After three weeks of selling donuts, we thought it would be nice to recap a bit of what we've created so far. Here's a partial list of the flavors we've done (in no particular order) recently. Maple Bacon (by far our most popular donut) Vanilla with Lavender Sugar Cookies and Cream (Organic sandwich cookie and vanilla) Chocolate with Green Tea Salt Chocolate with Snow Caps Maple with Homemade Granola Kefir Lime with Chocolate Drizzle Vanilla with Organic Chocolate Morsels Chocolate with Reeese's Peanut Butter Cup Crumble Vanilla with Organic Chocolate Chip Cookie Crumble Vanilla...

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We've been operating on a 7am - 6pm schedule since we re-opened but beginning on Monday the 21st we'll be on a 7am to 7pm schedule, and we're working on late night hours for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

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Well we didn't really see that coming. During the two years that we've been talking about opening Gypsy, we figured that we'd have to spend a few months getting the donuts out there before people came to try them. We planned on having a while to test out our workflow and see what we could improve in the kitchen while serving Nyack a nice selection of great donuts. Instead, what seemed like the entire population of Nyack and the surrounding villages came into our store to check out Gypsy. This is not, in any way, a bad thing. It was flattering, welcoming and thrilling. For three days we had lines...

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After months of work, we're proud to announce that we'll be officially open for business starting Friday April 27th at 7am. Donuts, coffee, tea—it's all dialed in and ready for you to enjoy. We're also throwing a Grand Opening party starting 6:30pm on the 27th. Come hang out with the staff, enjoy music, donuts and giveaways. We're really looking forward to meeting everyone and being a fully operational battlestation.

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A little less than two years ago, BJ shared his idea for a donut shop that would sell luscious, incredible donuts. It was a warm summer day and many of us were gathered in the back yard of Katie's house and BJ talked about his dream store. We were hooked. Donuts, how can you not love real, good donuts? I remember walking away from the party talking to my wife Abby about how I'd invest in that dream in a heartbeat. After that every family gathering (and I say family referring to the collective group of friends we now call Gypsy) included talk about the donut shop. Each time we'd talk about it, the vision...

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Today was a huge day for us, we passed both our health and building/fire inspections. That means we are legally allowed to open. We are going to take next week for staff training and it be officially open, we will have our doors open and at least be selling coffee. Also, we will be open for the street fair this Sunday to sell coffee and iced coffee. Come get a cuppa joe and meet the Gypsy staff.

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Nyack's been good to me over the years. I really enjoyed my childhood, teens and then (after college) adult years here. So that's one of the reasons that I'm so stoked whenever we get to do something for the community. This last weekend, for example, we provided coffee and donuts for the Friends of the Nyacks event called Auction This! The fundraiser allowed people to bring in antiques and have them appraised, similar to the Antiques Roadshow on PBS. Dozens and dozens showed up and we got to serve a lot of coffee (with half our register for the day going back to the Friends) and talk to a lot of people. The...

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For the last few weeks we've been doing coffee service at the Piermont Pop Up farmer's market. This week the market was cancelled due to the manager of the market being sick, so we thought to ourselves "what can we do with all of this coffee we have, and still get to meet people." The solution was simple—we set up outside the shop and gave away free coffee! Thanks to the global-warming based warm temperatures we had a nice 70 degree day as dozens of our friends, family and Kickstarter folks (and many surprised and happy passer bys) sipped an Ethiopian Mordecofe and a Rwandan coffee, made...

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These last few weeks have been the most action-packed for Team Gypsy. We're getting close to getting the store open (our target Grand Opening date is April 17) and as we're cresting from prepping to build-out we're picking up steam. We started off last week providing some free donuts to a bake sale for the Nursery School of the Nyacks. A co-op school that's run out of Grace Episcopal church, the NSN does great work, and we're friends with several families who have kids there. As parents, we at Gypsy are really into anything that helps enrich the lives of kids, so Chef Andreas pulled an all nighter...

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