Genie's Cafe, or Genies Cafe, is a restaurant in

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Description

The restaurant is located in

southeast Portland Southeast Portland is one of the sextants of Portland, Oregon. Boundaries and features Southeast Portland stretches from the warehouses along the Willamette River through historic Ladd's Addition to the Hawthorne and Belmont districts out to Gr ...

's Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood.

History

In 2014, Genie's owner Justin Johnson confirmed plans to start operating within the Space Room Lounge and neighboring Brite Spot Diner, creating

Space Room Lounge and Genie's Too The Space Room Lounge & Genie's Too is a bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Hawthorne district, in the United States. The Space Room Lounge was established in 1959 and "fused" with the restaurant Genie's Cafe in 2014. The Space Room has an o ...

Reception

Genie's was included in ''

The Oregonian ''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 185 ...

'' 2008 overview of Portland's best restaurants serving

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. In 2016, Lizzy Acker included the restaurant in the newspaper's list of the city's seven "best pancake spots". The restaurant was a runner-up and placed third in the Best Benedict and Best Bloody Mary categories, respectively, in ''

Willamette Week ''Willamette Week'' (''WW'') is an alternative weekly newspaper and a website published in Portland, Oregon, United States, since 1974. It features reports on local news, politics, sports, business, and culture. History Early history ''Willame ...

'' annual readers' poll in 2017. Drew Tyson and Dan Schlegel included Genie's in

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's 2017 list of "The Best Places for Breakfast in Portland".

References

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