T.Paul's Urban Cafe

t.paul's urban cafe does one thing consistently well: it takes coffee seriously without making you feel like an outsider for not knowing the difference between a washed and natural process. that matters more than people admit. astoria, oregon is a small port city on the columbia river mouth, and commercial street runs through the kind of neighborhood where locals actually live rather than perform living. you don't need to be a specialty coffee regular to feel at ease here, but if you are one, there's enough going on to hold your attention. the local standing is solid, built over time rather than announced. start your morning with something from the espresso menu before the fog burns off commercial street.