Type
Bakery, Coffee
Features
Cash Only, Coffee, Conversation, Counter Service, Date Night, Dessert, Dinner, Late Night
Price Scale
$
Description

A customer since the ’80s notes fewer hippies nowadays at SE 12th Avenue’s Rimsky-Korsakoffee House, but not much else has changed. A relic of Portland’s coffee culture before the Starbucks-on-every-corner era, Rimsky’s still charts its own course: a 7 p.m. opening time, cash or check only, and not a laptop in sight. Only a fool would ask for a Wi-Fi password. Instead, ask for a Berries Godunov and the Ambiguity tea, and continue your conversation in the shadows while you take in the music. Don’t miss the bathroom.

Rimsky-Korsakoffee House

707 SE 12th Ave, Portland, OR, 97214
Central Eastside Industrial District  •  503-232-2640
Sun - Thurs: 7pm - 12am Fri - Sat: 7pm - 1am