Welcome to Stan Mikita’s Donuts. Open 24 hours a day. Excellent munchables. Excellent sugar pucks.
Twenty-five years ago, Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar welcomed the world into their local hangout in Aurora, Ill., a diner-style hotspot outfitted to the nines—or, in the case of the waitresses wearing Chicago Blackhawks sweaters, to the 21s— with memorabilia honoring its namesake. Pictures on the walls, logos on the coffee cups, hockey sticks on the support beams…
Stan Mikita’s Donuts does not exist in real life. It was invented solely for the 1992 film, Wayne’s World, a tribute by screenwriter and star Mike Myers to the actual Tim Horton’s coffee chain across the border in his native Canada.