Category Archives: Southwest

We visited the downtown (SW Broadway/Washington) outlet of St. Honore shortly after it opened in 2017, and maybe because it was a dreary day, or there was still interior work to do, we felt the interior looked institutional and lacked … Continue reading →

We visited Never Coffee’s SE Belmont shop two years years ago, and liked its stylish visuals but found the size of their space and seats/tables, too small for wanting to hangout for an extended period of time.  Never has since … Continue reading →

From their website:  “The Hof” as locals know it wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for a dedicated stream of staff and clientele who believe that a coffee house is more than just a place to buy coffee. It’s also … Continue reading →

In late Nov. we hit a milestone when our group visited its first coffee shop outside the City limits – Spring Creek Coffee House in Milwaukie – and this week there was another milestone when five of us climbed Terwilliger … Continue reading →

Our bike group last visited this site in March, 2013 when it was an over-the-top setting for the Rilassi Coffee Shop: over the top because its style was reminiscent of Italian grandeur with a full scale painting on the ceiling … Continue reading →

As we continue our search for new places to bike to for our Sunday morning discussions, we find ourselves – after visiting 180 different locations – having to stretch beyond traditional coffee shops, and that’s the case with the PDX … Continue reading →

Undoubtedly, Good Coffee’s outpost in the lobby of the Woodlark Hotel is both a milestone for the five of us in terms of having such plush surroundings on an early Sunday morning, and possibly for the coffee shop world itself … Continue reading →

We’re used to bakeries having to a certain amount of heft and seriousness in order conduct business.  But here on the edge of downtown – on the west side of I-405 at 14th – we have a small bakeshop with … Continue reading →

Umbria’s relatively new downtown shop was one of six that we visited more than once during 2018;  the reason for revisiting Umbria is simple, we wanted to share it with our other Sunday bikeriderss whom we knew would appreciate its … Continue reading →

Last fall, two of our riders enjoyed their biking to the S. Waterfront via Tillicum Crossing to check out this recently opened shop, supposedly owned by the vegan drummer of the Fall Out Boys band, and operated by his Midwestern … Continue reading →