Spella Caffè
Spella Caffè is a coffee shop in Portland, Oregon, United States.
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| Street address | 520 Southwest 5th Avenue |
| City | Portland |
| County | Multnomah |
| State | Oregon |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 97204 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45.5197°N 122.6768°W |
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]
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
- "Spella Caffe". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Moore, Kim (September 25, 2019). "What Is Old Is New". Oregon Business. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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