Fine, Portland, You Win!

February 23, 2008

by IsaChandra

Now stop rubbing it in everyone else’s face! The fair and beautiful Katie, who just transplanted her fine self from Chicago to Portland, has been posting the most tempting confections from her new workplace – SweetPea Bakery in the famed Portland mini-mall.

Not to mention one off color cake:

And to add insult to injury, she has announced that SweetPea is offering all you can eat vegan brunch. Okay, Portland. We get it. You win. Now stop showing off, already. It’s tacky.

Details from Lisa SweetPea

“Hi Friends!

Its time for us to finally start this! This Sunday, from 9am until noon or so, we will be having an all you can eat brunch buffet. $10 gets you coffee and juice and as much french toast, pancakes, potatoes, scramble, biscuits and gravy, etc etc as you can eat.

Plus, come do some shopping at Herbivore and Food Fight, and maybe make a tattoo appointment at Scapegoat. Some of us need to start paying back some loans!

If this week goes well, we will be doing this every sunday through spring and summer.

all of you who have been coming in regularly are awesome. we love seeing your faces all the time.

xoxo
-lisa”

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February 23, 2008 at 1:32 pm: dww
road trip
February 23, 2008 at 1:33 pm: AsstroGirl
I can’t get over her pictures or that such a place even exists. But to add brunch to the list? That’s just cruel.
February 23, 2008 at 1:35 pm: debya
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But Portland doesn’t have you!
February 23, 2008 at 1:42 pm: nothoney
Reminds me of Sticky Fingers Bakery in the District. They serve lunch AND soft serve vegany goodness.
February 23, 2008 at 2:55 pm: Lisa
Almost makes me want to move to Portland… almost. Maybe we can get Sweet Pea to move to us instead!?!? Those pics are killing me…. I am stuck at work with a bottle of water and a larabar (good, but not THAT good). Gaaaaaah!
February 23, 2008 at 3:12 pm: al
we need to start a vegan investment group to invest in vegan business entrepreneurs. or something.
February 23, 2008 at 4:07 pm: IsaChandra
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. But Portland doesn?t have you!”
YET!
February 23, 2008 at 11:04 pm: Danielle
C’mon, Isa…
Between the us and the other vegans in this area, we could totally get together and kick Portland’s ass.
February 24, 2008 at 2:53 am: ted
don’t forget voodoo doughnut!! omg vegan donuts. yum yum
February 24, 2008 at 8:55 am: Russ
oh my! All-you-can-eat for $10 ?! Does that include the whore-bag cake ?!! I think i might have just dribbled a little….
February 24, 2008 at 10:34 pm: b.a.d.
gathering 2.0!
February 25, 2008 at 12:40 pm: VeggieGirl
okay, I REALLY need to get out to Portland!!
February 25, 2008 at 4:47 pm: Lindsay
I so wish I lived in that awesome city.
February 25, 2008 at 7:33 pm: Jillian
Stop. Please. I can’t watch this anymore.
February 25, 2008 at 8:19 pm: Veronica
Damn. All that and no sales tax… I hope that brunch sticks around because that looks intoxicatingly tasty, and I don’t get down there much. The closest thing we have to a vegan shop here in Olympia is the co-op, and our best-bet is Sidecar in Seattle. Which, after spending so much time there anyway, I have yet to visit.
February 29, 2008 at 1:04 pm: Allison
Wowww lucky. I wouldn’t mind changing my name to “Whorebag” if someone would bake a cake like that for me every now and then. Low standards? Not at all.
March 4, 2008 at 5:14 pm: Katie
I’m not vegan, but I do live in Portland and love baked goods, so I’ll have to check it out!
April 30, 2008 at 6:03 am: Beryl Shapps
Not a veggie myself, but on the other hand don’t always eat meat either. So sorry that we don’t have such a variety of good baked products readily available in the UK. Quite a few of my family are veggies, so do quite a lot of my own inventive recipes when they visit.
I do fine that it sometimes needs inspiration and quite a lot of ingredients to make a tasty meal and usually end up with lots of dishes to clean up, but its worth it when they enjoy the meal.
Beryl