APRIL 7, 2006
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3 Friends Changes Hands
HIV tests in local bars.
After six years, the last of three original own
Linder found
3
Friends
ers of 3 Friends Coffeehouse has bowed out. Co
through
owners Michael Linder and Nicholas Hall took
a queer men’s group that meets
over Jan. 1, and aside from a few menu changes,
at 3 Friends each Saturday. “I
they intend to keep the place pretty much as it is.
was looking for sort of a tribe,
“It’s an established business; it’s pretty solid,”
and 1 read about the Faeries in
Radical
Faeries,
business]
watch
Rapaport reached out to the Radical
people of all ages. Her focus is on treating entire
Faeries and encouraged them to
families, especially those with young children.
gather at 3 Friends. LoveTribe,
“People who want to support gay-owned business
a group for bisexual men, also meets
es or who don’t really feel like experiencing dis
regularly at the coffeehouse located
crimination can come in,” she said.
at 201 S.E. 12th Ave.
“At present there’s no formal
She started out at the Hawthorne Vision Center
and recently moved across the river to the Salmon
said Linder, a former teacher from Tennessee who
Just Out, actually, so that’s how I got to know the
relationship with any particular group of queer
moved to Portland three years ago. He began vol
place,” he said.
women,” said Linder. "One or two nights a week
She also works as a provider for InfantSee,
seems like ‘young lesbians in love’ night in here,
a nationwide public health program offering free
unteering with Q-LAND by administering free
Soon after the shop opened, former owner Randy
though. There’s just women everywhere!"
Creek area to start her own private practice.
screenings for children younger than 1. “That’s a
3 Friends is also known for showcasing
great way to rule out large, of-concern problems
interesting art while patrons sip a Stumptown
with babies,” explained Hazell, who has two chil
latte or surf the free wireless Internet. Local
dren with her partner, Lisa. She also performs free
artist and 3 Friends barista Gretchen Gammel
screenings at area day care centers for children
recently took on the work of booking artists
3 and older.
for the space, which changes its display
monthly.
In addition to full-scope eye care and a range of
eyeglass styles, Hazell’s practice is “paperless” for
“I think it’s known, at least in Southeast,
those registering online. Her extensive Web site
that we’re partially queer-owned and very
allows patients to make appointments and order
queer-friendly,” said Linder. “But more than
contact lenses online. New patients can save time
that, we are a microcosm of Southeast
by filling out forms online prior to their first
Portland where everybody rubs elbows pretty
appointment.
Hazell is excited about building a clientele in
comfortably.”
her new location. “1 have some very loyal patients
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3 Friends Coffeehouse owners Michael Linder (left) and Nicholas Hall fetch a muffin and brew a drink
for customer Terri Popejoy.
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Most people don’t realize that even if they
reaching a few people that I’ve worked with in the
don’t need glasses, everyone needs eye exams
past and letting new patients know that I’m here.”
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