Detour Cafe

Detour Café
3035 SE Division

Date: 2/17/07
Arrival: 9:30am










It was a sunny Saturday morning. Kara, Katie and I had plans to eat breakfast and ride on the new Portland Aerial Tram. We decided to check out Detour Café on Division. Neither of us had been there before, but we were all game for a new breakfast location.

Detour is located in a cute little place right next door to Mabel’s Café & Knittery on Division. The menu is quite different from most restaurants in Portland. They have a build-your-own Italian frittata and potato scramble section on their menu. They are also well known for their breakfast sandwiches. I did not see a traditional scramble or hash browns on the menu, so if you are craving that, don’t ever go here.

I went with the make-your-own frittata option and chose avocado, cheese, and veggie sausage. Detour bakes their meals, therefore the waiting time is a bit long. The friitata was bland and I was not impressed. The bread was crunchy, and the potatoes were just okay.

Kara also built her own Italian frittata. She added mushrooms, veggie sausage, and cheese. She also thought her frittata was boring to the max!

Katie ordered a breakfast sandwich. She said the bread was good, but the breakfast was bland overall. Uh oh, this is turning into a bad brekkie review.

Conclusion? Cute restaurant, boring meals. Maybe add a few extra toppings and our meals would've been delicious. Anywho, unlike the frittatas, the new Portland Aerial Tram was fun and well worth the wait.

Wait Time Inside: 0 minutes
Wait Time For Food: 40 minutes
Service: Friendly, but you have to get up and get your own coffee
Food: Bland
Options: not a lot of options for traditional breakfasts. I appreciated their creativity, though.
Price: $7-8
Atmosphere: Very cute