Monthly Archives: October 2017

Sept. 17, 2017– Groundwork Coffee Co./NW Vaughan

Posted on October 1, 2017 by howpamfam

As stated when we visited Hawthorne’s Groundwork, Los Angeles-based Groundwork Coffee recently acquired Kobos’s roastery and shop in NW to add to its existing two PDX shops.  (Because of Groundwork’s emphasis on building community and organic products, we feel fine … Continue reading →

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Sept 3, 2017– Revisiting Upper Left Roasters

Posted on October 1, 2017 by howpamfam

One can classify the evolution of coffee shops in several different ways.  Our perspective views their first phase as being unpretentious, neighborhood-based spaces that served as local meeting places, and served coffee; the second phase keyed into the their  providing … Continue reading →

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