Monthly Archives: April 2018

March 11, 2018– Revisiting Pearl Bakery

This lovely spring day three of us rode into NW to revisit the Pearl Bakery, which our group hadn’t been to since 2013.  And remarkably little has changed.  Its strength – hang-out wise – are its full windows to the … Continue reading

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March 4, 2018– Tiny’s Coffee/Hawthorne

Though some of us have frequented the Tiny’s on MLK many times, this is the first time any of our bicycle group has been in the Hawthorne flagship, founded 16 years ago.  A former automotive shop with cinder block walls, … Continue reading

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Feb. 25, 2018– Revisiting the Red E Cafe

On this wintry morning, two stalwarts willing to pedal through some slush, revisited the Red E Cafe, one of the first 25 coffee shops in Portland.  Spinning off from Albina Press it captures the elements that pioneering shops found essential … Continue reading

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