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Cafés in Mississippi & Williams

Seven blocks of N Mississippi, the Williams bike corridor, Albina Press from 06:00 and coffee by day, cocktails by night at Either/Or.

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Historic Albina, a Union Pacific company town annexed to Portland in 1891, covers today's Eliot, Boise, Humboldt, Overlook and Piedmont neighborhoods. Restrictive real estate practices confined Black Portlanders to the area, and by 1960 80% of the city's Black population lived in Albina; in the 1960s Interstate 5 cut through it, displacing many residents and businesses.1

By 1940, about half of Portland's Black community lived around North Williams Avenue, then the central hub of African American Portland.2 In the Boise neighborhood, the Black share of residents fell from 48% in 2000 to 26.6% in 2010 as the area was redeveloped.3 The southern end of N Mississippi Avenue is Boise's commercial core, and cafés now line it and North Williams.3

Local tip: Bernstein's Bagels on N Russell closes at 13:00 and Hypnos on N Williams at 16:00; Albina Press on N Albina runs on until 18:00.

At a glance

36Cafés listed
19With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
20:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Albina Press, from 06:00 (Daily 06:00–18:00).
  • Closes latest: Fly Awake, until 20:00 (Daily 12:00–20:00).
  • Most listed streets: North Killingsworth Street (4), North Mississippi Avenue (4), North Williams Avenue (3).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (25%), wi-fi (22%), wheelchair access (17%).

The Celery

  • 4008 North Williams Avenue
  • Mon–Fri 08:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–18:00
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N Mississippi Avenue

Willamette Week describes Mississippi as a seven-block promenade of food-cart pods, music venues, breweries and coffee shops, once the center of a redlined district.4 The Fresh Pot opened its second café at the corner of N Shaver Street; at 4001 N Mississippi it serves daily 07:00–17:00.5

Broder Nord at 3765 N Mississippi belongs to a small Oregon chain of Scandinavian restaurants whose menu includes æbleskiver, round Danish pancakes.6 It opens at 09:00 on weekdays and 08:00 at weekends. Capitola Coffee at 4224 N Mississippi serves daily 07:00–17:00, and Bastion Coffee is at 4326.

North Williams and the bike commute

North Williams runs 3.3 miles from near the Moda Center to N Winchell Street, and one stretch has carried about 3,000 bicycle commuters a day.2 Either/Or at 4003 N Williams, a queer-owned café named after Elliott Smith's 1997 album, is a coffee shop by day and a cocktail bar at night; it opens daily at 08:00. Its first café, in Sellwood-Moreland, closed during the pandemic.7

Hypnos Coffee at 3761 N Williams opens daily 07:00–16:00, and The Celery at 4008 stays open until 19:00 on weekdays. A block west, Euko Coffee at 3290 N Vancouver Avenue serves 07:00–15:00.

Albina, Killingsworth and Interstate

Albina Press opened its first café in North Portland in 2004, on Albina; Billy Wilson has been a co-owner.8 At 4637 N Albina Avenue it opens daily at 06:00 and stays until 18:00. Coffeehouse Five at 740 N Killingsworth Street also opens at 06:00 on weekdays, red e café coffee roasters at 1006 N Killingsworth serves 07:00–14:00, and La Perlita at 5620 N Interstate Avenue opens daily 08:00–16:00.

Down the bluff, Swan Island holds a 430-acre industrial park with the headquarters of Daimler Trucks North America and Vigor's shipyard; more than 10,000 people worked there in 2008.9 Mocks Bottom Cafe at 6040 N Cutter Circle serves 06:00–14:00 on weekdays. Madrona Hill Café at 5937 N Greeley Avenue opens at 06:00 every day. On the way back south, Grand Central Bakery is at 714 N Fremont Street, and Bernstein's Bagels at 816 N Russell Street serves daily 08:00–13:00.

Sources

  1. Albina, Portland, Oregon, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. North Williams Avenue, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Boise, Portland, Oregon, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Mississippi/Albina, Willamette Week Finder (August 19, 2016), accessed October 2026
  5. The Fresh Pot, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  6. Broder (restaurant), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  7. Either/Or (restaurant), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  8. Albina Press, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  9. Swan Island, Portland, Oregon, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Mississippi & Williams cafés: questions

Which cafés are on Mississippi Avenue in Portland?

The Fresh Pot at 4001 N Mississippi, on the corner of N Shaver Street, serves daily 07:00–17:00. Capitola Coffee at 4224 N Mississippi has the same hours, Bastion Coffee is at 4326, and Broder Nord at 3765, part of a Scandinavian restaurant chain with æbleskiver on the menu, opens at 08:00 at weekends. Willamette Week calls the avenue a seven-block promenade.

What is Either/Or on North Williams Avenue in Portland?

Either/Or at 4003 N Williams Avenue is a queer-owned café named after Elliott Smith's 1997 album Either/Or. It works as a coffee shop by day and a cocktail bar at night and opens daily at 08:00. Its original café, in Sellwood-Moreland, closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Which cafés in North Portland's Mississippi and Williams area open at 06:00?

Albina Press at 4637 N Albina Avenue and Madrona Hill Café at 5937 N Greeley Avenue open at 06:00 every day. Coffeehouse Five at 740 N Killingsworth Street opens at 06:00 on weekdays. Albina Press, open until 18:00, first opened in North Portland in 2004.

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