on Sunday.”

Monday morning, he drove all the way to the warehouse to grab the dough.

“That is one thing that I did notice, everyone was really happy until I closed down,” Suzawa said. “Nothing bad. But, it’s my seventh day, not to make any excuses. It won’t happen again, now I know what I’m up against.”

Daddy’s Donuts is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends.

“It’s so family friendly, and robot friendly,” said Jodie Queener. “He was so friendly and made us feel super welcome, I’d come back any time.”

For more information or to see their menu, please visit Daddy’s Donuts website at www.daddysdonuts.net.