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| Food type | Vietnamese |
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| Coordinates | 45°29′26″N122°38′14″W / 45.4905°N 122.6372°W /45.4905; -122.6372 |
| Website | portlandcaphe |
Portland Cà Phê (Vietnamese: "Portland Coffee") is acoffee shop with two locations inPortland, Oregon. The business specializes in Vietnamese coffee drinks, includingrobusta coffee andVietnamese iced coffee, and also servesbánh mì and pastries.
After roasting robusta coffee beans as a hobby starting in 2020, Kimberly Dam opened the firstbrick and mortar location insoutheast Portland in April 2021. A second location opened innortheast Portland in October 2022.
Portland Cà Phê is acoffee shop with locations insoutheast Portland'sCreston-Kenilworth neighborhood and thenortheast Portland part of theEliot neighborhood. Drinks on the menu includeVietnamese iced coffee, rosematcha, and an ubelatte with ube root extract.[1]
According toWillamette Week's Andrea Damewood, Portland Cà Phê is among the few Portland establishments serving cheese foam (blendedwhipped cream,cream cheese, andsea 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 servesbánh mì with House of Banh Mi's "signature"egg butter,pickled carrots anddaikon, cilantro, cucumber, and jalapeño. Coffee cinnamon rolls and "pastry pop tarts" from Jen's Bagels and Pastries are also available.[1]
Owner Kimberly Dam established Portland Cà Phê during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[2] In 2020, she began roasting Vietnameserobusta coffee as a hobby, then supplyingbeans to House of Banh Mi as well as thefood cartsMama Đút 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 ofsupply chain issues related to the pandemic.[1]
In 2022, Dam announced plans to open a second location in at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Northeast Russell Street.[4] The shop opened on October 29.[5]
Portland Cà Phê offered specials forLunar New Year in 2025.[6]
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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 thefried oniontofu 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 inEater Portland's 2021 list of the city's "mind-blowing" Vietnamese restaurants and food carts.[7] Katrina Yentch included the business in the website's 2022 list of eighteen "knockout spots for affordable dining" the city.[8] Nathan Williams included Portland Cà Phê in a 2023 overview of recommended eateries in the Creston-Kenilworth neighborhood.[9] The business was also included in the website's 2025 list of Portland's best affordable restaurants.[10]
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