The Florentine
Arleta Library Bakery Cafe

Arleta Library Bakery Cafe

5513 SE 72nd Ave, 97206, Portland, United States

Cafe • Coffee • American • North American


"Loved it!!. My husband, 14 month old daughter and I went on a Sunday afternoon and had our choice of seats. The french-pressed stumptown coffee was fantastic. Even though there are no high chairs or booster seats it is a very family friendly place as the staff does not look at you like you're from Mars for bringing in however many children of whatever age you want! I don't understand why so many people have a problem with this, what is so awful about holding your child in your lap?? Maybe if my husband and I had triplets this would not have worked out but I doubt we'd be eating out very often in that case. We had the biscuits and gravy and coffee cake and all were exceptional specimens. Another problem people have with this restaurant seem to be the potatoes. Maybe we lucked out but I thought they were very good. They tasted like potato, gasp! They weren't your regular IHOP or Denny's hash brown swimming in whirl (those are good too) but were more like larger than normal home fries. We didn't even have to salt and pepper the biscuits and gravy like we normally do at other places. The waitress was very knowledgeable and was quick to refill our coffees and waters. The portion size and price were all very reasonable considering they don't just open cheap cans of stuff and put labor into each part of your dish. I will definitely go back again and again!"