Portland’s foodie scene continues to lure gourmet coffee shops and increasing revenues
On a recent sunny afternoon, Catherine Walsh, co-owner of Arabica Coffee Co. in Portland, sits in her swanky new coffee shop, Crema, sipping from a cappuccino decorated with heart-patterned froth and recalling a simpler time in the city's coffee scene. Walsh is surrounded by young professionals hunched over iPads, as jazz rolls through speakers hidden discretely on the exposed brick walls of this 19th-century former warehouse.
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