According to a recent article from the Portland Eater, the owners of Cafe Olli will soon open a new concept called Ollini at 3907 NE Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard.
A representative of Ollini was not immediately available to comment upon What Now Portland’s request.
According to the article, “Cafe Olli owners Siobhan Speirits and Taylor Manning are opening this sibling bakery and wine bar in the former St. Beatrix space next door to their all-day cafe.”
“Olli’s crusty breads and winsome pastries will be joined by long-fermented, honey-boiled bagels from baker Josh Fairbanks’s Honey Bagels. On Thursday through Saturday evenings, wine director Kiah Thornton will pour rotating natural wines that will accompany oysters on the half shell.”
An article from PDX Monthly states, “The new café space was once home to the very pink bakery St. Beatrix, which closed this April (the takeover involved a few coats of white paint). After moving bakery production next door, Speirits and Manning expanded their wholesale baking substantially, now selling baguettes, sourdough, and seasonal loaves to restaurants like Sweedeedee, Gabbiano’s, and the Heathman Hotel.”
“Quiet is one thing Ollini probably won’t be. Other than hanging at the three bar stools and the couple of tables they’re planning to throw on the sidewalk, most customers will stand, maybe setting down a drink or snack at the counters lining the windows, like a crowded European bar.”
