Category Archives: Northeast

  On this cold, dry, post-X-mas Monday, two of us visited the former Green Beans shop next to the Screen Door.  We had visited 10 months ago when the new owners were in the early stages of their Indonesian/SE Asian-themed … Continue reading →

The forecast 12 hours before we left was for steady rains, so the three of us lucked out big time with dry weather while biking and scattered showers while inside.  Our destination, Kainos Coffee on NE Sandy, opened last month, … Continue reading →

Because this shop is just 3 blocks from T.’s home, we took the scenic route via biking to the top of Rocky Butte to get to Extracto’s cozy, understated, outlet on Prescott.   No sign on the building, not many tables, … Continue reading →

— – 1800 NE Alberta       http://www.randomordercoffee.com  

The Tea Bar is a relatively new shop in a renovated building, at a difficult intersection that finally is experiencing new investment after decades of stagnation.   While the two of us on today’s relatively short ride – there were Easter … Continue reading →

Today was a good, lucky day for us to be on bikes.   As opposed to 2 weeks ago when the soaking came an hour earlier than predicted and we got drenched returning from John’s Landing, we were safely inside Kopi … Continue reading →

It being a dry, invigorating morning, we took the scenic route to this new inner NE shop.  We biked first to downtown via the Steel Bridge, then got on the Burnside Bridge heading east to assess the Bridgehead construction projects … Continue reading →

At the triangle block of NE Sandy and 28th, pioneering developer Kevin Kavanagh has just rehabbed an unsightly, neglected building into a mecca for foodies, with each of the Zipper Building’s establishments serving food.  The exterior of the building is … Continue reading →

Two stalwarts on this chilly early Easter morning – who happen to have been raised Jewish – started out early to visit Case Studies’ relatively new shop on Alberta.  And we’re glad to report that CS should be proud of … Continue reading →

Three members rode up Rocky Butte this foggy morning, with Cully’s Bison Coffee House as their destination.  Even with the lack of bike parking, we were mightily impressed by the warmth this cozy shop exuded, helped by an interesting array … Continue reading →