Cup & Saucer Café

Cup & Saucer Café
3000 NE Killingsworth

Date: 12/24/06
Arrival: 9:30am








The Cup & Saucer in NE Portland tends to be less crowded than its sister location on SE Hawthorne. The Hawthorne Cup & Saucer is often overflowing with people; consequently the service is not quite as fast. I can attest to the fact that the Killingsworth location has a laid back, NoPo atmosphere with a friendly wait staff. Kara informed me that there is now a new Cup & Saucer location in Kenton on N. Denver. We hope to eat there soon to see how it compares to the others.

We arrived at 9:30am and were pleasantly surprised when we didn’t have to wait for a seat and immediately began looking at their extensive menu. The Cup & Saucer is known for its scrambles and homemade scones. They are also vegetarian/vegan friendly and allow tofu and garden sausage to be substituted into any of their scramble options. I opted to go with the basil, pesto, and spinach scramble. It was very delicious and much better than the garden scramble that I had the last time I ate there. The potatoes were good, but could have been cooked a bit longer.

Jay had just received a New England Christmas package from his mom, which contained Patriots pajama pants and a Boston Red Sox ski cap. He was sporting his new threads at breakfast and I tried to capture that in a photo, but unfortunately it was too dark, so you’ll just have to trust me. I think Jay inspired us all to start wearing our jam pants to breakfast. Moving on to Jay’s breakfast. He decided to order the biscuits and gravy with a side of potatoes, which he then later nicknamed the starch bomb. Jay said that the gravy was not very flavorful and he felt like he had just swallowed a big serving of flour.

Kara ordered the salmon scramble. She said it was very rich, but very tasty.

I was quite pleased with my meal at Cup & Saucer today, but I will keep a mental note to not ever order the starch bomb.


Wait Time Inside: 0 minutes
Wait Time For Food: 17 minutes
Service: Very friendly and fast
Food: Tasty, but don’t order the starch bomb.
Options: lots of scrambles, very vegan/veggie friendly.
Price: $7-8
Atmosphere: Laid back, NoPo, friendly