The Crooked Mile Cafe

To begin, I can't stress enough that the food and drinks were amazing, they tasted wonderful! There were only two downsides to my visit.

The first downside being they were out of bagels, yet they were still there on the chalkboard menu, a menu that can easily be changed by simply striking it out, or erasing it. But this isn't really much of an issue.

The second one being the service. Most of the staff there was extremely friendly except for one. This was the woman who was at the register for my significant other and I. She had a complete lack of social skills, and my girlfriend said made "everything feel depressed." While nobody can control what may be going on in her life, she shouldn't be in a position that requires social skills. After my girlfriend ordered, I was going to order and she simply stared at me, not any sort of "and what can I get for you?" She clearly didn't want to be there. I was debating making my rating a 3/5 but simply because the food was spectacular I am keeping a 4/5.

My recommendation, put this staff member in a different position such as in the kitchen, a busser, or something that doesn't involve much customer interaction because it clearly isn't her forte.

Excellent coffee, great breakfasts on the go if you don't feel like deal with the crazy lines of the more popular breakfast places. Their breakfast burritos really did a great job of tiding me over for a long time, especially as I generally have a hollow leg.

Nice staff and delicious sandwiches! Watch the door...it sticks a little.

😍This place is awesome! Grilled blueberry muffin and an oat milk chai😋funky atmosphere. Comfy couch. Art. History.

Why do we punish ourselves by allocating breakfast sandwiches to just the AM hours? As if we needed to reward ourselves for getting up early but make that reward really mean something by not having it at other times of the day. This place makes me rethink that breakfast sandwiches for just breakfast policy, there breakfast sandwiches are simply are outstanding. Sure the coffee's good here but where this place stands out is those amazing selection of sandwiches and baked goods. Ingredients all taste, they use just the right amount and keep it simple as it should be. Combine all that with extremely fair prices and a staff so friendly they make you think about giving up your career and learning how to be a barista just to hang out with them, and you have a win.

Great sandwiches! Limited indoor seating for our group but there were picnic tables outside nearby.

Great coffee and latte varieties - kind and friendly staff with a decent amount of seating. Couches in the back good for weather refugees 🌧

Reasonably priced, delicious coffee and food! They offer a variety of traditional coffees and some fun coffee mixtures. We got a large iced coffee with AM and SF caramel and the Snickerdoodle iced coffee. Neither drink disappointed, highly recommend trying this place out.

I came here for a coffee and a sandwich to support a local business instead of heading to Starbucks.The food and coffee are good, some of the staff make you feel like you're bothering them just by ordering something. Not friendly at all from my few visits. Restrooms closed, passive aggressive signage posted throughout, and nowhere to sit inside, I guess I'll go back to Starbucks!

The food is great and the prices are cheap! The salad portions are huge. For $8 you can’t beat the price or quality anywhere else in Portland. One of my favorite lunch spots. Plus, they’re dog friendly which I love!