Godfather of Coffee, Alfred Peet, has passed on

When Alfred Peet opened his shop in Berkeley in April, 1966 he started a coffee revolution. Nobody had ever seen top-quality coffee like this roasted in this unique style in America…..Mr. Peet was born in Alkmaar, Holland on March 10, 1920 and died in Ashland, Oregon on August 29, 2007. His father had a small coffee roastery in Alkmaar prior to World War II, and Alfred helped his father by cleaning machinery and doing other odd jobs as a boy. When Germany invaded the Netherlands he was pressed into working for the Third Reich in Frankfurt and witnessed first hand the intensive Allied bombings there in early 1944.

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First off let me say that when I came to Portland I fell in love with the coffee shops, and quickly learned that Stumptown is the place to be seen. And I frequent Stumptown on Belmont and Fresh Pot on Hawthorne and enjoy any independent coffee shop, especially the ones open past 9 PM.

July 29 Daily Stank Image Bank: Pied Cow

Random Pics from the old Pied Cow Coffeehouse/Hookah Bar. It has one of my favorite patios in SE PDX, and usually a good beer special to go along with an assortment of coffee and treats.

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Pied Cow Coffeehouse

3244 Se Belmont St
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 230-4866
Get Directions: To here - From here

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July 8 Daily Stank Image Bank- New Belmont Bike Parking on Belmont!~

Good move SE Belmont!

July 5 Daily Stank Image Bank - Picture Pages

I feel like Posting a few pics up of the last three days. For more, you can go to the Flickr page (www.flickr.com/photos/pdxpipeline).

July 4th Food Table

Fiona, Greta, and the Mayor of Belmont, Mr. Simon Goetz

Star Death and White Drawfs at Stumptown on SE Belmont with the Dark Star

White Horse (The Horse Project)

Tiger Truck House

Bagdad

The Daily Stank Image Bank — June 22 — “Got My Coffee”

Stumptown Coffee/Aalto Lounge
SE 34th and Hawthorne, Portland, Oregon

Another "We Love Vegetarians" Billboard Grafitti picture

Like this earlier mentioned billboard on SE Belmont, this one at Tiny’s on SE Hawthorne has also been tagged up. The war appears to be on.

Attention Portland Coffee Shops! - Portland Mercury Blogtown rant

The Portland Mercury | Blogtown, PDX | Attention Portland Coffee Shops!:

“Newsflash: Some people like to drink coffee/do homework/read/catch up on email/eat a pastry after 9 pm. Yet you—dear Portland coffee shop—close at 8. Or 7. Why is this?”

Nice rant on the lack of late-night coffee (really non-bar is the truth) things to do in the PDX. Amy Ruiz covers the Fresh Pot, Albina Press, Common Grounds, and more. She does not seem to know (or like) Fireside on SE Powell which is 24-hours.

Portland’s Stumptown Coffee Roasters coming to Seattle | Seattle Times Newspaper

Business & Technology | Portland’s Stumptown Coffee Roasters coming to Seattle | Seattle Times Newspaper:

“Due to open this summer, the roastery will be in the basement with a Stumptown cafe above it. Another Stumptown cafe is opening a half-mile west at Pine Street and Boylston Avenue.”