Fehrenbacher Hof

Fehrenbacher Hof is a Portland coffee house located in Goose Hollow, just outside of downtown. I would probably never have found it, but some of my friends who live in the area said that I should check it out. The café is a converted old house with lots of the character that comes from being built a long time ago. As you walk around, you hear the wooden floorboards creak beneath your feet, tired from years of service. The space is pretty intimate and it feels like you are in someone’s house.

Fehrenbacher Hof, a great name--if you can spell it

I made it to the Hof on a Thursday afternoon. When I asked the barista what the espresso was like, she seemed a little surprised by my question and told me that it was dark. Hmm. . . That’s not always a bad sign, but the shot I received was a big for a double and was a little watery. Still, I could tell that the coffee was a smooth, low-acid blend that is just slightly chocolaty.

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Portland Spice

A funny thing happened to me today. At least I thought it was funny.

I was walking home on the park blocks today when two twenty-something women in a small white car stopped and rolled down the window.

"Excuse me," the brunette riding shotgun said, "do you know where Spice is?"

I thought for a second. "No," I replied. I'd never heard of it. "Is that a restaurant?" I asked her.

"Umm," she looked at me, chuckled and said, "no, it's a strip club. . ." and then they pulled away. 

At first I was a little embarrassed that I couldn't help her. Then I thought about it and realized it was probably a good thing that I couldn't.

It made me laugh all the way home.