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A gem on N. Lombard in the St. John's neighborhood is Ladybug, a coffee and pastry place that has a few sandwiches on the menu, too. The sandwiches are okay, but Ladybug is the place for dessert. It's all made in-house by a wonderful chef who uses only organic ingredients. In terms of quality, the pastries are better than the ones at Pix, but at substantially lower prices. Lots of space and free wifi, too, and incredibly good coffee.

A few blocks further west down Lombard is Marie's which I haven't been to in a while but while I was going there regularly I found it to be extremely good and reasonably priced. They try to use as much locally grown produce as they can (they have, or at least they had, a special deal with Sauvie Island Organics.) And the atmosphere is delightful. Used to be a really skanky strip joint but you wouldn't know it now!