Archive for the Weekly Grind–Portland’s Best Coffee Spots Category

Posted on August 3

NorthStar Coffeehouse in Kenton

North Star Coffeehouse in Kenton--#23 on The Weekly Grind! Yesterday I got to combine a great meeting with Jesse Beason (from Proud Ground) with the North- Star Coffeehouse in Kenton.  (The story about P…

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Posted on August 1

Breken Kitchen in NW Portland

While meeting friends for happy hour at Breken Kitchen, I sneaked in a bit ahead of time to meet with Jessica the owner and find out more about this very cool, urban and spacious foodie place right on th…

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Posted on July 24

Via Delizia in the Pearl

While I have a working list of 175 local Portland coffee spots, lately it's been fun to use my iphone app and see what's around the particular neighborhood I happen to be in. Today, I pressed the butto…

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Posted on July 7

Blue Kangaroo Coffee Roasters in Sellwood

Today, I just let my GPS do all the work. I drove to Sellwood, pressed the coffee cup icon and voila--Blue Kangaroo Coffee Roasters!  Rachel & Lindsay were wonderful baristas and apparently are well…

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Posted on June 22

Irish Brothers Coffee & Roasters

David & Barb Wilson created Irish Brothers Coffee & Roasters because they love coffee.  I mean really. Love. Coffee. So much so that a few years ago, they decided to create their own drive t…

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Posted on June 11

Random Order Coffeehouse–1800 NE Alberta

Random Order Coffeehouse in the Alberta Neighborhood is anything but Random. Delectible, creative, made-from-scratch-deliciousness yes....random...no.  A new friend of mine, Deborah and I met here toda…

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