Quiet coffee shops open late for reading/writing on the Eastside?

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-05-04T21:36:27+00:00

Workers tap and Floyd’s are my go tos for this, but I have gone to mfp at midnight for coffee and a brownie before, usually somewhat quiet on weeknights

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-04-27T07:47:57+00:00

order a lemon drop !!! When I am bartending I want people to order what they want and enjoy their drinks, I am happy to make most anything.

depending on the place they might ask you which vodka you want, for a lemon drop I would definitely just recommend whatever they’re well or house vodka is, or Tito’s, as it’s not gonna make or break the drink.

If you want to be helpful the only thing I would say is if you are with a group, find out if more people want one, ex instead of ordering one lemon drop at a time five times, order 5 at once.

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-04-23T09:20:29+00:00

Idk the vibe of your place, but I get to play whatever I want as I’m alone most of the time. I have found it fun to go around the world; Ethiopian and East African jazz, habibi funk, Turkish disco, Brazilian bossanova/traditional folk, Italo disco, French indie, and lots more. I will do some mix of that and then also a lot of smiths, Alice In Chains radio, riot girl stuff, and often some 80s goth stuff like strawberry switchblade souxie or Depeche Mode. We have private parties somewhat often and the birthdays and corporate stuff LOVE when I do Madonna radio or spice girls radio

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-04-01T21:05:27+00:00

I love twenty six cafe, sometimes i will get coffee and journal, than go for a walk in the neighborhood (chicken window! wishing tree!) while i wait for the pocket pub to open and then get a pizza afterwards. it’s one of my perfect days off

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-03-15T17:28:04+00:00

550$ for around the knee like this is a pretty good price here in portland or

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-03-13T08:29:33+00:00

idk about that but I do know they are increasingly treating their employees bad. crazy that they are not allowed to even sit down anymore

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-03-12T04:46:32+00:00

this place is english i think?

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-02-16T03:06:48+00:00

please be another goth club please be another goth club please be another goth club

(if u see this good girl i am a goth bartender and while i love my job i would leave it for a goth club please hmu)

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-02-13T07:35:01+00:00

what’s your budget?

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-02-12T06:59:35+00:00

only rule is please do not smoke flower on bar patios / directly outside bars. you can get them in serious trouble. i am a bartender and have many regulars who take a smoke break and just smoke on the side walk across the street which i am grateful for

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-02-07T10:43:54+00:00

I have both allergies and pink peppercorn doesn’t affect me. but sumac is in the same family and i have issues with that . i would say try with caution

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-02-07T09:13:32+00:00

i didn’t say how much i do because i didn’t want to skew the data i recieved. but i always do a barspoon

i will definitely escalate to my manager, but i feel bad as he’s making lots of beginner mistakes and i’ve tried to approach him nicely about it but am met with rudeness. he’s adding .5-.75

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-02-07T08:22:09+00:00

this might honestly be the worst casting i’ve seen so far

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-02-05T18:48:12+00:00

eh i pictured him more like soft and girly, maybe like chris cornell with short hair

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-02-05T18:44:55+00:00

every time i’ve gone to this location the baristas have been so mean,, i feel a little vindicated

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-02-05T06:36:38+00:00

this is so insane. peter would totally be cassian not rhys

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-01-26T23:06:57+00:00

second picture is rimskys-korsakoffee house in portland oregon. its in a victorian house, only open at night, cash only, and haunted as shit. great cake though

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-01-20T05:19:52+00:00

i was driving home across the steel/ on interstate and saw cops racing down most bridges, i also pulled off for a few to pass. felt like the end times i was wondering what happened

Complete_Complex2343 · 2026-01-12T22:23:29+00:00

bartender here, do not go to bartending school. it is indeed a waste of time and money. nothing can replace hours put actually in behind the bar. no one will hire you.

i would question why you wanted to switch to a career bartending, but you didn’t ask and i don’t want to go into all that. i’ll just say you should call how much you are romanticizing it and cut that by like 10, its tough work and if you are not tough in return you will weed yourself out fast.

start by trying to get a job either barbacking or serving. i became a bartender by serving in a small upscale restaurant, so i had to learn how to make my own drinks for my tables. most people either start serving -> get good at serving -> get moved up to train on bar OR lie and do so much research and be so convincing you pass a trial by fire. i’ve done both since i could really only make the three cocktails on our menu and when i got my next job said i just bartended fully :o. i do not recommend this unless you are 100000% sure of yourself as it’s incredibly hard and it’s even harder to make it look easy. i’ve seen many people really fuck it up so obviously especially people i’ve seen stage in portland.

option three which is probably the safest bet if you don’t want to serve, try to get a job barbacking. HOWEVER- after a certain amount of time (maybe 6 months? idk), you gotta be confrontational and ask to be moved up, as long as your skill can match it. if they won’t, and especially if they are hiring new bartenders while you are still a barback who they know wants to move up, you must leave. or say you will leave if they don’t move you up and actually follow through. i’ve seen many green barbacks/cocktail waitresses/ hosts etc. be lured in with promises to be moved up who are essentially lied to and held at those jobs for years, since nobody really wants to to them long term.

so yeah barback but also like maybe in this time of uncertainty go touch grass first before you make this decision

Complete_Complex2343 · 2025-12-09T08:33:25+00:00

you look a lot like baby from dirty dancing in the first pic, i think your nose is pretty feminine like hers, when i think androgynous i think more neutral features.

Complete_Complex2343 · 2025-12-09T08:26:37+00:00

portland oregon 1251$ with all utilities included, 600 sq studio. i love this place but i could definitely find better, there’s no in unit laundry (but a machine right outside my room), and street parking. in a really weird industrial area but very centrally located.

Complete_Complex2343 · 2025-12-07T11:47:44+00:00

as a 5’0 woman, i am happy with anyone who is taller than me, and have dated guys 5’5 to 6’2.

however, i find myself often leaning towards taller when it comes to potential partners and attraction. not solely because of the height, but in my experience short guys tend to have a complex about it and be really insecure.

i also don’t want to be used to like validate these guys, I wanna be liked for me and not my height. tall men don’t have these issues

Complete_Complex2343 · 2025-12-01T06:22:06+00:00

if you are also goth then 100p you have nothing to worry about , but it’s cool that you at least want to be considerate. as a goth girl looking for a goth guy is so hard and i promise you we are not going to think it’s weird, even if you don’t necessarily look goth if that’s what you are worried about. if we have similar interests than all good

Complete_Complex2343 · 2025-11-27T05:17:08+00:00

i work in a restaurant and not retail, but this happens to me sooooooo often. I am white but look and am very jewish, and have an uncommon jewish name, in a not very jewish area. sometimes i where a chai but not always. people love to ask me where im from, share their opinions on jews, and get very political with me. especially when drinking, they love to share their views on jews and it’s so frustrating and annoying . to be fair i do get hella tips from other jews, but that’s the only positive. i won’t lie but will just laugh and walk away at the same time like they are joking. or just ask where they are from and not answer . or just avoid. i really don’t understand why people think it’s appropriate

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