I like to call the Red and Black Cafe in Portland, Ore. the
Socialist coffee shop. It's a subversive place full of ratty couches, angry radicals and server-owners who are forever
forgetting what you've ordered. But the food, well, it's worth all the trouble. Like this homemade
organic granola, served with its own pitcher of milk. It's crunchy, nutty, with plump raisins, and just the
teeniest bit sweet (never with refined white sugar), the very epitome of health. And delicious to boot.
Get it with a pot of one of the house blend herbal teas... even though that will take an extra 10 minutes and you'll
have to remind your server at least twice. You'll still thank me for turning you on to the Red and Black.
[Photo Sarah Gilbert]
