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    Red Square Cafe

    4.2 (106 reviews)
    Closed • 8:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    RED SQUARE CAFE ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed
    Good for working

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    Denton E.

    Good coffee, good food, good music, friendly service, free WiFi! Conveniently located if you're getting your brakes repaired at Cooke's.

    Egg & cheese bagel sandwich (asked for veggies & hot sauce)
    Chi N.

    Best bagel sandwich spot! Great food, tea selection & friendly service. You can add veggies & hot sauce to your sandwich which made it another level.

    Another great sandwich at the red square.
    Martin W.

    Revisited and still amazing. The owner does such a great job to accommodate every guest. And you can taste every ingredient in this sandwich. Added benefit when the owner makes the sandwiches: he even grills the deli meat. That's is so smart since it elevated the typical deli meat taste. Yumm. Adding a cold brew to it makes it a great lunch snack

    The one star reviews on this place are so old and clearly not relevant anymore, this place exceeded every expectation I had. Originally planned to try Tabor Bread across the street but the line was so long and it was super overpriced, so walked in and tried this modest looking café. Prices were great. The man took our order and walked around the counter to hand us our food when it was done. The best part is that the bagel sandwiches were actually so good (crazy cheese pull on the bacon, egg and cheese). Will absolutely be coming back here and I think people should really give it a try despite kind of a rundown appearance.

    My friend's Spicy Ivan breakfast bagel. $6
    Janet M.

    For the next few months I will be driving the teen to SE Portland for an activity on Sundays and will have to entertain myself for 90 minutes. Not long enough for a big adventure but not short enough to just wait in the lobby. So my first time out I chose Red Square Cafe for an iced mocha. There is a tiny parking lot and one hour street parking. Teen's dad met me there and he ate a bagel sandwich with his coffee. My coffee was good. The barista was great. The space is small, with bar seating for their computer using patrons (it really is an internet cafe) and maybe 6 tables. There is a clean restroom. The ex enjoyed his bagel sandwich. I had a bite and it was well done. There are some interesting characters coming in and out because of the location I think. The barista did a good job handling them. She has to be part social worker and part bouncer in addition to cooking and pulling shots. I hope they pay her OK. I am likely to return. I was not bored at all.

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    Bee F.

    At last! We now have another place to get true European roast coffee, dark, rich, and flavorful! While I admire Heart Coffee's pioneering work in light roasts, it is too acidic and not the coffee experience for me. Sadly, after this became a national trend and then that trend reversed a few years back, while other cities moved back to more traditional roasts, Portland did not. Any cup of Joe here is generally sour and anything but smooth. This has made me a religiously dedicated Spella Caffé acolyte, it pleases me no end that I now have at least two more alternatives (Marino Café serves Bosnian coffee) for a great cup... and on my side of the river! The folks were absolutely charming, the space entertaining, and... workstations? Yay! They also have convenient bike and horsey parking out front, as well as outdoor sheeting. Perfect!

    Sweet Irene breakfast Sammie
    Tyler C.

    Thankful for a 20oz latte! The sweet Irene bagel sandwich is amazing!! Love creative menus and this one is awesome.

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    Good coffee. Friendly staff and yummy eats. It's a bit loud for studying or writing but it's a nice neighbourhood place for a cup of joe.

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    Really weak cold press coffee. Fair prices. Pastries were sad looking, but the cake donut was tasty.

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    11 years ago

    Good coffee, fast internet, and plenty of choices to satisfy for a coffeeshop. I'd go again if I were in the neighborhood.

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    Awesome service! Coffee was great and the bagel and cream cheese I had was fresh. Great atmosphere.

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    11 years ago

    Cool staff, great music, good people, lots of plugs on the back wall. Not sure if they're dispersed throughout. Yep :)

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    Came in while waiting for a car repair. Tasty bagel sandwiches. Friendly employees. Love the music choices.

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    delicious drinks, friendly atmosphere, good music, hott bod's thats right-the employees and now serving beer. im into it.

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    Bernstein's Bagels is more than an eatery - it's a community. We liked the food and the experience…read moreso much that we came here two days in a row for breakfast. Bernstein's is a popular spot - having arrived at the opening time we felt lucky to secure a table. Here is what we ordered: bagel and lox, garden bagel and raisin smear bagel; as well as coffee. Everything was so good that even the picky eater amongst us had no complaints. We also enjoyed conversing with other patrons at Bernstein's. Having quickly deciphered that we are visiting from out of town (probably by overhearing us talk - the tables are very close together) they immediately made us feel welcome and recommended places to visit around Portland. We usually don't talk to strangers, so being pulled into a friendly conversation was a different kind of experience for us, but the one that we enjoyed with gratitude. Overall, this a great breakfast spot!

    Bernstein's is a tough place to grade, especially if you're from the place whose bagels, cream…read morecheese, and sandwiches it's trying to emulate. I've been coming here since they were tucked away in St. John's and were the bagel provider for the Portland Art Museum's cafe, and it's produced a love-hate relationship. I love the new place on Russell Street and the coffeehouse aesthetic that fits its corner of Portland far better than an average bagel shop. I love that they've gone through the trouble of learning to prepare bagels correctly and have trained Portland to expect a chewiness to their bagel and a mild tackiness often incorrectly identified as "crisp" on the exterior. I love that they use Nossa Familia coffee--the city's closest approximation to East Coast Italian roasts--and that they attempt lox and capers, tuna salad, and pork roll, egg, and cheese sandwiches. But there's still a whole lot to hate. I hate that it makes me pay $3 for a bagel that cooked to pretzel density half the time (a common overcompensation in this market) before it's touched by so much as an ounce of cream cheese. I hate that buying in bulk scarcely dents that price to the level of competitors who have rapidly gained on the shop's quality. I hate that pork roll (loose, cheap pig renderings mashed into a sausage and sliced), a Kraft single, and an egg on their bagel goes for $15 (!). And I quite frankly hate that I regularly have to include these obnoxiously pricey bagels among the city's best for lack of better options. It encourages newcomers to set even higher per-bagel prices without the quality to back it up--making for angry, disappointed customers--and creates an unsustainable novelty for a product that thrives in everyday available volume. The one $5 bagel in town exists solely because it's using flavors and ingredients uncommon to the medium, but I'm no sure that spot on Sandy can keep up its one-bagel-at-a-time approach forever. Bernstein's has found its place, but not without making certain adjustments along the way. Its lines have given way to advance ordering and easy pickup. Its bagel, schmear, and sandwich menus have broadened as it attempts to give people more for their money. And with competitors entering the market on the East Side at $4 to $5 per plain bagel, offering that same price for a bagel with cream cheese makes them the better point of comparison on their side of the river. Bernstein's can be an above-average to really good bagel for this market, but its greatness relies heavily on just how willing you are to cross a bridge.

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