Coffee Talk: Espresso Stand Owner Offers Cautionary Tale

News Last month, Melissa Drake's modest business in the Ardenwald neighborhood became the source of a cautionary tale for other entrepreneurs in Portland's booming food-cart business. Drake bought her drive-thru espresso stand almost seven years ago. She says that her small Southeast Portland business, Wake and Bake, has a loyal and supportive base of customers who come in nearly every morning. But ...   More