Coffehouse NW – W Portland
That Coffeehouse NW has become a destination for coffee fans citywide is a miracle. The pedestrian-hostile, auto-drenched corridor of Burnside Street is anything but cute—not so much resembling the two-lane, café-lined Eastside connectors like Belmont and Mississippi. And while Coffeehouse NW was trying to build its customer base, Gerding Edlen’s was building a condo tower right across the street. As the monstrous Civic rose skyward, pile drivers shook its turn-of-the-century brick-clad foundation, shooing everyone but regulars away. Even without construction chaos, Coffeehouse NW has dinky signage and its auto access is limited from a one-way side street lined with inadequate …Read the Rest
