In a city that loves its coffee, Stumptown Coffee Roasters (1026 S.W. Stark St., 503-224-9060) is often cited as the cream of the crop - the small-batch roastery provides coffee to a number of fine restaurants and cafes all around town.
Pictured here is the cozy Stumptown Coffee Roasters just off the lobby of the gay-friendly Ace Hotel, right along Stark Street (and close to Boxxes and Scandals gay bars). There are also branches on Belmont Street in the hip East Side Belmont District, S.W. 3rd Avenue downtown, and on 12th Avenue as well as East Pine Street in Seattle's gay-popular Capitol Hill neighborhood. Stumptown also opened a roasting facility in New York City's Red Hook, Brooklyn neighborhood in 2009, as well as a coffeehouse in Manhattan at 18 W. 29th Street. And you can drink Stumptown at the swish Ace Hotels in both New York City and Palm Springs.