Portland Oregon Food and Drink
Throwing Ourselves On The Grenade of Bad Food to Save You
Some companies are game changers. Not just in their cities or industries, but in changing the overall culture. In the coffee industry, Starbucks is the obvious one. But so is Stumptown, and as Portland’s most powerful, “world dominating” … [Read more...]
On October 10th, the Rising Star Awards were announced by StarChefs.com. The attention was surprising, because they have never paid attention to Portland before. Now it seems they have been won over by our culinary scene. After spending some time … [Read more...]
From a Stumptown Roasters Press release today - “At a time when it’s difficult to find the financing to grow, run and operate a quality driven and sustainable business, I am pleased to announce that Stumptown has found an investor to help us … [Read more...]
[Now confirmed by Willamette Week- see bottom of this story.] Though a spokesman for Stumptown Coffee says that Duane Sorenson is still in control of the Portland coffee chain, doubts are beginning to form. I may have to retract my original post … [Read more...]
Rumors were flying today when a post on Esquire Magazine's website stated that "Stumptown Coffee Roasters has been sold to the highest bidder". Not quite. I heard a rumor a few weeks ago that company founder Duane Sorenson wants to expand into … [Read more...]
Last year Stumptown Coffee Roasters won by a significant margin. This year, Barista Coffeehouse surged and came very close to tying their score, with only 1% of the vote separating them. When you factor in the number of Stumptown stores versus the … [Read more...]
Updated 4.29. Here are the results from the our 2011 reader surveys. We had well over 1100 participants this year! A big thank you to all of our sponsors and participants! A few notes: If the top two choices were significantly higher than the … [Read more...]
