Foolish Things Coffee Company

[Conan71]

The owner of Doubleshots is a Doubledooshe. He cannot have my money.

His reputation preceded him, that's why I've never spent a dime there.

[Townsend]

His reputation preceded him, that's why I've never spent a dime there.

Same for me.

[rdj]

Talking with Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein About 'Portlandia' Season 3
by Megh Wright | January 4th, 2013

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Carrie, since you live in Portland year-round but have also done tons of touring with Wild Flag, have you found hidden Portlandias in other cities?

Carrie: Last year I found myself in Tulsa, Oklahoma and I had never been before. I went to a wonderful coffee shop that had a list of amazingly esoteric rules by the register that we actually ended up writing a sketch about. I will emphasize they had great coffee. Also, all over Tulsa are little pockets of collectives and boutiques and artisan bakeries. It's the same with Birmingham, Alabama — repurposing warehouse spaces into multi-use living and work spaces, you know, just revitalizing the downtown in a very considered way that caters to the creative class and the people who want to have a furniture-making studio — as this kind of return to trying to sustain a local condensed economy that values authenticity and craftsmanship. I feel like that is popping up in so many cities, especially in places like Birmingham or Tulsa where there was a time where those downtown areas were somewhat abandoned and people moved to the suburbs. And so now you have all this empty space that is able to be reimagined and reconstituted, and those areas feel really Portlandy. It's amazing to have some of the best coffee or best sandwiches I've had in the last year in those cities. So yeah — I see Portland everywhere.

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http://splitsider.com/2013/01/talking-with-fred-armisen-and-carrie-brownstein-about-portlandia-season-3/

[heironymouspasparagus]

You drink Coffee after five?

As a side note: I never understood how anybody could drink Coffee outside when it's 110 degrees.

Same way we drink iced tea when it's below freezing...

[AngieB]

Talking with Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein About 'Portlandia' Season 3
by Megh Wright | January 4th, 2013

....

Carrie, since you live in Portland year-round but have also done tons of touring with Wild Flag, have you found hidden Portlandias in other cities?

Carrie: Last year I found myself in Tulsa, Oklahoma and I had never been before. I went to a wonderful coffee shop that had a list of amazingly esoteric rules by the register that we actually ended up writing a sketch about. I will emphasize they had great coffee. Also, all over Tulsa are little pockets of collectives and boutiques and artisan bakeries. It's the same with Birmingham, Alabama — repurposing warehouse spaces into multi-use living and work spaces, you know, just revitalizing the downtown in a very considered way that caters to the creative class and the people who want to have a furniture-making studio — as this kind of return to trying to sustain a local condensed economy that values authenticity and craftsmanship. I feel like that is popping up in so many cities, especially in places like Birmingham or Tulsa where there was a time where those downtown areas were somewhat abandoned and people moved to the suburbs. And so now you have all this empty space that is able to be reimagined and reconstituted, and those areas feel really Portlandy. It's amazing to have some of the best coffee or best sandwiches I've had in the last year in those cities. So yeah — I see Portland everywhere.

She was referring to DoubleShot, I believe.

[SXSW]

Write up on Foolish Things in the TW.  I like their optimism about the area which is the most neglected part of downtown in terms of new development.  I also like this idea, as a potential partnership with TCC and maybe other local universities on one of the parking lots by the campus:

But Justin would prefer mixed-use developments, combining retail with residential.

"I'd like to see a 'start-up village,' " he said, "an entrepreneur-driven neighborhood where people can boot-strap their ideas."

http://m.tulsaworld.com/news/downtown/foolish-things-coffee-shop-aims-to-perk-up-south-downtown/article_46cbb101-1ec4-5fa1-8f1a-269b5c82d11a.html?mode=jqm

[SXSW]

TyPros is also doing their 2014 StreetCred event in this area, on May 3-4. 

For two days this spring, May 3 and 4, TYPros will create temporary pedestrian paths and bike trails to connect this part of downtown with Riverparks, giving an idea of what kind of permanent project could be planned for the area.

A link between downtown and the river has been talked about for years.  I like the idea of making Main that corridor, narrowing the street like what has already been done between 3rd and 7th with wider sidewalks, trees and bike lanes in both directions all the way to 18th.  With bike lanes on 18th one could then connect to the MV trail to go to the Gathering Place, or on a new path through Veterans Park that better connects to the river trail. 

[davideinstein]

Doubleshot gets way more attention than it deserves.

[sgrizzle]

Doubleshot gets way more attention than it deserves.

Not being a coffee drinker, I think you're all nut jobs.

[Ed W]

No, no. We're nutjobs only if we DON'T get our coffee.

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[DolfanBob]

Not being a coffee drinker, I think you're all nut jobs.

I think Coffee mounts to little more than a hill of beans. 

[SXSW]

If you're in the area today stop by the StreetCred event at 10th & Main.  Some friends went to the event last night where they projected a movie on to the west side of the TCC Center for Creativity.

I like the the little commercial strip along Main south of the parking lot desert.  If you can start with a cluster of local businesses with a public gathering spot like Foolish Things that can potentially spur additional development.  TCC helps bring in some traffic but a commuter college surrounded by parking can only do so much.  It would be interesting to see any other examples around the country of urban community colleges that aren't just commuter campuses, outside of already hyper urban cities like NYC and Chicago.

[DowntownDan]

I thought TCC was one of the main perpetrators of the parking crater, along with the churches.

[sgrizzle]

I thought TCC was one of the main perpetrators of the parking crater, along with the churches.

TCC would prefer garages, but when you're dealing with regents, it's all about the dollars and surface is always cheaper than structured.