Either/Or
Coffee shop · Boise ·
Coffee, cocktails, Chinese-American fare, and happy hour
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Coffee, cocktails, Chinese-American fare, and happy hour
"The sultry dark blues and greens of Either/Or stand in stark juxtaposition with the white-walled cafes scattered across Portland. Slide into a booth or onto a bar stool at this North Williams coffee shop and nurse a cold brew made with Heart coffee. If hunger strikes, good news: Either/Or’s food menu is well-stocked with hearty options like breakfast burritos and egg sandwiches stacked on Portuguese bolos levedos — almost like a springier, sweet English muffin. Free Wi-Fi, plenty of seating options, and good coffee (or a beer or a cocktail) make for a productive workday or study session." - Paolo Bicchieri
"This coffee shop and bar on North Williams serves stellar breakfast sandwiches with shiitake sausage patties, a standard range of coffee drinks, and a handful of popular coffee mocktails. For those who want to wait before drinking a coffee mocktail onsite again, the Biggie Salty — a Kahlua-inspired, non-alcoholic coffee base topped with foamy milk and cinnamon chocolate coffee salt — can be ordered to-go. Either/Or serves coffee from Heart, which can be ordered as an espresso drink, batch brew, cold brew, or a coffee soda." - Paolo Bicchieri
"Either/Or’s breakfast sandwich may seem under the radar to some, but the little sausage-and-egg sandwich punches above its weight. Served on a bolo levedo — a sweet Portuguese version of an English muffin — from the bakery Jen & Bee’s, the Eggs Ray Spex combines a fried egg with a killer house-made sausage patty, given the added oomph of shiitake mushrooms. Sriracha aioli provides a smidge of heat, tucked under a blanket of gooey cheddar." - Ben Coleman
"The sultry dark blues and greens of Either/Or stand in stark juxtaposition with the white-walled cafes scattered across Portland. Slide into a booth or onto a bar stool at this North Williams coffee shop and nurse a cold brew made with Heart coffee. If hunger strikes, good news: Either/Or’s food menu is well-stocked with hearty options like breakfast burritos and egg sandwiches stacked on Portuguese bolos levedos — almost like a springier, sweet English muffin. Free Wi-Fi, plenty of seating options, and good coffee make for a productive workday or study session." - Rebecca Roland, Asia Alvarez
"Though no longer open for evening cocktails, Either/Or remains one of Portland’s most beloved cafes, serving top-tier coffee and a nourishing array of breakfast dishes in a sapphire-toned dining room. And while the delightful daily transition to an evening cocktail bar is no more, Either/Or still offers the occasional queer karaoke night or goth bingo." - Nathan Williams