Names!

To start off with, my name is Kevin Cavanagh.  My wife, Tina, and I started Bearscat Bakehouse.  Originally it was, "The Donut Hole", but we changed the name to Bearscat Bakehouse in 2011. 

I get asked all the time, where did you get that name?  I was reading an old cowboy dictionary (I mean, who doesn’t read those?), and found that they used the term "bearscat" to refer to their donuts.  I loved it, Tina did not. 

I also researched and found that Louis L’Amour (a North Dakota native) wrote about bearscat being donuts in a few of his books.  I knew that was the name I wanted to use, it took me a couple of years to convince Tina it was a good idea.  She does win some disagreements, I wanted to name our second location "#2", and she said, "No". 

I also used the word bakehouse instead of bakery, because that was what they were originally called, and once again, I just wanted to be a little different. 

Some people wonder where we came up with some of our donut names. Well,  here are a few:

Kramer: This donut has pretzels on it, and one customer suggested the name after an episode where Kramer is supposed to have a bit part in a movie and say how pretzels are making him thirsty.
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Elvis: I was reading where Elvis liked to eat his peanut butter sandwiches with bananas and bacon on them and I thought that will make a great donut.

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Samoa:  My oldest daughter Madi and I had the amazing opportunity to go to Apia, Samoa on a humanitarian trip.  We actually loved to so much we went back the next summer.  We spend 3 weeks with our group building a home for a local family in need.  It was amazing to see the beauty and amazing people in that country.  When we got home we decided to make a donut with coconut on it. 

We have had a lot of fun with our name and naming our donuts.  We think the world should be fun, we should all have a little fun and I hope our story and donuts make you smile. 
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Kevin Cavanagh

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