VENICE — Yummies Donuts & BBQ, a longstanding fan favorite known for its giant doughnuts and for making nearly 10,000 paczki pastries just before Lent each year, has been sold.
For decades, the eatery at 2001 S. Tamiami Trail in the Ark Plaza in South Venice at has been owned by Allen and Karen Tines. But on Wednesday, the two posted to social media that they have sold the business.
“For the past 35 years, we have poured our hearts, our energy, our faith, and our lives into this business,” they wrote on social media. “We have worked tirelessly, made many sacrifices, and given everything we had to serve this community through Yummies. It has never been just a business to us. It has been our ministry, our calling, our family, and one of the greatest blessings of our lives.”…