Anna Bannanas Cafe

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Anna Bannanas Cafe
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Exterior of the Alberta Street restaurant in northeast Portland
Anna Bannanas Cafe
Restaurant information
Street address1214 Northwest 21st Avenue
City Portland
State Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code97209
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 45°31′54″N122°41′40″W / 45.5316°N 122.6944°W / 45.5316; -122.6944
Interior of the Alberta Street restaurant in 2015 Portland, OR - Anna Bannanas Alberta 04.jpg
Interior of the Alberta Street restaurant in 2015

Anna Bannanas Cafe, or simply Anna Bannanas, is a coffee shop [1] in Portland, Oregon's Northwest District, in the United States. Previously, the business had locations in north and northeast Portland.

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Description and history

There have been three locations: the original restaurant on 21st Avenue in northwest Portland's Northwest District, another in north Portland's St. Johns neighborhood, and another on Alberta Street in northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood. The original restaurant opened in 1994, and the St. Johns location opened in 2006. [2] The Alberta restaurant closed in 2014. [3]

Reception

In 2015, Pete Cottell of Willamette Week included Anna Bannanas in the "dive" category of "Where to Coffice in Portland". [4] Jordan Michelman included the cafe in the newspaper's 2016 list of "Five Essential Old-School Portland Cafes". [5] Willamette Week also included Anna Bannanas in a 2017 list of "The Best Secret Nooks and Hidey-Holes in Portland Cafes". [6]

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References

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  2. Navas, Melissa (2011-04-22). "St. Johns owners of Anna Bannanas Cafe in Northwest Portland celebrate 6,000 consecutive days in operation". The Oregonian . Archived from the original on 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  3. Harbarger, Molly (2019-10-13). "Longtime St. Johns cafe Anna Bannanas says new lease will force closure". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  4. Cottell, Pete (2015-10-10). "Where to Coffice in Portland". Willamette Week . Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  5. Michelman, Jordan (2016-11-08). "Five Essential Old-School Portland Cafes". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  6. "The Best Secret Nooks and Hidey-Holes in Portland Cafes". Willamette Week. 2017-11-08. Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2022-01-15.