Water Avenue Coffee

Water Avenue Coffee
	Interior of the restaurant at SE Water Avenue and SE Taylor Street, 2022
Industry	Coffee shop
Founded	2009
Area served	Portland, Oregon

Water Avenue Coffee is a coffee "micro-roaster" with multiple locations in Portland, Oregon. Matt Milletto is a co-owner.^[1]

History

Water Avenue Coffee was established in 2009.^[2] The business launched a mobile coffee truck in 2013.^[3] Water Avenue signed a lease on a new roasting facility at Southeast 8th and Main in 2015, joining the flagship cafe Water Avenue and Southeast Taylor.^[4]^[5] The business also began selling barrel-aged coffee in 2015.^[6] Chef Ryan Kennedy launched an expanded food menu at the Water Avenue cafe in 2016.^[7]

In 2016, Water Avenue Coffee opened a second coffee bar at Sixth at Yamhill in downtown Portland.^[2]^[8]

The company was bought by Sortis Holdings,^[when?] then later sold to Harder Day Coffee Company in August 2024.^[9]

Reception

Brittany Fowler selected Water Avenue Coffee to represent Portland in Business Insider's 2015 list of the best coffee shops in 13 major cities in the U.S.^[10] Willamette Week included the downtown location in a 2016 list of "our favorite 11 new cafes and roasters in Portland".^[11] Samantha Bakall included the business in The Oregonian's 2017 list of the ten best coffee shops in downtown Portland.^[12]

References

^ Gunderson, Laura (June 7, 2011). "Who owns Portland's Stumptown Coffee?". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on June 16, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Bamman, Mattie John (August 31, 2016). "Water Avenue Coffee to Open Coffee Bar Off Pioneer Courthouse Square". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ DeJesus, Erin (May 6, 2013). "Water Avenue Coffee Goes Mobile; PDX Bubbles Week". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ Centoni, Danielle (March 16, 2015). "Water Avenue Coffee Expanding with New Roasting Facility". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ Korfhage, Matthew (November 10, 2015). "The Year in Coffee". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ Bamman, Mattie John (September 8, 2015). "Water Avenue Roaster Brings Barrel-Aged Coffee to Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ Bamman, Mattie John (April 11, 2016). "Water Avenue Coffee Expands Food Menu | MasterChef Holds Portland Casting Call". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on May 17, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ Bamman, Mattie John (November 3, 2016). "Eb & Bean and Water Avenue Coffee Co. Both Open November 4". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ "Sortis Holdings Sells Water Avenue Coffee to Harder Day". Willamette Week. August 19, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
^ Fowler, Brittany (October 5, 2015). "The best coffee shops in 13 major cities around the US". Business Insider. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ "Our Favorite 11 New Cafes and Roasters in Portland". Willamette Week. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ Bakall, Samantha (September 27, 2017). "Downtown Portland's 10 best coffee shops". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2022.