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Are we really serious? A good coffee place only (gasp!) THREE BLOCKS FROM 82ND? THE AXIS OF ALL EVIL IN THE PORTLAND AREA? I mean, from outside Bipartisan you can…actually…see 82nd Avenue! Yes my friends, this is no typo. Located in the commerical heart of the Montavilla neighborhood, a land of little in the way of culinary pleasures, save Flying Pie, Ya Hala, and now this. Bipartisan is a good Portland coffeeshop that meets all the qualifications. Stumptown Coffee, good homemade pies, hardwood floors, big windows, an airy interior, and great staff. The presidential decorations (depicting most every president since there were presidents) may irk those “staunch radical anarchists” (who pro’lly won’t leave inner N/NE anyway), but where else can you find an actual circa 2000 Palm Beach County (Fla.) voting machine, with the infamous butterfly ballot? Bipartisan also gets extra points because nowhere in the name is “muddy”, “ground”, “grind”, or any other coffeeshop name cliches used.