Portland, by the cup
United States · 38 hand-picked cafés
Portland, Oregon carries a roasting culture that dates to 1999, when Stumptown Coffee Roasters opened on SE Division and helped invent what the world now calls third-wave coffee. The city has since become one of the most concentrated specialty coffee markets on earth, with roasters like Heart, Coava, Push x Pull, and Roseline building global reputations from neighborhoods that stretch from the Pearl District south to Woodstock and north to St. Johns.
What distinguishes Portland is not just the volume of quality cafes but the philosophical diversity within them. Scandinavian light-roast precision lives a few blocks from Turkish-style double-decker bus cafes, Filipino-inspired signature drinks, and Colombian farm-direct espresso bars. Multi-roaster purists at Barista and Either/Or sit alongside deeply personal single-roaster operations at Water Avenue and Matta Cafe, giving visitors a city-wide curriculum in what specialty coffee can mean.
The neighborhoods themselves are inseparable from the cafes within them: SE Division's Richmond roots, the Pearl District's design-forward energy, Alberta's arts-and-community identity, Mississippi's historic transformation, and St. Johns' small-town-inside-a-city charm each shape what their coffee shops become. Portland's cafes are not just places to drink coffee; they are daily infrastructure for a city that takes the ritual seriously.
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Barista (Pearl District)
Barista at 539 NW 13th Ave was among the first cafes in Portland to operate on a rotating multi-roaster model,…
Coava Coffee Roasters (Grand Ave)
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Coava's flagship at 1300 SE Grand Ave occupies a soaring industrial space it shares with a bamboo furniture maker, a…
Guilder Coffee (Alameda)
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Guilder at 2393 NE Fremont St is now under the ownership of U.S. Barista Champion Laila Ghambari and partner Ryan…
Heart Coffee Roasters
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Heart Coffee Roasters brought Scandinavian-influenced light-roast philosophy to Portland in 2009, establishing itself…
Proud Mary Coffee
Founded in Melbourne by Nolan and Shari Hirte in 2009, Proud Mary brought its Australian cafe culture to 2012 NE…
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
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Founded in 1999 by Duane Sorenson, Stumptown's flagship 128 SW 3rd Ave cafe is the largest and most storied of the…
Futura Coffee Roasters (Glisan)
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Futura Coffee Roasters at 7201 NE Glisan St is built around a regenerative agriculture sourcing model that commits 3%…
Kalesa Coffee
Kalesa Coffee at 722 N Page St is a Filipino-inspired cafe in North Portland's Gotham building, serving signature…
Less and More Coffee
Less and More operates out of a decommissioned bus shelter kiosk along the downtown Portland transit mall at 1003 SW…
Tov Coffee
Tov is a quirky Hawthorne cafe operated out of a converted double-decker bus at 3639 SE Hawthorne Blvd, specializing…
Two Stroke Coffee Co.
Two Stroke Coffee Co. at 8517 N Lombard St is a moto-inspired specialty cafe in the heart of St. Johns, where a pair…
Albina Press (Hawthorne)
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Albina Press has been a cornerstone of Portland's third-wave story since 2004, and the Hawthorne location at 5012 SE…
Cathedral Coffee
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Cathedral Coffee at 7530 N Willamette Blvd is a specialty roasting company established in 2013 that anchors the St.…
Either/Or
Either/Or at 4003 N Williams Ave is a multi-roaster cafe and bar that cycles through quality roasters while also…
Keeper Coffee
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Keeper Coffee at 4515 SE 41st Ave opened in a largely unchanged 1920s building in Woodstock in 2019, building a…
Never Coffee (Belmont)
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Never Coffee Lab at 4243 SE Belmont is known citywide for its colorful interior and a sprawling library of over 150…
Push x Pull Coffee
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Founded by Christopher Hall, Push x Pull at 821 SE Stark St is Portland's go-to destination for experimental…
Roseline Coffee (Davis Flagship)
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Roseline Coffee's flagship roastery and cafe at 321 NE Davis St was founded in 2011 with a commitment to juicy,…
Water Avenue Coffee
Water Avenue Coffee has occupied its 1028 SE Water Ave space since 2009, roasting on Promaster machines and…
Abba Coffee Roasters
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Abba Coffee Roasters at 525 NW 11th Ave roasts its own coffee in the Pearl District and runs a menu steeped in Korean…
Deadstock Coffee
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Founded by former Nike shoe designer Ian Williams, Deadstock Coffee fuses sneakerhead culture with specialty coffee…
Matta Cafe
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Matta Cafe at 1425 NW Flanders St is a Colombian family farm-to-cup concept founded by Manuel and Aura Matta, who…
Our Spot PDX
Our Spot PDX at 1816 S River Dr is a plant-based, low-impact coffee bar on the Willamette waterfront that serves…
Albina Press (N Albina Ave)
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The original Albina Press location at 4637 N Albina Ave remains one of North Portland's most beloved neighborhood…
Barista (Nob Hill)
Barista's Nob Hill location at 823 NW 23rd Ave sits at the heart of one of Portland's most active neighborhood…
Case Study Coffee (Alberta)
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Case Study Coffee at 1422 NE Alberta St is a Portland-roasted specialty cafe known for small-batch in-house roasting…
Coava Coffee Roasters (Hawthorne)
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Coava's Hawthorne outpost at 2631 SE Hawthorne Blvd is a neighborhood espresso bar with a warm, couch-filled interior…
Futura Coffee Roasters (Arbor Lodge)
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Futura Coffee Roasters' Arbor Lodge location at 1507 N Rosa Parks Way took over the beloved neighborhood cafe space…
Good Coffee (SE 12th Ave)
Good Coffee's original SE 12th Ave location in Buckman functions as a quality-forward multi-roaster destination,…
Good Coffee (Slabtown)
Tucked into the NW Raleigh Street corridor of the Slabtown neighborhood, Good Coffee's northwest Portland location…
Guilder Coffee (Cully/Upright Brewing)
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Operating inside Upright Brewing's Beer Station at 7151 NE Prescott St in the Cully neighborhood, this Guilder…
Heart Coffee Roasters (SW 12th Ave)
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Heart Coffee's downtown location at 537 SW 12th Ave brings the brand's Scandinavian light-roast philosophy to the…
Never Coffee (Downtown)
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Never Coffee's downtown outpost at 537 SW 12th Ave brings the brand's signature latte creativity to the west side, in…
Roseline Coffee (Alberta)
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Roseline Coffee's Alberta Arts District location at 1725 NE Alberta St sits at the center of one of Portland's most…
Sisters Coffee Company (Pearl District)
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Sisters Coffee Company's Pearl District outpost at 1235 NW Marshall St brings Central Oregon cabin-roastery energy to…
Stumptown Coffee (SW Washington)
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Opened in May 2024 in the ground floor of the 11W building in Portland's West End, this newest Stumptown location was…
Stumptown Coffee Roasters (Division)
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The original Stumptown location at 4525 SE Division opened in 1999 in a former beauty parlor called Hair Bender, and…
The Fresh Pot (Mississippi)
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The Fresh Pot on 4001 N Mississippi Ave opened in 2002 inside a remodeled former drug store and soda fountain,…
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Portland coffee, answered
- Where is the best specialty coffee in Portland?
- Remembrew lists 38 hand-picked specialty cafés in Portland, United States. Standouts include Barista (Pearl District), Coava Coffee Roasters (Grand Ave), Guilder Coffee (Alameda), Heart Coffee Roasters. The densest neighborhoods for coffee are Pearl District, Downtown. Every café is chosen for the quality of its coffee, never for payment, so the list reflects the scene rather than who paid to appear.
- How many specialty cafés does Portland have?
- Remembrew tracks 38 specialty cafés in Portland that clear our bar for coffee quality. The count reflects the real depth of the local scene rather than a fixed quota, and we add cafés as we verify them.
- Which Portland neighborhoods are best for coffee?
- In Portland, the neighborhoods with the most hand-picked specialty cafés are Pearl District (4), Downtown (4). Each has its own page on Remembrew with the full list and a map.
- Does Remembrew take payment to list a café in Portland?
- No. Remembrew is an independent directory and never accepts payment for a listing or for placement. Cafés appear only because they clear our specialty-coffee bar, and you can read the full criteria on our directory standards page.
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