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Cafés in Alberta Arts District

Melbourne’s Proud Mary, Vietnamese breakfast at Mémoire Cà Phê, Last Thursday art walks and doughnuts and chai on NE Fremont.

Photo: Rufina Rusakova, Pexels License

The Alberta Arts District follows NE Alberta Street for about 1.5 miles, from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to NE 33rd Avenue, and links the King, Vernon and Concordia neighborhoods. Immigrants built it up in the 1880s and streetcars arrived in 1903; by the late 1980s the street had suffered from gang activity and disinvestment.1

A revival began in the early 1990s, and the number of businesses on the street grew from 60 to 112 between 1996 and 1999, while many earlier residents, mostly minority and lower-income, moved north.1 On the last Thursday of each month the street holds Last Thursday, an art walk with street performers and food carts that moves into galleries and shops in winter.1

Local tip: Come on the last Thursday of the month for the art walk, but get coffee first: Proud Mary closes at 16:00 and Pip’s at 14:00, while Guilder on NE Fremont stays open until 20:00.

At a glance

31Cafés listed
13With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
21:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Extracto, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–18:00).
  • Closes latest: The Lime Stand, until 21:00 (Wed–Thu 12:00–19:00 · Fri–Sat 12:00–21:00 · Sun 12:00–19:00).
  • Most listed streets: Northeast Fremont Street (4), Northeast Alberta Street (3), NE Alberta St (3).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (16%), bakery café (13%), takeaway (10%).

Caffe Destino

  • 1339 Northeast Fremont Street
  • Mon–Fri 06:30–17:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–17:00
  • +1-503-284-9455
  • Wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
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The Lime Stand

  • Wed–Thu 12:00–19:00 · Fri–Sat 12:00–21:00 · Sun 12:00–19:00
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Coffee chains in Alberta Arts District

Proud Mary and Alberta Street roasters

Nolan and Shari Hirte founded Proud Mary in Collingwood, Melbourne, in 2009, and its Portland café on Alberta, opened in 2017, was the company's first in the United States. It has sold single cups for US$150.2 Proud Mary is at 2012 NE Alberta Street, open daily 08:00–16:00.

Case Study Coffee Roasters at 1422 NE Alberta opens at 07:00 every day and stays until 17:00 from Friday to Sunday. Roseline Coffee at 1725 NE Alberta opens at 06:00 on weekdays and 07:00 at weekends, and Ben and Esther's Vegan Delicatessen at 1800 NE Alberta serves daily 08:00–15:00. Tin Shed Garden Cafe is at 1438 NE Alberta, near Case Study, and Great North at 2909. At the western end of the district, Soulful Sips at 5261 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard opens at 07:00 from Monday to Saturday.

Mémoire Cà Phê

Mémoire Cà Phê opened on August 24, 2024, a Vietnamese American breakfast café from chef Richard Le, coffee roaster Kimberly Dam of Portland Cà Phê and pastry chef Lisa Nguyen.3 Its menu has included a breakfast sandwich on milk bread with pork, fried egg, American cheese and nước chấm (a fish-sauce dressing), and Eater named it among the best new restaurants in the country in 2024.3

In 2026 it moved from Alberta and 15th Avenue, in Vernon, to a larger space at 3003 NE Alberta Street, near NE 30th Avenue in Concordia.3

Killingsworth, Fremont and Dekum

Extracto at 2921 NE Killingsworth Street opens at 06:00 on weekdays, Bardo Tea is across the street at 2926, and Good Cart Coffee at 625 NE Killingsworth serves daily 08:00–14:30. On NE Fremont, Caffe Destino at 1339 opens at 06:30 on weekdays, and Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai at 4759 serves daily 08:00–14:00; KGW called it the most popular doughnut spot in Portland in 2019, and it won Willamette Week's Best Donut category in 2024. Portland Monthly put its chai among the city's ten best in 2021.4

Guilder at 2393 NE Fremont is open until 20:00 every day, later than its neighbors. Woodlawn Coffee and Pastry at 808 NE Dekum Street serves 07:00–14:00, and Kiss Coffee at 3016 NE Ainsworth Street opens from Tuesday to Saturday.

Sources

  1. Alberta Arts District, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Proud Mary Coffee, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Mémoire Cà Phê, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Alberta Arts District cafés: questions

When is Last Thursday on Alberta Street in Portland?

Last Thursday is an art walk on NE Alberta Street held on the last Thursday of every month, with street performers and food carts; in winter it moves indoors into galleries and shops. The Alberta Arts District runs about 1.5 miles from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to NE 33rd Avenue.

Where is Proud Mary coffee in Portland's Alberta Arts District?

Proud Mary is at 2012 NE Alberta Street and opens daily 08:00–16:00. The Melbourne company, founded in Collingwood in 2009 by Nolan and Shari Hirte, opened the café in 2017 as its first in the United States, and it has sold single cups for US$150.

Where is Mémoire Cà Phê in Portland's Alberta Arts District?

Mémoire Cà Phê opened on August 24, 2024, at Alberta Street and 15th Avenue and moved in 2026 to a larger space at 3003 NE Alberta Street, near NE 30th Avenue. It is a Vietnamese American breakfast café run by chef Richard Le, coffee roaster Kimberly Dam and pastry chef Lisa Nguyen, and Eater named it among the best new restaurants of 2024.

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