25% of all our profits will go toward The Voices Project, an organization that provides insight on how to be effective in leadership within one’s respective area of cultural influence in a way that is rooted in the history and experience of people of color.” “We want to create a social enterprise that is an incubator for upcoming Black leaders. They also have a community-building aspect, as explained in their Kickstarter from last year: I have reached out to them for more details and will update this when/if I hear back. Looks like they’ll have pastries, too, and I look forward to see what other kinds of food they may offer. Look for espresso drinks, pour overs, and coffee made with a vacuum pot/siphon (which looks pretty cool), among others. From what I can tell their desire for Grinds & Vines to become a community gathering place is strong. They also want to host events later this year. It has definitely been a challenge to the patience of Portland business owners.īut Leroy and his crew are determined and optimistic, and it’s possible that we will see Grinds & Vines open later this summer They are bringing a lot of good stuff to the neighborhood-great coffee and great wines, food and music. Plus, you can see that something as basic as a liquor license permit can get caught up in the slow permit pace that has plagued the city. It sounds like they have had to deal with a number of hiccups-plumbing, design, inspections-contributing to the delay in opening. It’s going to be run by Donna and Leroy Barber (of Black Santa fame) at 10632 NE Halsey Street.Īs you can see, it’s been a while since Grinds & Vines popped up in my editorial field of vision, but I noticed their liquor license application was finally processed this month, so I wanted to look back into this new business. The good folks from Rocky Butte Coffee Roasters were helping them out with a coffee tasting, and it sounded like a lot of fun. Back in October 2021 I caught wind of Grinds & Vines, a Black-owned coffee and wine bar, opening up in the Hazelwood/Parkrose Heights area in east Portland.
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