There are donut shops, and then there are donut shops with a story.
Lonestar Donuts opened on Myhre Place in Silverdale in 2022, founded by Omar Gomez and his family with a simple mission: bring Texas-style donuts to the Pacific Northwest and make every single customer feel welcome from the moment they walk through the door. Three years later, the lines are still forming before sunrise, the reviews are still glowing, and the rotating flavors are still surprising even the regulars.
This is one of those rare businesses that got it right from the very beginning.
What Makes Lonestar Donuts Different
Walk into most donut shops in Kitsap County and you know what you are going to find. Glazed, chocolate, maple bar, a few sprinkles. Lonestar Donuts has all of those. But it also has mango Tajin. Blueberry lavender honey. Banana split. Key lime. Cream cheese. Peaches and cream when the season is right.
The rotating seasonal menu is one of the things that keeps Silverdale residents coming back week after week. Even loyal regulars who have their favorites still find themselves curious about what is new in the case. The creativity is real, not just a marketing gimmick, and it is backed up by the quality of the dough itself.
Customer after customer uses the same words to describe the donuts: soft, fluffy, fresh, not greasy, not too sweet. The frosting is smooth and rich without being overpowering. The yeast donuts and old-fashioned varieties draw particular praise, and the blueberry old-fashioned has surprised more than a few people who thought they knew what a blueberry donut was supposed to taste like.
Then there are the kolaches. If you have never had a Texas-style kolache, Lonestar Donuts is where you need to start: savory fillings wrapped in a fluffy, pillowy dough that lands somewhere between a dinner roll and a croissant. They are the sleeper hit of the menu and the item that most first-timers say they wish they had ordered sooner.
A Family Business Built on Community
Omar Gomez and his family did not open Lonestar Donuts as a franchise or a side project. They built it from scratch in Silverdale with their own hands, their own recipes, and a genuine belief that a great donut shop should feel like a neighborhood gathering place, not just a transaction.
That philosophy shows up in the details. Lonestar Donuts offers a military discount, a meaningful gesture in a county that is home to one of the largest naval installations in the country. The staff is consistently described by customers as kind, genuinely friendly, and enthusiastic about the product they serve. One customer who visited to celebrate a birthday described being treated like a regular even on a first visit.
The business has grown quickly since opening. A second location in Port Orchard now serves the southern end of Kitsap County, and both shops have built loyal followings that span military families, longtime locals, and visitors who make Lonestar a stop on every trip to the area.
Open Early, Every Day
Lonestar Donuts is open seven days a week, starting at 5am Monday through Friday and 6am on weekends. The early hours matter: this is a shop that serves the morning commuters heading to the naval base, the parents on the school run, and the early risers who want something exceptional before the rest of the county wakes up.
Monday through Thursday hours run until 3pm. Friday extends to 4pm. Saturday closes at 4pm and Sunday at 3pm.
The shop is wheelchair accessible, offers delivery, and has heated outdoor seating. For large orders, catering options are available.
To place an order or check on daily flavors, call the Silverdale location directly at (360) 204-5021. The shop is located at 10876 Myhre Place NW, Suite 116, Silverdale, WA 98383, just off Silverdale Way near the Myhre Place shopping area.
TheKitsap.com Local Business Spotlight
Lonestar Donuts is exactly the kind of Silverdale business that makes Kitsap County worth living in. Omar and his family took a real risk opening a Texas-style donut shop in the Pacific Northwest and turned it into one of the most talked-about food businesses in the county in just three years.
TheKitsap.com is dedicated to telling the stories of businesses like this one, the local owners who show up before sunrise, who remember your order, who offer a military discount because it is the right thing to do. If you run a local business in Silverdale or anywhere across Kitsap County and would like to be considered for our Local Business Spotlight series, we would love to hear from you at TheKitsap.com.