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Wi-Fi cafés from NW 23rd to N Williams, tea rooms open until 21:00 and pie and politics at Bipartisan Cafe on SE Stark until 22:00.
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Portland averages 157 days a year with measurable precipitation, and from November to January each month brings more than 5 inches of rain at the airport.1 Northwest & NW 23rd and Montavilla & Outer East have the most cafés with Wi-Fi, ahead of Mississippi & Williams and Hawthorne & Division.
Most of these cafés keep daytime hours and close by 18:00, so an afternoon of work needs planning. A handful stay open into the evening, from tea rooms on NW 23rd to Bipartisan Cafe on SE Stark Street.
Local tip: For an evening of work, Bipartisan Cafe on SE Stark stays open until 21:00 from Sunday to Thursday and 22:00 on Friday and Saturday; most Wi-Fi cafés close by 18:00.
Where these cafés are: Montavilla & Outer East (9), Northwest & NW 23rd (9), Mississippi & Williams (8), Hawthorne & Division (8), Downtown (6), Central Eastside (6), Brooklyn & Woodstock (5), Buckman & Kerns (5), Sellwood & Westmoreland (3), Alberta Arts District (3), Belmont & Laurelhurst (2), Lloyd District & Irvington (2), South Waterfront & Southwest (1), Old Town & Chinatown (1).
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On NW 23rd, Portal Tea at 734 stays open until 21:00. Smith Teamaker's café at 500 NW 23rd seats 18 indoors and 18 on a covered patio, and pours tea lattes from an espresso machine.2 Coffee Time at 712 NW 21st Avenue opens daily 07:00–18:00, and The Dragonfly Coffee House at 2381 NW Thurman Street 07:00–17:00.
Downtown, Lotus & Bean at 536 SW 3rd Avenue opens at 06:30 on weekdays, Wild Rose Coffee at 1909 SW 6th runs daily 07:00–18:00, and The Dusted Cup at 727 SW Naito Parkway, by the waterfront, serves 07:00–15:00.
Around Mississippi and Williams, Euko Coffee at 3290 N Vancouver Avenue, Hypnos Coffee at 3761 N Williams and Blend Coffee at 2710 N Killingsworth all have Wi-Fi; Hypnos stays until 16:00. On Hawthorne, The Albina Press at 5012 SE Hawthorne is open daily 06:00–18:00, and Flying Cat at 3041 SE Division serves 08:00–15:00.
In the Central Eastside, Coava's flagship at 1300 SE Grand Avenue and Grendel's Coffee House at 729 East Burnside are both connected, and Crema at 2728 SE Ankeny Street opens at 06:30 and stays until 18:00.
Hobie Bender and Peter Emerson opened Bipartisan Cafe at 7901 SE Stark Street in 2005. Its walls carry presidential posters, campaign buttons and a voting machine from the 2000 election, and it has hosted candidate forums and election-night parties.3 It opens at 06:30 on weekdays and stays until 21:00, or 22:00 on Friday and Saturday.
Papaccino's at 4411 SE Woodstock Boulevard stays open until 22:00 every day and Coffee Beer at 4142 SE 42nd Avenue except on Sunday; Floyd's Coffee House & Wine Bar on SE Ladd Avenue does so from Wednesday to Sunday, and Guilder at 2393 NE Fremont and Triumph Coffee at 201 SE 12th until 20:00.
Multnomah County Library runs free Wi-Fi at all its locations. The network is Library_WiFi, there is no password, and it is on from 05:00 to midnight except for 15 minutes either side of closing time; at Central Library it works only during opening hours.4 Card holders aged 13 and older can borrow a Chromebook to use inside a library, and in the Children's Library at Central the network is reserved for users aged 14 and younger.4
By area: Downtown Northwest & NW 23rd Central Eastside Buckman & Kerns Hawthorne & Division Mississippi & Williams Alberta Arts District
Bipartisan Cafe at 7901 SE Stark Street stays open until 21:00, or 22:00 on Friday and Saturday. Papaccino's on SE Woodstock Boulevard is open until 22:00, as is Coffee Beer on SE 42nd Avenue except on Sunday, Portal Tea on NW 23rd until 21:00, and Guilder on NE Fremont and Triumph Coffee on SE 12th until 20:00.
Multnomah County Library offers free Wi-Fi at all its locations on the network Library_WiFi, with no password. It runs from 05:00 to midnight, except for 15 minutes either side of closing time; at Central Library it works only during opening hours.
Northwest Portland, around NW 21st and 23rd avenues, and Montavilla and outer East Portland have the most cafés with Wi-Fi, followed by Mississippi and Williams, and Hawthorne and Division. Coffee Time on NW 21st and The Albina Press on SE Hawthorne both have Wi-Fi.
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