Portland Cà Phê

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Portland Cà Phê
Portland Cà Phê logo.jpeg
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The restaurant's exterior in 2021
Restaurant information
Food typeVietnamese
Street address2815 Southeast Holgate Blvd.
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97202
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°29′26″N 122°38′14″W / 45.4905°N 122.6372°W / 45.4905; -122.6372Coordinates: 45°29′26″N 122°38′14″W / 45.4905°N 122.6372°W / 45.4905; -122.6372

Portland Cà Phê (Vietnamese: "Portland Coffee") is a coffee shop in Portland, Oregon. The business specializes in Vietnamese coffee drinks, including robusta coffee and Vietnamese iced coffee, and also serves bánh mì and pastries. Kimberly Dam opened Portland Cà Phê in April 2021, previously roasting robusta coffee beans as a hobby starting in 2020.

Description[]

Interior counter

Portland Cà Phê is a coffee shop in southeast Portland's Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood. Drinks on the menu include Vietnamese iced coffee, rose matcha, and an ube latte with ube root extract.[1] According to Willamette Week's Andrea Damewood, Portland Cà Phê is among the few Portland establishments serving cheese foam (blended whipped cream, cream cheese, and sea salt). She called the business "a low-key second outpost" of House of Banh Mi, a Vietnamese restaurant owned by the mother of Portland Cà Phê's owner. The coffee shop serves bánh mì with House of Banh Mi's "signature" egg butter, pickled carrots and daikon, cilantro, cucumber, and jalapeño. Coffee cinnamon rolls and "pastry pop tarts" from Jen's Bagels and Pastries are also available.[1]

History[]

Interior map of Vietnam

Owner Kimberly Dam established Portland Cà Phê during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] In 2020, she began roasting Vietnamese robusta coffee as a hobby, then supplying beans to House of Banh Mi as well as the food carts Mama Dút and Matta.[1][2] Dam fully opened the storefront on April 23, 2021, after operating with limited hours on April 17 and 18.[3] Portland Cà Phê's two bean importers fell behind local demand because of supply chain issues related to the pandemic.[1]

Reception[]

In May 2021, Willamette Week's Andrea Damewood said Portland Cà Phê "highlights the versatility of Vietnamese coffee beans, offering well-balanced drinks" and said the Vietnamese iced coffee is "just the right amount of sweet and strong". She called the fried onion tofu bánh mì "a standout" and wrote:

Portland Cà Phê opened less than a month ago, but its signature drinks have already managed to become iconic—or at least ubiquitous Instagram fodder. If you follow the Portland food scene, you've surely seen what's already become a signature snap of the Southeast Holgate coffee shop on your socials: a perfect purple ube latte held aloft in front of a wall-sized map of Vietnam. It's a photo-friendly drink, sure. But it's also as delicious as it looks.[1]

Nick Woo and Krista Garcia included Portland Cà Phê in Eater Portland's 2021 list of the city's "mind-blowing Vietnamese restaurants and food carts".[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Damewood, Andrea (May 20, 2021). "Portland Cà Phê's Vietnamese Coffee Drinks Are Big on the 'Gram, and They Taste as Good as They Look". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on May 22, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Moore, Jenni (November 6, 2020). "Inside Mama Dút, the Buzzy Vegan Vietnamese Pop-Up-Turned-Deli". Eater Portland. Vox Media. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  3. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (April 16, 2021). "Migration Brewing Will Turn Its Seasonal Rooftop Taproom Into a Permanent Location". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  4. ^ Woo, Nick (2018-04-13). "Portland's Mind-Blowing Vietnamese Restaurants and Food Carts". Eater Portland. Retrieved 2021-10-13.

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