Stumptown Coffee

• Stumptown Coffee’ website

• Location: Downtown business district

• Price to snack up two people: Around $8

The Greek food from Alexis enstomached in greasy, garlicky lumps, Robyn and I decided we needed a hot beverage and a cookie or SOMEthing to erase the taste. After wandering through homeless missions and X-rated nightclubs with lackluster ladies on swings, we crossed Burnside into the funkadelic pubside of town and then into Stumptown Coffee.

Now, Stumptown is something of a local legend–glassland coffee afficionados who wouldn’t be caught dead in Starbucks and turn their noses up at Peets speak of Stumptown with reverence. “They KNOW their beans,” they’ll murmur.

Stumptown doesn’t have much in the way of desserts (we split a small blueberry-chocolate chip muffin), but they definitely worship at the altar of coffee and turn the making of a latte into ballet.

We did the decaf latte thing (which got us a tolerant but pained look), and it was delicious. $6 for two beverages and the muffin. There’s serious audio equipment for an obsessed DJ in the back, playing nice music at just the right volume. Only complaint: They close too early for a relaxed after-dinner interlude.

Tip: While the folk at Stumptown are more than friendly, DO NOT let your coffee naivete show unless you have an extra half hour or so and your idea of fun is asking Jehovah’s Witnesses to teach you about religion.

“I’ve never really bought coffee before,” I confessed on my first visit, and the barristas practically vaulted the counter to convert me. They eagerly pressed brewlet after brewlet on me as part of the education process, accompanied by earnest commentary on wininess, floral notes, depth, etc. I was so wired I didn’t come down from the ceiling for two days.

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