Spella Caffè

Spella Caffè is a coffee shop in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Spella Caffè
Exterior, 2022
Restaurant information
Street address520 Southwest 5th Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97204
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45.5197°N 122.6768°W / 45.5197; -122.6768

Description and history

Andrea Spella opened the cafe in downtown Portland in 2010, having previously operated a cart. The menu includes coffee and espresso drinks, affogato, gelato,[1] Italian sodas, and shakeratos.[2]

A Spella Caffe espresso bar was also available in the Italian food hall and marketplace Cooperativa, as of late 2020.[3][4]

The company has an Art Deco logo.[5]

Reception

In Willamette Week's 2016 list of "Five Essential Old-School Portland Cafes", Jordan Michelman said Spella offers the city's best shakerato and wrote, "Andrea Spella's love letter to the Italian espresso tradition is still as relevant and quality-focused as ever, celebrating 10 years at his postage-stamp-sized cafe (Spella started as a cart some years before). The place is intentionally unbeholden to the whims of fashion, instead aiming for a consistent daily offering focused on its Rancilio lever espresso machine."[6] Delia Mooney of Tasting Table included Spella in a 2017 list of Alton Brown's favorite coffee shops as part of his Eat Your Science tour.[7] In The Oregonian's 2017 list of "Downtown Portland's 10 best coffee shops", Samatha Bakall described Spella as a "perennially packed, closet-sized Italian cafe tucked into a downtown office building" and wrote, "Spella is our go-to spot for a quick espresso (sipped standing, of course) or an early afternoon affogato, where hot espresso is poured over a scoop of gelato. There's barely enough room to wait for your order, so you'll want to plan on taking your coffee to go if you've got work to do."[8]

In Food & Wine's 2019 overview of Portland's coffee scene, David Landsel wrote, "Andrea Spella's welcoming little cafe, with its well-trained baristas, holds an outsized spot in the heart of many a downtown worker. This one’s for the grownups. For grownups who, every now and then, require a delicious affogato to make it through their afternoon."[9] In her 2021 list of "14 Distinctive Portland Cafés That Roast Their Own Coffee", Eater Portland's Katrina Yentch said "Spella is a proud homage to Italian coffee making".[2]

References

  1. "Spella Caffe". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  2. Yentch, Katrina (June 14, 2021). "14 Distinctive Portland Cafés That Roast Their Own Coffee". Eater Portland. Vox Media. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  3. Hamilton, Katherine Chew (November 25, 2021). "A Guide to Portland's New Wave of Italian Markets". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  4. Cohen, Jason (November 11, 2020). "Cooperativa Didn't Plan on a Pandemic, but the Market-Cafe Hybrid Turned Out to Be Ready for It". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  5. Moore, Kim (September 25, 2019). "What Is Old Is New". Oregon Business. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  6. Michelman, Jordan (November 8, 2016). "Five Essential Old-School Portland Cafes". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  7. Mooney, Delia (April 25, 2017). "Alton Brown Is on a Coffee Crawl Across America". Tasting Table. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  8. Bakall, Samantha (May 17, 2019). "Downtown Portland's 10 best coffee shops". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  9. Landsel, David (February 20, 2019). "The Best Coffee in Portland Is Right Downtown". Food & Wine. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
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