The Vita Cafe
Portland, OR 97211-7036
Phone: (503) 335-8233
- Price:
- $
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 8am-10pm, Fri-Sat 8am-11pm
Editorial Review for The Vita Cafe – by Annamaria Pardini
In Short
The decor here features handcrafted wooden booths, colorful 1950s diner tables and the large bar with its view of the bustling exhibition kitchen. All dishes are prepared with fresh, local, organic ingredients. Corn cakes--uniquely topped with maple syrup--are like sweet creamed corn, while flaky biscuits smothered in rich almond gravy uphold the breakfast tradition. Tofu-based New England "fish-and-chips" are believable with the kick of tartar sauce and malt vinegar.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasFor the little ones: a coloring menu, high chairs and seven kid-sized entrees for less than $5.
When to GoCheck out Alberta's Last Thursday art walk, every last Thursday of the month from 6pm to 9pm.
Know Before You GoWant breakfast without the weekend wait? A "breakfast anytime" menu is available all day, every day.
User Reviews for The Vita Cafe
10/09/2008 Posted by 1mem
i can see that i'm not the only one who was met with the slowest worst service ever. Except my experience felt extra uncomfortably special. They do not cater to children, they waited the 45 min. it took to cook our little corn cakes to bring their fruit cup. kids can only sit so long waiting, especially hungry children. there was hardly anyone there when we arrived. our waiter almost completely ignored our existence, and another girl waiter had to make up for his lack of service and started removing plates, finally we get our bill. well apparently the staff here thinks tips are mandatory, because i tipped super low to match the quality of service, and the girl has the nerve to come outside and ask why i tipped so low. that's a sure way to have customers come back. she may have been trying to compensate for our male servers completely absent demeanor, because she did apologize for the service. but it came across as uncomfortably rude. get your stuffs together people, there's way too many good restaurants to have to deal with this. sad to say because i love your quinoa salad, but i will never come back.
Pros: quinoa salad & corn cakes
Cons: cant enjoy the food with such horrible service
07/08/2008 Posted by pdxseattlediner
Dear PDX eaters, Don't do it! DO NOT EAT AT CAFE VITA. After several years being gone from pdx, my husband and I were curious about Alberta and picked Cafe Vita for its patio. When we walked in, we were looked through as if we were not actual real people! The blonde (shoulder-length hair, blue eyes, tattoos) was the most disgusting server we met while in Portland. She ignored us (we felt like we were standing there holding our d****) and finally just--MISTAKENLY--sat ourselves. The waitress actually seemed disappointed that we sat in her section! This was gross, truly gross. I'm sorry that you are a 40-year old waitress, man, and that customers are a drag!! We were polite anyway because that's who we are. It was embarrassing. Next came the pretentious menu, complete with a manifesto on FOOD. This place has no idea what good vegetarian food can be. When demon waitress finally brought food, it was cold because it sat on the slide for 15 minutes after the cooks were done with the order. She brought me a salad that was comprised of rotten-edged industral romaine. Cafe Vita is pretentious, not democratic in the slightest, and the service is HELL>>>>>>>>>>Incidentally, I called the cafe to complain but the owner/manager, Aaron Whoo, wasn't in, so I told the girl on the phone what I a telling you now. Her glib hipster response: "That's totally cool..."
Pros: The patio is very inviting, but it's a trap!!
Cons: The service and the food. BAD!!!
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