PDX Starting Grounds

First of all, this place is in the courthouse. With that in mind, you’d expect it to be kinda bleh, but NO. Starting Grounds is delightful! Super friendly and attentive staff, and really good coffee and breakfast sandwiches. Also, the owner, Trever, who is visually impaired made a killer coffee that made my jury duty experience SO much better than it could have been. Thank you Trever!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Low-key best coffee in town. Located in the courthouse.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Great folks and great food & coffee!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had a Waldorf salad sandwich in a plastic triangle casing, thinking it would be mediocre but convenient—instead it was a great sandwich. The dark rye bread was fresh and tasty, the lettuce was plentiful and fresh, a healthy medium dark green, and the Waldorf salad itself was flavorful and tasted like homemade not out of a mass container. I thoroughly enjoyed it, felt like I got Real Food not agrabiz chem stuff. That place rocks!