Ernest occupies the former site of Don the Beachcomber’s 1953 tiki restaurant, and it wears that pedigree lightly: a clean daytime room slinging Stumptown espresso, Summit tea matcha, and a small grocery of pantry goods. It closes early — 1:30pm — so this is strictly a morning move.
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Ernest Coffee
Stumptown pulls and a market case in the Uptown Design District — a mid-century room with real morning gravity.