Bipartisan Cafe is a coffee shop and bakery in the
Montavilla neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The cafe is a community gathering space as its owners intended. The venue has hosted political events, book readings and
signings, and concerts. According to
Oregon Wine Press, "From day one, the café has been based on building community and 'working with people to try to create a place where they can get along on a real level'."
Lonely Planet has said the cafe is "where big ideas are hatched at small tables and the walls are plastered with episodes from US history".
Interior Eater Portland's
Brooke Jackson-Glidden described Bipartisan Cafe as "an eclectic space decorated with American historical memorabilia". The interior includes framed posters of
James Buchanan,
John F. Kennedy,
Richard Nixon, and
Martin Van Buren, as well as portraits of
Geronimo,
Martin Luther King Jr., and
Harriet Tubman. There are also posters of
Norman Rockwell's 1943 painting series
Four Freedoms and other political memorabilia such as ballots,
bumper stickers,
campaign buttons and pins, and a
voting machine from
Palm Beach, Florida, that was used in the
2000 United States presidential election. Many of the items are from Emerson's personal collection, which he started in 1980. There is also a
play area for children. The same newspaper's Su-jin Yim called Bipartisan "kid-friendly" in 2006.
Menu Bipartisan serves pie, including vegan and gluten-free options, as well as salads, sandwiches, and soups. The menu has also included bagels with
lox, and quiches. Pie flavors have included banana cream, blueberry, cherry, chocolate cream, chocolate orange cream, chocolate silk, espresso cream,
key lime, and
marionberry, and marionberry mixed with lemon curd or peach. The triple-berry pie has blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries. Bipartisan Cafe serves
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