When Café Delirium closed without warning in December 2024, Stacey Cutshall felt the loss the same way its other regulars did. She had written the business plan for her own expansion at a table inside Café D, The Outlook reported. Eleven months later, in November 2025, Stomping Grounds Gresham opened in that same corner space at Main Avenue and Third Street.
That handoff explains what happens to downtown Gresham's coffee this week. Two cafés are closing, and the shops that will cover their regulars through winter are mostly newer than the ones leaving. Three of them opened between November 2025 and May 2026. Downtown's coffee counters turn over fast, and the replacements tend to come from people who were already customers.
Two counters close inside one week
The Outlook reported on Oct. 23 that both closures are permanent.
- Autumn Coffee Roasting, 492 N.E. Second St., served its last cup at the café in the Arts Plaza Apartments lobby on Saturday, Oct. 24. It had opened in 2024 along with the building.
- Legacy Coffee & Books, 112 N. Main Ave., closes for good on Halloween. It started in 2020 in a smaller space at 75 N.W. First St. and moved to Main Avenue in 2024. Troutdale-based Legacy Church took over ownership in February.
Autumn's coffee is still around. The Outlook reported that the company's coffee truck will keep showing up at the Gresham Farmers Market and at events around town, Halloween included, and that its café in Portland's Concordia neighborhood stays open. The timing makes the truck harder to find, though. The Gresham Farmers Market runs Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Center for the Arts Plaza on N.E. Third Street, and its 2026 season ends Oct. 31. On that one Saturday, Legacy pours its last cups, the market closes for the year, and Autumn's café is already a week gone.
The cafés still pouring are the young ones
This is the downtown coffee map heading into November. Most of these shops are new enough that their hours may still shift, so check before you walk over.
| Café | Address | Opened | What it's known for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stomping Grounds Gresham | 308 N. Main Ave. | November 2025 | Full breakfast and lunch menu, house-baked pastries, room to sit |
| Alolia Café | 310 N.E. Second St. | March 2026 | Light-roast, floral drinks like the honey lavender latte |
| Ink and Drink Coffee | 788 N. Main Ave. | May 1, 2026 | Walk-up espresso window, all-vegetarian menu |
| Jazzy Bagels | Main Avenue and Powell Boulevard | Not listed | Coffee and espresso with bagels, weekend live jazz |
Each one replaces something different that's leaving.
If you'd sit at Legacy for an hour
Stomping Grounds is the closest match for a long sit-down visit. The Outlook's opening coverage described seating throughout, a back-room nook and a children's corner, and the menu goes past pastries into breakfast and lunch. The business isn't new to East County. Stomping Grounds Coffee House opened in Fairview in 2012 and ran a Gresham coffee cart before taking the Main Avenue space. Its contact page lists 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, which are the longest hours on this list. It's also two blocks up Main from Legacy's address.
If Autumn was your stop on the plaza
Alolia Café sits at 310 N.E. Second St., across from the Gresham Arts Plaza, on the same stretch as Autumn's old lobby café. Owner Esmeralda Ruiz held a soft opening March 21 and a grand opening March 27. The Outlook described pink walls, floral decor and drinks built on a light roast, which brings out more floral flavor in the cup. The menu is small bites: pastries, bagels, overnight oats and fruit parfait. When it opened, Alolia listed hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday through Tuesday, so plan around a Wednesday closure unless that has changed.
If you want the one with a story behind it
Ink and Drink Coffee exists because of the January 2024 ice storm. A falling tree flattened the detached garage behind The House of Tattoo, the Main Avenue tattoo shop owned by Danica Hoffman's husband. Hoffman built the café where the garage stood. The Outlook profiled it on Oct. 9. To find it, follow the espresso signs and the paved path behind the tattoo shop at 788 N. Main Ave. The drinks are named after tattoos, and The Outlook calls the Tramp Stamp a huge favorite. The house-made Waffle Rolls come filled with whipped cream and fruit compote, and the whole menu is vegetarian.
Ink and Drink is the café to watch this winter. It's open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day, and seating is outdoors on what used to be a neighboring dentist's parking lot. Hoffman told The Outlook she plans to add a covered, heated area for the cold months, and the lot is open free of charge for music and, she hopes, vendor booths during downtown events.
If you're at the south end of downtown
Jazzy Bagels, at the corner of Main Avenue and Powell Boulevard, serves coffee and espresso alongside bagels, breakfast and lunch. It calls itself a full-service restaurant with live jazz on weekends.
What could fill the two empty spaces
Neither space has a new tenant yet. According to The Outlook, staff at Autumn's former location said there have been conversations about another coffee shop opening there, but nothing is concrete. Talks are also happening for 112 N. Main, and the next business there could serve food or coffee, or something else entirely.
Downtown's own recent history suggests how long that can take. Café Delirium's corner sat empty from December 2024 until Stomping Grounds opened in November 2025, roughly 11 months. Alolia filled a gap on Second Street four months after that, and Ink and Drink opened on Main five weeks after Alolia. That works out to three new cafés in about six months. If the next year looks like the last one, the empty counters on Second and Main won't stay quiet for long.
Saturdays on the downtown calendar after the market
Once the farmers market wraps up on Oct. 31, the Saturdays that bring the most people downtown through December belong to the Historic Downtown Gresham Association and the city.
- Saturday, Oct. 31. It's the market's last morning at the Arts Plaza and Legacy's last day. From 4 to 6 p.m., the HDGA's Safe Trick or Treat fills North Main Avenue with free trick-or-treating and allergy-friendly Teal Pumpkin booths.
- Saturday, Nov. 28. The new Small Business Saturday Market runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the MEWA lot near Fifth and Main. The HDGA calls it the newest addition to its holiday market lineup.
- Saturday, Dec. 5. The classic Holiday Market returns to the MEWA lot from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of Spirit of Christmas. The City of Gresham's listing puts the parade at 5 p.m. and the Arts Plaza tree lighting at 6:15 p.m., presented by the Center for the Arts Foundation. The organizer's own page gives Dec. 6, so check the date before you make plans.
All three days end up near Main Avenue, a short walk from Stomping Grounds at Third and from Ink and Drink farther north on Main.
At Place Portland, we pay attention to which storefronts in Gresham open, close and change hands, because those changes shape how a block feels day to day. If you'd like to talk through what's moving in downtown Gresham, or what a walkable coffee stop is worth on the street you're considering, Schedule a Strategy Session with us.
