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Nuvrei’s wholesale French bakery opened at NW 10th and Flanders when most of the Pearl was still gritty.  Around 2010 the owners opened a small retail outlet above their basement bakery.  Today the retail outlet is still small – two tables-for-two plus a few stools and metal seats – stylish, and possessor of a devoted following. Our threesome met some former Portlanders now living in Hawaii who say their first stop after landing at PDX is Nuvrei, as is their last stop before heading back to Hawaii.  We lucked out scoring one of the tables and three chairs as we tucked ourselves into a corner: not great for long-term hanging out, but we were still able to have a shortened lively discussion.

Strong cultural recommendations dominated our early discussion: M was wowed by Shaking the Trees production of Bakkhi, based on the Greek tragedy Dionysos; D found the documentary film on Molly Ivons – Raising Hell – well worth seeing; he also praised highly the Monica Jackson podcast on Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the only member of Congress who voted against the poorly thought out/rushed post 9-11 legislation;  and H was moved by Portland Playhouse’s ingenious production of The Wolves, featuring the emotional ups/downs of a womens high school soccer team.  After 40 minutes on these shout outs, we realized that we had yet to  mention the names Ukraine, or Giuiani, or Trump, or Watergate.   That might have been our personal best over the past six months.  🙂

404 NW 10th                                                         nuvrei.com