[5] It declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2020, but was reorganized and emerged from protection in December 2020.

[6] All locations were temporarily closed in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic,[7] and began selling "limited edition" products in grocery stores.

[11] In January 2025, it again abruptly closed two additional locations in Portland, Oregon.

[2] In 2024, Richard Foss of Easy Reader wrote "Their doughnuts were very pretty, very expensive, and not that good.

"[12] In 2018, a group of staff writers from The Oregonian scored Blue Star 4.29 out of 10 whose donuts were priced at over $3.50 at the time.