By Olivia Nestor, The Daily Athenaeum
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Seb’s Donuts, a new family-run doughnut and coffee shop, is set to open later this month at 360 Industrial Ave. in Star City.
Owner Mateo Martinez said the shop will specialize in homemade, yeast-based doughnuts.
“There’s two different types of doughnuts. There’s cake doughnuts, where you make batter and drop it into the fryer. Then there’s yeast doughnuts, where there’s yeast and flour and all that good stuff. We plan on making yeast doughnuts from scratch,” Martinez said.
Martinez said he is a high school student and a first-time business owner. He said he learned about entrepreneurship from his parents, who own Jazzy’s Sweet Spot and Hydrobikes in Star City.
“I’m a senior in high school, and I have been helping my parents, whether it be talking to clients or checking with employees or customers. I have been around the entrepreneurship of my parents since eighth grade. I am highly confident, especially with the help of my parents,” Martinez said.
Martinez said he decided to open Seb’s Donuts after noticing limited homemade doughnut options in the area.
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