WEST LOS ANGELES - Making donuts for a busy shop is a team effort. It takes time, love, and care. This is something Ralph Primo knows all about. He's the owner of Primo’s Donuts, a shop that's been in his family since 1956.

His dad bought the shop on a whim. He went in to this location for a donut and came out as the owner.

"My dad literally runs outside and says, 'Honey, we just bought a donut shop,'" said Primo.

Now almost 63 years later, business is booming with hundreds coming in daily for their donut fix. Bakers Frank and Maria come in at 2:00 a.m. just to keep the donuts fresh and ready.

"We have been here forever. Our bakers have been here for 40 years. It's a sense of family," said Primo.

He thinks that sense of familiarity and comfort keep Angelenos buying donuts. He feels L.A. is a donut capital. Primo witnessed the donut boom in the 70s, when he says immigrants moved to LA and opened shops of their own.

"You saw kind of a renaissance of donuts everywhere," said Primo.

Now he says there is a second boom, with chain shops and artisan stores. 

In his store alone, he sells 1,500 to 2,000 donuts on an average day and that number doubles on weekends. Imagine that number, times the number of donut shops throughout the city. That's a lot of donuts!

"You just have this whole spectrum of a lot of different venues for people to eat donuts," said Primo.

Whether it's a national chain, gourmet store, or mom and pop shop, all donuts will be celebrated at the Second Annual Donut Festival. Head down to Union Station on June 8 to be in the epicenter of the modern donut renaissance.

Click here for ticket information.