Slow Pour, a cafe in the Sellwood neighborhood, is reopening this month. They closed in late July 2025 and relocated further west from Southeast 17th Avenue (the building was sold) to Southeast 13th Avenue, and have been working on the space to transform it into the new cafe. They will likely soft open at then end of March, with a grand opening in April.
I had a chance to chat with Slow Pour’s co-owner, Dustin Payne a while back, and here are some of the things we talked about.
Slow Pour: What’s in a Name?
I asked Dustin the story behind Slow Pour’s name. “I worked with one of my friends who’s in marketing design,” he explained. “He had worked for Columbia [Sportswear] in graphic design and we did a lot of work on the history of the neighborhood, and the kind of person that came into a space. Someone who would lounge and either do work or have a meetup, and very much liked the vibe we wanted to catch, which was relaxed.”
He continued, “And that’s where the ‘Slow’ came from. And then we continued to talk about it for a couple more months and connected it with what we do—pouring coffee, pouring wine, pouring beer.”…