The Best Cafés in Portland
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The best cafés in Portland, according to the experts: Eater and The Infatuation have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Tōv Coffee comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Tōv Coffee
Egyptian Café
This Hawthorne coffee shop brews its Egyptian coffee with cardamom in a tray of hot sand, which makes your usual drip look like it isn't trying. The room is all jewel tones and Persian rugs, and the cardamom latte and rose mocha come with a square of semolina cake. It used to live in a double-decker bus, so the sand tray is a rather natural next step.
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Rank 2. La Perlita
Mexican Café
La Perlita is an Overlook coffee shop that treats the latte as a chance to bring in rosewater, cardamom, dulce de leche, and smoky chile pasilla. There's enough room to spread a laptop out, though the menu makes a strong case for abandoning your inbox. The mocha comes with chocolate and warm spices, and a concha under rainbow sprinkles sits next to it. The Infatuation put it on a list of Portland's best coffee shops.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Coffee Shops In Portland
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The Fresh Pot is a Hawthorne coffee shop attached to a Powell's Books branch, which means half the room is holding a paperback they haven't bought yet. The walls double as a gallery of local paintings, the sconces have curlicues, and regulars with actual newspapers claim the good tables. It's been outlasting trendier cafés since forever, and The Infatuation lists it among Portland's best coffee shops.
The awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The 25 Best Coffee Shops In Portland