Olé Latte Coffee Portland State University

12/02/2017

To all my wonderful supporters it saddens me and makes me happy to announce that the end of chapter of having our Downtown Coffee Cart will be closing as of this weekend.
I feel that the business would be better focused on the 3 shops of PSU and SE Clinton. I will share the story of the cart at Alder.

May 2nd 2012 I opened the cart at NE 19th and Everett and during that time it was an opportunity for me to get my feet wet with the whole idea of what I wanted to do with it. I worked 7 days a week from 6:30- 5:30 M-F and 8-3 on Saturday, I closed on Sunday for maintenance and resupply. I went on a mini 5 day trip were I asked Hank to cover for me while I was gone (our relationship formed). I did very little sales there maybe 20-30 per day at best. I got the opportunity to go on the set of Grimm for 10 days with the cart to be used in the show and got the chance to have a nice paid break. When the shoot was over and it was time to come back the rain started falling and the customers didn't really come back. I had to make a tough choice and relocated to a temporary spot with my friend John at SE Clinton for the winter months while I waited for a call to come downtown. We got the call on December 15th for locations at SW Alder along with my friend John that owns Picnic that took a location at SW 3rd Avenue. I moved the cart in the dead of winter January 1st and we kicked things off right with making our way into the downtown foodcart scene and immediately started seeing results with media press, sales and good traffic with tourism. The sales worked in our favor and I felt that I would expand with a second cart (PSU) with the last of my reserves to go "ALL IN". Hank and a few key staff covered the shop while I built out the second one. Alder cart sustained incomes gave us and great opportunity for name recognition and we learned so much by being there. I am so grateful for the opportunity of the cart at Alder but as things change we need to align our business plans for what would be best suited for the company. I am now Happy to announce in the next couple weeks we are going to have a new location for you to come visit at SE 1410 Clinton Street, Portland Or.

- Stay Caffeinated My Friend

07/27/2017

Hi Trailer Food Diaries! It has been such an honor to be recognized as one of the best food trucks! What ride it has been getting to were we are today and guess what? It's just the beginning....

- Stay Caffeinated my Friend

06/05/2017

Don't miss out on the final WHAT Hut of the season! Tomorrow 9:30am-11:30am Portland State University SHAC talks about natural bodies of water you might visit over the summer and some of the unknown dangers it can contain. If you can't make it over tomorrow for some delicious coffee and some fantastic advice, never fear, it'll be back in the fall! But really, you should be there to give them a fond summer farewell!

04/26/2017

Catering / Marketing / Adminstrative Manager
Full-time job
Ole Latte Coffee is looking for a part-time / full time catering and event manager with experience in the food industry, event coordination and marketing (specifically social media). More than that, however, ideal candidates will be self-starters who demonstrate the ability to innovate and execute their own projects in addition to being adapt at planning/managing team schedules.

This position is a wonderful opportunity to personally build an already-growing company that is more than just a business. Ole Latte is committed to the communities of Portland and partners with many nonprofits in addition to being on the board of both the Suspended Movement and Do good Multnomah. The Catering and Event Manager will be a part of these charitable relationships and will therefore have the ability to improve not only their work space but the world around them. Whoever we hire for this position will consequently be energetic, compassionate and looking to make a difference.

Responsibilities and Skill Set:

Coordinating Events
Working Events (Set up and break down)
Seeking out and Maintaining Partner Relationships
Office Management and Administrative Tasks
Catering Sales
Marketing and Social Media (of events, catering services and merchandise plugs)
Team Management

Please provide a Resume and a short Cover Letter describing your interest/why you are best suited for the position.

send to: [email protected]

04/24/2017

We're hiring! Apply now.

04/07/2017

My name is Josh and I like to party in the bagel cart we have at SW 5th and Harrison. Let's party together. My favorite sandwich is the Festa Italiana (NEW).

- Stay Caffeinated My Friend

Photo by Sector 5 Productions LLC

03/25/2017

In case you didn't hear we are building a coffee shop right over the river off the Ross Island Bridge between Powell and Division on Se Clinton Street.

This is on the bike road as you are on your way in town from the east side or catching the Max stop around the corner.

We will be a smallish shop seating 12 or so people. Having a drive through bicycle 🚴 window and summer bench seating.

Here are a couple photos to get you excited!

02/14/2017

Serving up some shortbread cookies on this fantastic ❤️ ly day.

02/08/2017

🌹+🍐 =😍😋
The New Ole Latte Seasonal Syrup is HERE! 🤣
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02/08/2017

We are making progress on the new shop and we hope you like it.

- Stay Caffeinated My Friend

01/17/2017

I can't say enough about how frustrating it is not being able to serve you all. We do our best in the adverse weather but ice is no joke.

12/10/2016

I had a little fun today dressing up the window in our soon to be shop at SE Clinton Street.