ERIKA GETS THE ANSWER. >> DONUT VILLA DINER ISOM HE TO A VARIETY OF CLASSIC DINER DISHES. ♪ AND NOW, THIS RETRO RESTAURANT ALSO OFFERS A MODERN VEGAN MENU. >> AS SOON AS WE OPREENED IN APRIL WAS THE VEGAN MENU. HUGE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. I REALIZED THERE’S A MUCH HIGHER NEED THAN MEETS THE EYE. >> HE AND HIS FAMILY BOUGHT THE VILLA, FULFILLING A DREAM THEY HAD SINCE MOVING TO THE U.S. FROMLB AANIA IN 2000. >> SOMETHING WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WAS HAVING OUR OWN PLACE ONE DAY. 2017WE, DECIDED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> THE BUSINESS THRIVED. WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST HIT AND THE DINER CLOSED, HE USED THE TIME TOET GREAT CIVE IN THE KITCHEN AND EXPAND HIS PERSONAL MISSION TO STOP EATING MEAT. >> WE HAVE BREAKFAST ITEMS, LUNCH ITEMS, DINNER ITEMS .AND THE DONUTS. EVERYBODY LOVES THE DONUTS. >> HE WAS DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE THE DAIRY FREE VERSIONS LIVED UP TO THE RESTAANTSUR NAME , AND IT’S NEARLY 50 YEAR LEGACY. >> FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE CAKE DONUTS. CRUNCHY ON THE OUTSIDE, SOFT ON THE INSIDE. WE MAKE EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH, INCLUDING CHOCOLATE. >> THE DONUTS WERE A HIT. MONTHS LATER,HE TY EXPANDED, OPENING A SECOND LOCATION IN CAMBRIDGE’S CENTRAL SQUARE. >> WE DID BLIND TASTING AND PEOPLE COULD NOT TELL. >> HE HOPES THE INDECIPHERABLE DIFFERENCE IN TASTE WILL OPEN CUSTOMERS TO A NEW WAY OF DINING. >>EC BAUSE IT IS CASUAL AND A PLACE WHERE YOU GO WITH FRIENDS TO HAVE A BEER OR A DONUT AND COFFEE. I DO THINK IT MESAK IT EASIER TO TRY SOMETHING NEW. I WOULD LOVE FOR CUSTOMERS TO TRY THIS OFF OF THVEE GAN MENU. >> INCREDIBLE. BEFORE HE TOOK OVER THE DINER WITH HIS FAMILY HE WORKED AS A NURSE. HE SAYS HE STILL LOVES NURSING AND DESPITE THE HARDSHIPS THAT THOSE IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY ARE FACING RIGHT NOW, HE HASN’T RULED OUTHT E POSSIBILITY OF ONE DAY RETURNING TO THE FIELD. THAT’S CHRONICLE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I AM ANTHONY EVERETT. I HOPE TO SE