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Last weekend I attended the grand opening weekend of Great North’s west Burnside location in Portland, Oregon. This coffee shop has three other locations in Portland, and they are taking over this space from another coffee shop that the owner’s recently decided to sell. I regularly visit their St. John’s location as it is close to a career coach I work with. I happened to be in the area for a meeting of the Portland Urban Sketchers and decided to stop in for the free 12oz drink and celebrate this big milestone for them😊