Blue Collar Baking Company

I can’t bring myself to like this place. I think the prices are very high ($ 1/​cookie — TINY COOKIES!) and I don’t like how the items are displayed. The cookies themselves are tasty but kind of remind me of a church or high school bake sale. The «we’re not afraid of butter!» zing is not compelling either …
it’s close to my work place but I have a bunch of other options in the area.

Bundt cake lovers… Come to this place! When planning this trip we got many great recommendations from friends and locals and one place that we should check out was blue collar bakery. Blue collar bakery prides themselves on the use of butter and everything we tried was tasty!
Pumpkin and Ginger bundt cake: ⁵⁄₅: omg, I love pumpkin and this was exploding with pumpkin flavor. It was moist and delicious. I honestly wanted to swat my boyfriends hand each time he wanted a bite. Basically I did not want to share this treat with anyone. Delicious and a must try when it’s in season!
We tried a peanut butter cookie and a triple chocolate cookie. Both were decent. Very crispy and crunchy just the way we like it. Flavors were on point. Why the 4 stars? I kind of wish they had more variety than just the bundt cake and cookies. Although they were good, my boyfriend and I were hoping that there was more to try. Hopefully next time we come back there will be more goodies!
Total for 2: $ 9

I had the pumpkin bundt and one that was more savory. The only way to describe it was that it was generous bundt. The flavors were so complex and delicious.

The name is definitely a misnomer. These are uppity cookies with a price to match. The staff is okay. Someone had brought me one of their ‘shortbread’ cookies with a glazed pecan and I had a desire for cookies so I walked over to get a couple. The case was stocked but there were none of this style cookie — just others… cookies that are overworked with too many ingredients by and large and are very small for a very large price. Don’t even get me started on people who sell bundt cakes except at church bake sales. Bundt cakes are like cupcakes — they require no experience as a baker and very little imagination. Abominations that people charge money for. Yes, this is a pet peeve of mine — I like to bake and I am very good at it but I like cakes that require talent and expertise. Don’t even get me started on fondant.
So, the service. when I went for the ‘shortbread’ cookie, they were out so I asked the person behind the counter if they changed their stock daily. He said he didn’t have any idea what I was asking. I was dumbfounded. It was a simple question. I rephrased it and asked if they changed their cookie offerings daily and he said yes. Bundt cakes, cookies that are expensive and overworked, cookies that aren’t shortbread but are called shortbread and personnel that aren’t pleasant. I decided I didn’t want a cookie that bad.
I went back the other day to give it another go. One bad experience did not an establishment make… and they had the ‘shortbread’ cookies. They were good no matter what they called them and I almost got one. I couldn’t. I couldn’t pay one dollar for a cookie that cost cents and was about the size of a half dollar.
I’m afraid this is not my sort of place. I’d rather have no cookies than these cookies.

Great cookies and friendly service. We had the peanut butter, triple chocolate and white chocolate cookies. Very fresh and super yummy.

Came here with a few folks! The breakfast Hamwich was great, scones were delish and our resident coffee snob gave the mocha a 3.5 rating! We recommend it!

They are connected to the Embassy Suites downtown so very convenient if you’re looking for a grab and go.
What I love about this place are not only their bundtini and cookie options (which they have quite a bit of), but their ready-​to-​eat (just add hot water) oatmeal cups! They’re ‘Oregon made’ which is too bad because I wish we had more like these at home. Some options they had included chia and hemp seeds.
I picked up a vanilla latte and it was sweeter than I liked.
Also, $ 4 min to use credit cards.

Not a huge fan of the ham sandwich (the cheese was too strong and there appeared to be pesto but I couldn’t taste any. but the tomato soup was pretty darn good. Atmosphere is old diner style, clean and fun, the staff is great.

I got the hamwich… A little expensive
But great tasting :) staff was laid back and nice. Had good recommendations and seems to enjoy working here…
Very very clean place :)

This place was fantastic! So affordable, but so supremely delicious. I got an array of cookies, scones and mini bundt cakes for my group and we loved them all. We stumbled onto this place after going the Enterprise car rental nearby and so glad we did. I know Portland is famous for its doughnuts but give Blue Collar Baking a try too!

Great, friendly service! BUT my cappuccino tasted burnt and soapy. The foam was also not very foamy. They also have a very tiny baked goods selection for a bakery… Have low expectations of you go in.

Came in to get a iced cold tea and clearly eyeing all the beautiful desserts. The only thing I tried was a mini banana — chocolate chip bundt cake and it was delish & it was only .60! The tea did the job, so based on service, location and the chance to people watch in the outdoor seating as well as the product… I give a 5 star rating!

Freshly baked scones and mini bundt cakes are the real highlight of this hidden little sweet shop. Everything here is clearly the result of a baker who isn’t afraid of the warm
embrace of butter. The mini bundt cakes come in a variety of flavors and are nicely toothsome without being too sweet.
The décor is artsy fartsy kitsch dominated by the works of local artists. Seating is limited but the dining experience pleasant. Well worth checking out if you’re in the mood for something sweet.

Such a yummy chai latte. Great service. Cookies were thin but at only $ 1 a piece just stack them! ;). We shared a pannini and it was better than expected. People working there were friendly.

If you haven’t had the cookies here, you’re missing out in life. Yes I am that dramatic. It’s been hard to find the best cookies in Portland, but Blue Collar has some of the best cookies in town. My favorite is the sugar cookie with rainbow sprinkles!!!

Attached to the Embassy Suites. Skip the cruddy breakfast in the basement of the hotel and come on over. Breakfast pie is savory and just the right amount for breakfast. I wish I wasn’t trying to cut back on carbs as the sweets here look amazing, but alas I cannot speak to that.

Perfectly fine cookies, but really only if you’re into stuff that tastes like the cookies that come from a refrigerated roll of Pillsbury pre-​made cookies. Was hoping to find something a bit more interesting than the kind of factory-​style cookie I could make at home.
The good news is the cookies are only $ 1, so if you only have a buck and are desperate for a cookie, or you love the pre-​made dough thing, you’re in luck.
And for notes: tried the chocolate chip (has dark, semi-​sweet, and white chips) and the cocoa coffee cookie.

Nice little coffee shop with pastry’s baked on site. Coffee was not bad, however not the prime taste and robust coffee flavoring your expect from a coffee shop. As for pastry’s I enjoyed, but a little annoyed the pastry stuck to paper served on. You may ask why I was annoyed so let FRANK tell you why it’s because every time I stuck more fork into it the treat it paper stuck to the paper and broke my treat apart.
Now try it out because it’s a nice place to sit and relax verse wait 45 minutes in line at Voodoo Doughnuts.

This is a cute little bakery/​café located in the same building at the Embassy Suites in downtown Portland. We actually came here because we didn’t want to wait in the looong line for a popular doughnut spot. And we just wanted a quick bite before starting the day. We had the Pump (kin) Jack mini Bundt cake. It was really, really good! You get the hint of ginger, clove, cinnamon spices with each bite, and it wasn’t overpowering, you still tasted the pumpkin as the dominant flavor. It was a nice find. I’m glad we stumbled in here.

After nearly 2 years off any form of caffeine, I was re-​introducing myself to the dark devil in slow and small amounts. In the bad old days, I often — daily — consumed three 20oz coffees and a latte, plus countless cups of black tea.
Anyway… slow, careful amounts, starting with decaf and then working up to one-​shot caffeinated Americanos and lattes.
Popped into Blue Collar instead of my usual Stumptown across the street. Had heard good things and I wanted to try a new place.
Oh boy howdy. Try ordering a one-​shot latte. The cashier and the barista both stopped what they were doing, stared at me like I had just breathed fire out of my giant purple lizard head, and began grumbling about «that’s not how we do it». The barista actually threw his bar rag onto the floor and waved his hands in the air in something like a «kill me now» dance.
Seriously? I get that people can be somewhat obnoxious about how they order a coffee drink, specifying number of pumps of this or that, precise temperatures requests, demands for fancy top art, etc.
For those who may not know, most commercial espresso machines make 2 shots at a time. There’s a line behind me, you can use the other shot for the guy who orders a triple. He doesn’t care the shot is «old»; he’s clearly in it for the power and not the taste.
Thankfully I hadn’t paid yet so I cancelled the order, and went across the street to Stumptown, where no one minds my giant purple fire-​breathing lizard head.