
Born in Seoul and trained under Las Vegas’s French pastry gods, Jin Caldwell and Kyurim Lee ditched Sin City for Stumptown in 2018. But their unassuming shop overflows with ritzy pastries. Walk in and pick from an outsize collection: mondo croissants warm from the oven each morning (classic butter to crispy ham and cheese), intricate savory tarts, and jewel-toned desserts in miniature. Specials include the “Q’een Amman,” in which Lee (known as “Q”) puts Nutella where the gods intended: on top of a classic kouign-amann pastry. And then there’s the elusive pain suisse, a pastry cream–folded croissant dotted with chocolate chips: it’s outrageous and bodacious, and shows up on the menu when it pleases.
