We didn’t actually find Beaterville Cafe on our own. This was a friends suggestion and he is now considered a good friend since the place turned out to be GREAT!
The theme of this small cafe is the clever use of old car parts as seen in the picture of a large planter box. The inside of the restaurant is adorned with hub caps, grills, license plates, whatever. Some of the benches outside were built with the front end of an old wreck.
Beaterville is literally standing room only on Sunday, but people waiting outside don’t care. Why? Because some genius decided to allow people to serve themselves coffee from the front area to sip on while they waited. Why doesn’t every restaurant with a line do this in the morning? Once a coffee drinker has a warm cup in hand, they really don’t care if it takes 30 minutes to get a table anymore.
The menu here is cute, click on one of the pictures to see it. I was surprised by our two person table in the back and decided to snap a picture. They don’t want to waste time with bringing individual things to tables, so they plant every possible item there from the start. We have salt, pepper, two kinds of Tabasco, ketchup, cream, sugar, hawaiian sugar, strawberry jam and maple syrup. We had half of the table real estate to use for actual eating. I was really amused by this when Tilly received her pancake later. The waitress asked if she wanted fake maple or real maple syrup. Tilly was surprised by the question, shrugged and said real maple. After all this table effort, an individual trip was made to replace that syrup bottle anyway. Penny pinchers take note, that real maple will cost you a buck and a quarter.
Feeling a bit guilty about last weeks boring breakfast choice, I ordered the Zephyr Scrambler. The eggs had spinach, broccoli, mushrooms and a great curry flavor mixed in. Curry and breakfast…. wonderful stuff! This was rounded out by home fries and a croissant. The menu actually showed toast options were free of wonder bread. I can avoid sourdough, even the cracked wheat sourdough, if I know the score going in! Is plain white toast that bad or is it going the way of cigarettes? White toast is rare lately!
Tilly went simple today with the 1 + 1 + 2. A pancake, a scrambled egg, 2 pieces of bacon. It is what it is, no surprises here.
We really do recommend this spot if you aren’t in a huge hurry. Depending on your timing, you might be waiting outside for a bit. Wonderful service, wonderful food!
Location: 2201 N Killingsworth St, Portland, OR
The Portland Breakfast Project 
I’m glad you went and enjoyed it.
I was hoping one of you would have the Salmon Street Omelet.