Got to thinking....

Friday night while I was at work, I got to thinking that I need to do some "research" on all the bakeries here in Portland.  This city alone has over 275 "bakeries".  Seeing how I want to open a bakery of my own (clearly not in Portland, haha), I figured I should start checking them out.  Seeing what they offer, pricing, setup, staff, how business is different times of the day, the hours they are open and of course taste something they make.  My goal now is to go see a new bakery at least once a week. 
     When I got off work, I googled bakeries and just picked one and routed myself there.   I went to Lovejoy Bakers in the Pearl District.  Let me just say the location is AMAZING!  They are on the corner of Lovejoy and NW 10th Ave. 

The building is incredible, it is literally the corner so they 3 doors, one on each side and of course one in the "middle".  They had all the doors open, outside seating as well as inside.  Cool bar like tables, round little tables, very comfy chairs and the coolest part is that you can see them baking.  Their huge ovens were right there, in front of you when got the counter to order.  The ceilings were high and open, you could see the pipes (which I think is kind of  cool). The aromas that were coming out of there, wow.  It defiantly drew a crowd.  There are a few other bakeries near there that were open, but none of the other ones had a line.  I was there at 7:30 AM Saturday.  They have pretty good hours, 6AM-8PM daily. 

 I checked out their menu and they did serve coffee so I got an iced white mocha and a Orange, cinnamon, pecan buttermilk scone for $6.05. 

The mocha was, ok.  I am still on the search for frappes, but as far as the iced ones go, this one was better than some of the others that I have had.  So a definite note for my bakery, if I am serving coffee, have a blender!  Now on to this scone, I actually enjoyed it.  It was very moist and the flavors just played with each other like a well tuned guitar.  The texture was delectable.  It didn't get really crummy when you took a bite.  It was nice and clean.  I would recommend this bakery to guest that check into the hotel.