{"id":1909,"date":"2019-03-21T02:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/2019\/03\/21\/checking-out-the-new-good-coffee-inside-portlands-woodlark-hotel\/"},"modified":"2019-03-21T02:00:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T12:00:33","slug":"checking-out-the-new-good-coffee-inside-portlands-woodlark-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/2019\/03\/21\/checking-out-the-new-good-coffee-inside-portlands-woodlark-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking Out The New Good Coffee Inside Portland\u2019s Woodlark Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What was once a building on the verge of destruction is now home to flourishing new Portland destination\u2014a landmark new hotel with undeniably good coffee.<\/p>\n

Since launching in 2014<\/a>, Portland’s Good Coffee has grown into one of the city’s leading reputable coffee companies, with an emphasis on hospitality and creative coffee concoctions. Founders (and brothers) Nick and Sam Purvis now manage a staff of 27 people across four locations throughout the city. Their latest, at the beautiful new\u00a0Woodlark Hotel<\/a>, is part of the wider hospitality work happening under the banner of\u00a0\u201cThe House of Welcome,\u201d which includes a packed new restaurant (Bullard<\/a>), pre-Prohibition cocktail lounge (Abigail Hall<\/a>), and the hotel itself, a completely redesigned 150 room boutique that started life as the Cornelius Hotel in 1908.<\/p>\n

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Good Coffee’s outpost here is a classic lobby coffee bar, with a primary focus on guests of the hotel who visit the space. As a city that\u2019s become an attraction for foodies and coffee drinkers alike, Portland has seen an increase in tourism, and that’s led to a hotel boom\u2014new offerings from local brands (Jupiter Next<\/a>) and international concerns (The Hoxton<\/a>) have opened over the last six months. Co-founder Sam Purvis estimates that 75% of the customers at his new cafe are visitors to the city, which places a high bar on hospitality for his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur belief is that we provide affection through sustenance, we want everyone to feel welcome as we serve them,\u201d Sam Purvis tells me.\u00a0One of the ways in which Good Coffee looks to demonstrate their hospitality is through the concept of \u201clobby culture.\u201d This culture goes further than a trendy aesthetic; it is centered around the comfort of the space for the city\u2019s residents and guests. This creates a sense of community within the lobby.<\/p>\n

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As Good Coffee moved into their new digs, it was important to keep their brand identity while blending in with the restaurant and bar that also inhabit the space. The interior design project for the Woodlark was executed by Atlanta-based firm Smith Hanes<\/a>. Woodlark tasked them to create a seamless blend between all entities in the lobby, while allowing Good Coffee to stay on brand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to make sure we stayed true to our identity and aesthetic,” Sam Purvis says. “The marble countertops, the plants, we wanted to have consistency within our shops collectively.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Woodlark building is now majority-owned and operated by women, which makes for an intriguing tieback to the building\u2019s history. Abigail Scott Duniway, a writer and a women\u2019s rights advocate, was rumored to hold meetings in the building in the early 1900s. Nick and Sam wanted to honor Duniway by naming a drink after her, \u201cThe Activist,\u201d which is seen on \u201cThe Founder Series\u201d menu. Just around the corner of Good\u2019s coffee bar, the aforementioned Abigail Hall draws heavily on Duniway’s history as an organizer and agitator for suffrage.<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere on the “Founders Series” menu guests can try \u201cThe Visionary,\u201d which is named after part-owner Lauren Noecker Robert, as well as \u201cThe Actuator,\u201d named after Jen Quist. Quist is part-owner of Abigail Hall and Bullard,\u00a0whose small-town-Texas-meets-downtown-Portland food vibe carries over into the food menu at Good, which features breakfast burritos, overnight oats, and a range of kolaches (traditional Czech pastries, much loved throughout Texas). All of it’s made in-house by the team at Bullard.<\/p>\n

While the lush array of plants and velvet furniture may initially catch your eye, one of the more interesting pieces in the lobby is behind the coffee bar. Good is currently working with a fully-restored La Marzocco Linea Classic<\/a>, which includes its classic (and discontinued) European buttons and digital shot counter. Gear here is rounded out by a\u00a0FETCO Extractor Series<\/a>\u00a0batch brewer and a pair of Mahlk\u00f6nig K30<\/a>s and a Mahlk\u00f6nig Guatemala grinder.<\/p>\n

The coffee bar being placed right next to the front desk of the hotel speaks volumes about the importance of coffee to this whole operation. Most importantly, this allows Good Coffee to be on the forefront of hospitality as guests enter the 11-story space. You can literally order an espresso while you wait for your room key\u2014the coffee bar and check-in desk are just that close.<\/p>\n

Good Coffee is located at\u00a0813 SW Alder St, Portland<\/a>. Visit their official website<\/a> and follow them on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/div>\n

Giovanni Fillari is Brand Marketing Specialist at Nike and the publisher of @coffeefeedpdx<\/a>. He is the honorable mention Sprudgie Award recipient for Social Media in 2018. Read more Giovanni Fillari for Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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